Most of us are good at taking care of our loved ones when they have problems or health problems, but at the same time, we are not good at taking care of ourselves in such a situation. Being our own friend in sickness does not mean that we should be our own doctor. However, it requires us to be able to make the right decisions when we are at the crossroads, one of which leads to illness and the other to health. Illness as a psychological burden puts a person in front of new problems and forces him to adapt to new requirements and sometimes very strange and unexpected conditions, after all, we all experience this. The author of this popular scientific publication deals with a number of related questions: What happens to a person when he gets sick? What are his feelings? How does he cope with his changed state? To your advantage or to your detriment? How will it behave if the disease becomes chronic? How will he behave if the consequences of the disease persist? What consequences does the disease have for his relationships with his immediate surroundings, and what for his professional career? "I would like everyone to feel the positive influence of a reliable background in times of need, the help of people with whom he is bound in good relations and to whom he will be able to provide what they need from him after he returns to health."