Harry's Depression in OoP

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> > Del replies :
>  I am certainly *not* saying that he should be feeling guilty
> about that, it was *not at all* his fault !


Alla:

Thanks for clarification. :)


> Del replies :
> Yes he blames himself, but only in the immediate aftermath of the
> events. I don't remember him blaming himself for Cedric's death 
weeks
> or months after it happened. Harry blames himself right after it
> happened, but IMO that's not at all a sign of depression, that's 
not
> at all excessive guilt. It's just the normal kind of guilt that 
many
> innocent people feel when something bad happens and they wonder if
> they could have prevented it. 

Alla:

Oh, I see. Well, I think that he continues to blame himself through 
out the summer non-stop.


"Dudley gave a harsh bark of laughter then adopted a high-pitched, 
whimpering voice. "Don't kill Cedric! Don't kill Cedric! "Who is 
Cedric - your boyfriend?" - OoP, p.15, paperback.

Harry is still having nightmares about graveyard. If that is not the 
sign of guilt, I don't know what is.


I think that Harry is depressed, but JKR did not go into enough 
detail to describe the condition, she only painted it on the surface.


I remember talking with the poster (Was it Evita?)


She posted very interesting essay about non-existance of psychiatric 
and psychological help in the WW and I tend to agree.

Many people through the books seem to need it, but after seeing the 
death of the classmate Harry is a very good candidate for that.