[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: Feeling Depressed (includes spoilers)

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 65714


>--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lucy" <moochy4ro at h...> wrote:
> > Is anyone feeling a bit depressed since reading the book. I dont
> > know what it is but Rowling has the ability to make the books feel
> > like real life.
>
>Rowling suffers from bouts of depression (a real illness) and has
>been upfront about it - more real life.
>
>If a person is blessed enough to be able to work thru a depressive
>state (with or without pharmacological assistance) he quickly learns
>to focus on the positive possibilities to help keep the depression
>at bay.
>
>Thus the resolutely upbeat final scene in which Harry's adopted-
>family have closed ranks in a firm stand against the Dursleys, and
>Harry is *leading* his blood (shudder!) relations out of the train
>station.
>
>He is bereaved, but not bereft. He is lonely in the Muggle world,
>but by no means alone.
>
>Does that help? 8)
>
>-findmeabargain
>
Getting a little OT, but worth mentioning:  serious, chronic depression - 
clinical depression or manic depression - *are* serious illnesses, and are 
usually physiologically based and respond to treatment.

It is not unusual for everyone to experience minor, short-lived depressions 
throughout their lives in response to a *thing* that happens that depresses 
them - that's a normal human emotion.  People who are "always happy" either 
are putting on a good show to the outside world, or could have a minor 
problem with denial of reality and/or inability to respond appropriately in 
emotional terms to external stimuli that would cause a (generally 
short-lived) negative feeling in most people - be it anger, sadness, 
frustration, etc.

The differences are duration, intensity and whether the depression is 
free-floating and based on nothing in particular, or whether it is in direct 
response to a negative experience.

Felinia

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