[codinghorror]

I'm not clear how just internalizing stuff via meditation can possibly help.

To understand and process experiences, you must be able to tell a coherent story about it to other people, ideally in writing. This is another reason I'm so gung-ho about blogging. And there's science behind it too:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2011/07/nobodys-going-to-he...

[floptikal]

Problem is that you might not be aware that your story has spun out of control and is heading down the wrong side of the road.

Meditation is designed to help you see if that is the case...and the fact that stories are just stories and not reality.