Sirius and PTSD, also Sirius and Extroversion

[n_a_pennington]

No: HPFGUIDX 47400

Judy wrote:
>>>The second problem was that if Sirius had PTSD during PoA, he made 
an implausibly quick recovery by GoF. People don't get over PTSD that
fast (if at all.)<<< 

I find this whole conversation strange because I think it's
pretty 
obvious that he doesn't have PTSD. I completely agree that if he did 
have it in PoA he made the recovery of the century by GoF. I can't 
imagine anyone getting over PTSD that quickly. He's most likely very 
affected by everything that's happened to him, which seems to 
manifest itself in his borderline obsessive concern with Harry's well 
being. But really, do you think that JKR would have made a character 
with PTSD in a children's book? That's pretty adult subject
matter. 

IMHO, PoA isn't really an accurate reading of Sirius's character. 
He's just escaped from a prison, and he's obsessed with finding 
Wormtail. It seems unfair to judge his actions in PoA because he 
isn't in a normal state of mind. Slashing the Fat Lady's painting and 
Ron's bed hangings is in an attempt to find Wormtail so he can exact 
his revenge. What I don't have any explanation for his why he tried 
to choke Harry. All I can think of is temporary insanity. One can 
hardly blame him after what he's been through. 

Judy wrote:
>>>So, people are trying to find a
way to reconcile these disparate aspects of his personality. I 
frankly think that's pointless. JKR often does wonderful 
characterizations, but she just didn't portray Sirius consistently.<<<

You know, some people just aren't consistent people... maybe he's one 
of them. Sirius seems to me to be a very complex person.But until the 
5th book arrives we can only speculate as to what he's really like.

*~Natasha~*