Nancy -- I always balk at the "writing is therapy" approach. It feels prescriptive, like "get regular exercise" . And it never

"heals" me. But there is something in me that is strong, that demands expression, that never knows where it's going, and then says, "Oh thats it." I never sit down and think, "Im going to write about depression" but then it pushes the diffuse feelings into words. And sometimes I feel rattled and worse for the process, but for a subject that for me is so stingy with words, I feel somehow released. Does that make any sense? martha