I saw that any time a person was “sick”, either by a Cancer or disabled via a accident, etc. that it caused, not just caused, but “forced” them to slow down. It forced change upon them. That change in turn helped them to be “aware”. It also kind of directed them towards repairing the problem that put them in that situation in the first place. As of doing their own “life review” and going back to repair issues that directed them towards this new path. Some confront and beat it and some will fight against it till the day they die, never having been able to understand why it occurred to them. Some grow and get stronger. Others accept it and prepare accordingly. Why do “Placebo’s” work? the answer “mind over matter”. To heal you need to heal the “Mind, Body and Spirit”. To heal one of those won’t cut it. You need to heal the total package.