Harry's Depression in OoP

[Kate Harding]

No: HPFGUIDX 110931

kateydidnt2002:
> I see it as a combination of PTSD and depression. Whoever said it 
> has  to be categorized as exactly one or the other? Emotions are 
> not that simple.  Can't depression be a symptom of PTSD? 


psyche:
I agree! The label is less important than the experience.


kateydidnt2002:
> Oddly enough this passage scared me most at the beginning of OotP
> "So it went on for three whole days. Harry was alternately filled
> with restless energy that made him unable to settle to anything, 
> during which time he paced his
> bedroom, furious at the whole lot of them for leaving him to stew 
in 
> this mess; and with a
> lethargy so complete that he could lie on his bed for an hour at a 
> time, staring dazedly into
> space, aching with dread at the thought of the Ministry 
> hearing
<snip> Harry lay there in a kind of stupor, thinking of 
> nothing, suspended in misery."


psyche:
Yes! Thanks for digging that out. It's just the kind of thing I was 
thinking about when I said some bits of OotP were really hard to read 
for me. It's just horrible, and so well describes my own experiences. 
I did a lot of housework and walking while I was ill, because my 
counsellor said that was a good way to deal with the restless energy 
that often intersperses the apathy in depression (or insert label of 
your choice). 

psyche