Wittgenstein considered Philosophical Investgiations to be a form of therapy. @Meaningness mentions possible theraputic benefits as one driver for writing too.
Publishing one's written thoughts as a way to hopefully avert or reduce other people's depression seems worthy today.
-
oh yeah I'm *hugely* into that i didn't have anybody to do it with when I was doing it I was a vgr reply guy at the time but he's like 20 years older than me so it's kinda one-sided
me too, but it motivates me to become good enough that he starts to reply back.
