Some of them don't want to deal with it. They really appreciate it if patients focus in on specifics. Probably the best study to support it is by David Spiegel, M.D., at Stanford University, on a support group for women who had metastatic breast cancer. In other words, they had a terminal illness. But compared to another group that didn't have a support group, these women lived 18 months longer.
Support can help in so many ways.
Concerning my condition, people warned me that I should look out for depression that might set in because the healing is so slow. My doctor even gave me some pills to take if I start to get depressed. People look in on me. More and more research comes up with the same answer, that your spiritual and emotional health impact your physical health. In the healing community there's a difference between healing and being cured.