PS/SS chapters 13-15 post DH look

[Zara]

No: HPFGUIDX 181020

> Alla:
> Could you clarify please what you meant here? I mean I definitely 
> thought about Occlumency lessons, but relaxation supposed to be 
sort 
> of opposite to intense Quidditch like training, no?

zgirnius:
Our experiences of physical training must be different, lol. The non-
relaxation of actually doing the physical training, involves rather 
exclusive focus on very specific things. Like the ball and my 
teammates, or not getting flipped onto my back, or staying on the &^%
#*! treadmill, which would again prevent me from thinking about the 
regular worries and thoughts of my life. The aftermath, in my 
experience, can be quite relaxed, when I am too sore/tired to think 
about the stresses and problems in my life, which might otherwise 
occupy my thoughts. 

And it is this aftermath, I think, that has Harry experiencing fewer 
dreams in PS/SS. Instead of thinking about Umbridge, and the visions, 
and the Occlumency lessons and how he hates them, and being ignored 
by Dumbledore, and whatever other problems Harry ahs in OotP, before 
he finally falls asleep, PS/SS Harry just falls into bed, 
thinks "great to finally be in bed" and sleeps like a log. This 
latter is much closer to clearing his mind of all thoughts and 
feelings than the former.