What if...? - My last minute theory

[ronnie]

No: HPFGUIDX 172116

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Bart Lidofsky <bartl at ...> wrote:
>> Bart:
> If you think about it for a minute, that is highly unlikely. There 
had to be something else about Morty. After all, the overwhelming 
majority of kids whose are orphaned by their mother's death in 
childhood come out fine. Morty may not have received a lot of love, 
but he had as much opportunity as the other kids in the orphanage. 
> 
> Morty is mentally ill, and, as near as anybody can tell, he was 
born that way. Among other things, he is entirely incapable of 
empathy. 

ronnie:
I just don't believe babies can be born mentally ill (although I 
totaly agree with your diagnosis). DD showed Harry LV history exactly 
for him to understand the roots of this mental illness. 
Sure, plenty of orphan children (including Harry) grow up to be 
healthy, loving, sane people. But LV's mother was in deep depression 
even as he was a fetus in her womb, and on top of it all, there was 
no-one to compansate for this lack of parents love.