[HPforGrownups] Hermione Type A?

[Shaun Hately]

No: HPFGUIDX 102634

On 23 Jun 2004 at 14:36, Nocturnus wrote:
 
> Hi:
> 
> I'm delurking here. 
> 
> I was wondering if it was possible for Hermione to develop a Type A
> depression, or any disease of the sort? She is an overachiver after
> all. 
> 
> I'm working on a fic project and want to have some thoughts about this
> point. 

It's certainly not impossible - Hermione is, in many ways, the 
archetypal highly gifted teenage girl, and that's a group that is 
prone to depressive illness. If there was some sort of trigger, it 
could certainly happen.

*Any* person can develop a depressive illness, of course. And there 
doesn't always have to be a reason.

But the most common factors that trigger depression in gifted 
adolescents don't seem to be present for Hermione. She's in a 
challenging educational environment which she seems to enjoy, she 
has good friends...

If you need it to happen to make your fic work, it's certainly not 
impossible - but I wouldn't want to give the impression I think 
Hermione is likely to develop depression - she's a member of a 
special risk group, but a lot of the factors that make it a special 
risk group don't seem that present at Hogwarts.


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