My Poetry has served kind of like a journal, I can look back on some of the more intense periods of my life and be reminded of how I felt about them at the time... it's just that they're crystalizations of emotions that have long sense become something else entirely.

Helps
~ to develop an excellent memory
~ to work through and understand feelings and reactions of self and others
~ as a resource for later creative writing
~ as a record when others want evidence or proof of something

I write i think it helps because it gets things out of my head when i write it out.Also i can go back and see if i'm making progress or staying stagnant.

Yes and Yes. It helps me a lot.

I write in one sometimes

Yes. Yes.

No...talking about stuff is for losers