When challenges loom, support groups can provide a lifeline Have you ever had that comforting experience of your friend describing a funny quality of hers, or a silly pet peeve, and you immediately jump in with “me too!”? What once seemed like a quirk that made you seem strange suddenly becomes a point of connection, relationship, and understanding. You’ve met someone who can relate to you on a level no one else can. Because just like you, she always clicks her tongue when she’s bored, or she doesn’t know how to read lips, or she’s extraordinarily bothered by water on her hands. Maybe she cries when she sees a sunset, or she feels like she can never cry.