Writing stuff down!!

I have always wanted to objectively discuss 'Writing'.
Writing stuff down, I always thought it helped, but probably, not always.
For me it has always been an outlet, an organised stream of thought which otherwise would confuse me.
Sometimes it has just been a soundboard, a much needed one for a person like me.
Sometimes it has been a necessary conversion of events into black and white which aids 'sinking in' .
And at others its just been 'capturing' moments and phases which otherwise are fast escaping.
But on some rare occasions does it just drive deeper the point, make it clearer, when actually one is trying hard to blur what one is already going through?
I wonder...

Rujuta.