What JKR Finds Important - Harry's Anger

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, kim reynolds <ginnysthe1 at y...> 
> Kim adds: 
> 
> Does anyone else think that Harry may be suffering in part from 
delayed PTSD, in addition to the recent kicking in of teenage angst 
and hormones?  That is, if wizards can suffer from PTSD...
> 
> Even with the mood swings and yelling, I see Harry as an incredibly 
resilient and fair-minded character when all is said and done.  His 
situation broke my heart, from the time I read the first book to the 
finish of OotP.  If someone told me of a child in RL that had 
undergone what Harry had and was then still expected to summon the 
fortitude to go on and fight the murderer of his parents again, I'd 
be floored.   When I told my aunt his story (she's not into reading 
the books, but was interested in hearing my synopsis of them) she was 
nearly in tears.  Then again, my family could be characterized as a 
just a tad over-emotional :-)



Alla:

Oh, yes, of course. I do think so. But this goes back to our 
discussion about very wierd absense of mind healers from WW medical 
system.

Harry witnesses the murder of the classmate, no doubt severely 
traumatised by that and what does Dumbledore do to help him?

Oh, yes, sends him back to Dursleys. Fine, he is safer there, but how 
about at least sending another adult to Mrs. Figg's House and letting 
Harry talk to him once in a while? (I am thinking  - Sirius, of 
course, but really, anybody except Snape will do, I think :o))

Another smart decision of Dumbledore. Moreover, he tells Ron and 
Hermione NOT to tell Harry anything of importance of what is 
happening to them and WW.

Yes, way to calm the boy down, Headmaster.

Many people will benefit from Mind Healer's help in Potterverse.

Snape, after werewolf incident, Sirius after Azkaban, etc., etc.