[HPforGrownups] Could Sirius have been bipolar? Re: Depression and Harry in OotP -- Information

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 110833


--- pippin_999 <foxmoth at qnet.com> wrote:
 
> But Sirius doesn't seem either stir-crazy or depressed in his floo 
> conversation with Harry about James. Harry doesn't notice 
> anything off about his godfather's appearance, and while Sirius 
> wants to rush off to the school and have a word with Snape, he's 
> dissuaded from doing so easily enough. 

Yes, but...

1.  Harry's questions about James, Sirius, Snape and the Pensieve
memory are so unexpected that Sirius (and Remus) have all they can do
trying to gauge Harry's emotions, trying to remember the incident,
trying to explain and put in perspective past history.  Sirius
doesn't have time or opportunity to dwell on his own feelings.

2.  Also Remus was there in the house.  It always helped Sirius when
someone else was around, someone he could interact with.  It was when
he was alone with Kreacher that things got really bad and he had
nothing to do but dwell on how much he wanted to go out and what a
little tick Kreacher was.

Magda


		
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