Bravo! Do what works for you.

I often find it impossible to verbally share some stuff with T (it's like the words won't come out), so I'll write about it for her to read. Sometimes it takes several rounds of writing before I can even bring it up briefly verbally (much less talk about it)so it helps me when T says she's read and she says it's OK if I never want to verbalize some things. For me personally, writing helps me process, and I explain stuff better via written word. Somehow knowing that she's willing to read (at her own pace, of course) helps me feel like I'm telling her things and not struggling alone... Some words or phrases I couldn't say even in a whisper, but slowly have been able to write the words in a letter then eventually text her the words then eventually whisper then say it aloud to her.