Writing As a Way to Find Relief

I'm a huge bibliophile and writer. I've found one great use as creative writing as a tool for therapy is solving whatever problems you're confronted with through a story. I'm often confronted with a whole psychodynamic scape of problems all at once, so I write a piece of short fiction. Through creating characters and scenes and the problem the protagonist, a version of myself, is facing I create a solution for the problem in the story. Sometimes through the course of writing, or self-exorcism as I call it, I begin to narrow down bigger problems into more singular base problems that exist at the core of everything else. So, it is self-analysis at the same time, and you can make it end in the story however you wish. It of course doesn't solve the problem as easily in real life, but it provides more understanding and helps you to form a plan to fix the real life problem. It also leads to a lot of alleviations of anxiety, pressure, tension and other pint up emotions with the problems. There is a definite feeling of relief. This method has gotten me through some very challenging situations in the past. A big one last fall. Also, when publishing readers tend to gravitate when you share there's a real life, dark sided story behind the piece but then don't share the personal details. Writing truly is a form of self-exorcism for many people. Sometimes it is the easiest tool to communicate if you have a problem or are in need of help but hate saying it out loud.