yeah, writing helps me organize my thoughts, because i have a hard time understanding my feelings. a recent technique i've tried was dialoging between my left and right hand. i would ask my dominant hand a question, and answer it with my other hand. Let me say that i am VERY skeptical of anything out of the "norm." But since it was just me and my journal, i decided to try it and keep an open mind. It actually has brought up interesting things, and i let the conversation go wherever it wants, which is usually not what i thought it would be like.