Thanks, guys - this is reassuring.
I can't do it for a while as I have too many open wounds right now, but that at least gives me time to prepare.
Has anyone actually had good things come from writing letters about SI? I've toyed with the idea a few times but everything I write just seems so... melodramatic. I've never yet saved a draft, let alone sent it. I can't get past the image of my friend getting all excited because he's got 'proper post' for once, and then finding that it's nothing but the slightly morbid contents of my head...
Ugh. Why did I ever start this?