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RE: The cathartic nature of writing
I also write but I think in a slightly different way. It took a lot of doing but I convinced myself that when things get on top of me I should just write my thoughts in something similar to a diary, though it's a diary I never intend to look back on if I feel I couldn't face what happened or my thoughts of the past, which are sometimes, as you described, trash.
If one day I feel I can look back and be fine, I might, though I'd be just as content binning the book and never looking back. The past is the past, if I can look back and learn, that's fine. If I need to leave it behind then perhaps leaving the past behind is the lesson.
Not a bad way to go. If we think that our thoughts and emotions of the moment dictate our action but those thoughts and emotions may not actually be conducive to good action, taking a step back for review can catch them before action begins (or goes to far). Bite the tongue, clear the head, so to speak. Once the emotions have past, why revisit them?
Exactly, the idea actually came from an old colleague who was a soldier. When we got to know each other I asked him how he coped after combat, arguably one of the most physically and mentally stressful things I can imagine. He simply said
"I left all those emotions out there."
Admirable if you can manage to do that, it really does show that different things work for different people.
Everyone needs to find their own path but too many people believe they have 'tried' when in actual fact they followed other's paths.