Was writing 'Bravo Two Zero' a useful way of dealing with the trauma you experienced?

Was writing 'Bravo Two Zero' a useful way of dealing with the trauma you experienced?

Andy McNab (Author/Special Forces Expert) gives expert video advice on: You submit your work to the MOD to be vetted for security purposes, what type of thing are they worried about?; Was writing 'Bravo Two Zero' a useful way of dealing with the trauma you experienced?; You run courses for members of the media who have to operate in hostile situations, what type of thing do you teach them? and more...

No, it was quite strange really. I'm asked that question quite a lot. After the first Gulf War, I still served in, what we call, the regiment - Special Air Service we called our regiment. I still served in the regiment for three and bit years. During that time, I had to do a lot of debriefs whether it's to the intelligent services or to other armies, particularly the American Special Forces. I wanted to learn about how the interrogations work was being conducted. And without realizing it, I was actually going through that cathartic thing anyway. So when it came to writing the book, it was quite a technical exercise because it was quite. I didn't know it then, but now I'm in the business. It was like a linear story. That's where it's finished. It was quite easy to do the sequence of events. And then put the layers on - of the senses - what is smelled like, what it felt like, what I was thinking. So it wasn't that bit cathartic exercise that people might think.