Support group
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- "Fight Club is a thriller in which 30-year-old unnamed yuppie is advised by a psychiatrist to attend support groups to see real suffering. There, he meets a fellow 'vicarious sufferer.'
In a support group, members provide each other with various types of nonprofessional, nonmaterial help for a particular shared burdensome characteristic. The help may take the form of providing relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks. A support group may also provide ancillary support, such as serving as a voice for the public or engaging in advocacy.
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