I guess writing is a kind of therapy in the sense that there are things you need to say and you say them, and better out than in.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I won't say that writing is therapy, but for me, the act of writing is therapy. The ability to be productive is good for my mental health. It's always better for me to be writing than vegetating on some couch.
Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.
Writing requires an intense inner focus, and sometimes you need to express outward, physically or socially.
I don't like writing - it's so difficult to say what you mean. It's much easier to edit other people's writing and help them say what they mean.
I write in order to find out what I truly know and how I really feel about certain things. Writing requires me to go much deeper into my thoughts and memories than conversation does. Writing provides the solitude necessary to reflect on being in this world.
Writing is communication, and you don't know how you're doing until you put it in front of someone else's eyes. You also learn from critiquing other writers' work.
Writing is just something I've always done. It's just kind of the reality of who I am.
Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak.
I really don't feel that writing is therapy.
Writing has never been like therapy for me, but blogging comes a little closer - I can smack-talk freely and frequently, and this is good for me.