Writing can heal your soul

Why is this? I think it is sort of a gestalt. If you have ever talked to a therapist sometimes the therapist will say something like, "Imagine there is one you where you are sitting and here is another chair I'm sitting in front of you that has another you with  a different point of view. Now imagine these two different yous having a discussion about what is the right or correct point of view in regard to almost anything."

When you do something like this often you feel safe enough to have two imaginary yous discuss almost anything painful you might be afraid of or hiding inside yourself. Often the result of you the writer and later you the reader reading what you wrote, moments, days, weeks or even years later is the healing of your soul. And often others are hiding their pain from themselves too so when they read what you write it might begin to heal them too. This is just one of the many beauties of writing that often can lead to soul healing experiences which are always very cleansing.