I have paranoia surrounding journaling and putting my thoughts on paper but I often do, mostly when manic. It's a compulsion and must be done when the mood strikes so I guess the urgency to do it and the sense of completion when I'm finished means it helps. Sometimes I write frantically while tears fall and it feels that writing makes it worse but I don't think it actually does when considering the full picture. It lets me feel the full spectrum of what I'm going through sometimes. Writing it then reading back over what I've written does help me process confusing thought patterns.

((((Hugs Raspberry))). I hope you can get back to writing soon. I'm thinking of starting an interactive blog to process, vent, share and hopefully help some people other than myself in the process.