Barbarella wrote:
I think a lot of folks, (especially folks like me who are emotionally stunted and/or neurodivergent) struggle with expressing feelings with words, (or really, explaining a lot of things with words) and sometimes various forms of art (music, visual, poetry, film) can express thoughts or feelings in ways that we can't, and it helps us feel seen and understood - but it's still our own evaluation and analysis of those works that moves us forward.
So in a sense I think it helps, but really we save ourselves.