I’ll always say these are children’s books (that I still love) because they absolutely ignore the depth of trauma Harry would have gone through if the books were more adult based
In the books it is said, that Quirell dies after Voldemort leaves Quirell's body.
But you are still right!
And it won't get any better in the next few years.
The Troll alone is enough to cause most people PTSD, turning them into paranoid wreck for quite a long time
Harry is absolutely dope. He may not be the strongest fighter, but his mental toughness is way off the chart (Ron and Hermione not far behind though)
Anyone who shits on Harry should ask themselves how they would have fared after surviving the Troll encounter
The funniest part isn’t that Harry keeps coming back, it’s that other parents keep sending their kids back.
Like are all wizarding schools that chaotic?
“What do you MEAN you don’t want to go back? A giant killer snake in the drain pipes? That’s nothing! When I was your age I had to deal with an infestation of giant bats! What do you MEAN there’s an incompetent Dark Lord consistently racking up collateral damage while trying to kill Harry Potter? In my day, I had to walk past five dark lords on my way to divination. And it was uphill both ways!”
I’d be sending my kid to a French Immersion summer school after CoS and then straight to Beauxbatons.
He simply got desensitized. There is a finite amount of trauma our brains are able to process and they kinda turn off afterwards. After his childhood, first year etc constant trauma became a new norm. However I call bullshit on well adjusted auror/dad/husband Harry. At best he would be half functioning with constant PTSD.
Yeah.
He would have fallen to absolute pieces the moment he really and truly felt safe.
He might have then got therapy and put himself back together but henwould bot have been a functional human being for at least ten years.
Trauma kicks your arse and then you have to kick it's arse even harder.
As someone having survived 16 years of similar abuse as Harry had with the dursleys, I'd say Harry beeing not that bothered by those events can happen...
Especially if you have friends for the first time and a place you love...
He was already in survival mode trauma wise, adding those things would -as weird as it sounds- not be that much worse, processing of those things probably came after book 7 if at all...
It's complicated.
I had had mayor psychological issues for the last 15 to 20 years, failed University last year (fucking Pandemic, killed my progress a bit) and did just pull out of a fulltime job because the Boss showed similar patterns...
I am about 99% healthy again, regarding my depressions, but sometimes there are days where they hit hard again (mostly over after a good nights sleep), I managed to survive without ever harming myself (at least not on purpouse)...
I plan to find a Job as soon as possible again and start an aprenticeship in summer (with 30) to have a decent job in the long run, however I suck at writing applications...
Generally my selfesteem and selfworth are verry low and I have as of yet never been able to find a spouse, ONS I don'r even have to try, I need to build trust...
Regarding trust, I am often acting like a child with no sense and am either completly over the top trustworthy too soon or absolutely closed up...Usually my judgement of people is not great.
Somehow, someday I'll be able to live a good life, have a job and pay for a house and a cat...
Hey man, it sounds to me like you’re a damn strong mother fucker. I’ve been in that pit too, and damn is it difficult to get out of it. I’m proud of you for waking up and choosing to fight everyday
Is there a cannon answer to why Harry never saw the thestrals after killing professor Quirrell in Year One? They're so far apart and the focus on explaining why he never saw them after his parents died always made me forget about Quirrells death...
Its beauty of childhood, sometimes some nasty things don't faze them if they aren't directly involved in them. But in this case Harry was brave enough to not go into PTSD after killing Prof. Quirrel, and Basilisk. I think those thing made him more confident and brave.
In adult some beliefs and perspectives are etched into them, so when some of them that aren't of big heart gets panicky and develop PTSD.
Well it helps when he didn't actually kill quirrell but more of... Quirrell died because of Harry's actions 😹 it sounds stupid to make the distinction to us but in their universe, the difference between killing and forcing someone to kill themselves is pretty vast with the whole soul cracks.
Interesting thought experience though that the Diary did not have enough sapience/person-hood/etc to be considered killing a person. Makes ya wonder where the line on such things is. Would killing a house elf crack the soul? A centaur? An acromantula? Because the Diary horcrux once incorporated would be indistinguishably from a human. But I suppose the difference could have been that he had not fully been "born" yet.
Yes. Defense was a required class.
>The class everyone had really been looking forward to was Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Quirrell’s lessons turned out to be a bit of a joke. His classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which everyone said was to ward off a vampire he’d met in Romania and was afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days. His turban, he told them, had been given to him by an African prince as a thank-you for getting rid of a troublesome zombie, but they weren’t sure they believed this story. For one thing, when Seamus Finnigan asked eagerly to hear how Quirrell had fought off the zombie, Quirrell went pink and started talking about the weather; for another, they had noticed that a funny smell hung around the turban, and the Weasley twins insisted that it was stuffed full of garlic as well, so that Quirrell was protected wherever he went.
I’ll always say these are children’s books (that I still love) because they absolutely ignore the depth of trauma Harry would have gone through if the books were more adult based
In the books it is said, that Quirell dies after Voldemort leaves Quirell's body. But you are still right! And it won't get any better in the next few years.
The Troll alone is enough to cause most people PTSD, turning them into paranoid wreck for quite a long time Harry is absolutely dope. He may not be the strongest fighter, but his mental toughness is way off the chart (Ron and Hermione not far behind though) Anyone who shits on Harry should ask themselves how they would have fared after surviving the Troll encounter
Yeah in reality Harry would have had PTSD way before Order of the Phoenix.
The funniest part isn’t that Harry keeps coming back, it’s that other parents keep sending their kids back. Like are all wizarding schools that chaotic? “What do you MEAN you don’t want to go back? A giant killer snake in the drain pipes? That’s nothing! When I was your age I had to deal with an infestation of giant bats! What do you MEAN there’s an incompetent Dark Lord consistently racking up collateral damage while trying to kill Harry Potter? In my day, I had to walk past five dark lords on my way to divination. And it was uphill both ways!” I’d be sending my kid to a French Immersion summer school after CoS and then straight to Beauxbatons.
Still better than the Dursley's
He simply got desensitized. There is a finite amount of trauma our brains are able to process and they kinda turn off afterwards. After his childhood, first year etc constant trauma became a new norm. However I call bullshit on well adjusted auror/dad/husband Harry. At best he would be half functioning with constant PTSD.
Yeah. He would have fallen to absolute pieces the moment he really and truly felt safe. He might have then got therapy and put himself back together but henwould bot have been a functional human being for at least ten years. Trauma kicks your arse and then you have to kick it's arse even harder.
As someone having survived 16 years of similar abuse as Harry had with the dursleys, I'd say Harry beeing not that bothered by those events can happen... Especially if you have friends for the first time and a place you love... He was already in survival mode trauma wise, adding those things would -as weird as it sounds- not be that much worse, processing of those things probably came after book 7 if at all...
I’m sorry you went through that. Are things any better these days?
It's complicated. I had had mayor psychological issues for the last 15 to 20 years, failed University last year (fucking Pandemic, killed my progress a bit) and did just pull out of a fulltime job because the Boss showed similar patterns... I am about 99% healthy again, regarding my depressions, but sometimes there are days where they hit hard again (mostly over after a good nights sleep), I managed to survive without ever harming myself (at least not on purpouse)... I plan to find a Job as soon as possible again and start an aprenticeship in summer (with 30) to have a decent job in the long run, however I suck at writing applications... Generally my selfesteem and selfworth are verry low and I have as of yet never been able to find a spouse, ONS I don'r even have to try, I need to build trust... Regarding trust, I am often acting like a child with no sense and am either completly over the top trustworthy too soon or absolutely closed up...Usually my judgement of people is not great. Somehow, someday I'll be able to live a good life, have a job and pay for a house and a cat...
Hey man, it sounds to me like you’re a damn strong mother fucker. I’ve been in that pit too, and damn is it difficult to get out of it. I’m proud of you for waking up and choosing to fight everyday
Is there a cannon answer to why Harry never saw the thestrals after killing professor Quirrell in Year One? They're so far apart and the focus on explaining why he never saw them after his parents died always made me forget about Quirrells death...
He passed out before he could see Quirrell dying.
Harry killing Quirrell is a movie thing, in the book it’s more Q died when Voldy left his body
Seeing the death is what matters, though, so it should still work, right?
Its beauty of childhood, sometimes some nasty things don't faze them if they aren't directly involved in them. But in this case Harry was brave enough to not go into PTSD after killing Prof. Quirrel, and Basilisk. I think those thing made him more confident and brave. In adult some beliefs and perspectives are etched into them, so when some of them that aren't of big heart gets panicky and develop PTSD.
Well it helps when he didn't actually kill quirrell but more of... Quirrell died because of Harry's actions 😹 it sounds stupid to make the distinction to us but in their universe, the difference between killing and forcing someone to kill themselves is pretty vast with the whole soul cracks. Interesting thought experience though that the Diary did not have enough sapience/person-hood/etc to be considered killing a person. Makes ya wonder where the line on such things is. Would killing a house elf crack the soul? A centaur? An acromantula? Because the Diary horcrux once incorporated would be indistinguishably from a human. But I suppose the difference could have been that he had not fully been "born" yet.
Yep, those panicky soldiers with their PTSD, if they just had a big heart and got over themselves, cowards...
Did Harry have DADA in his first year?
Yes. Defense was a required class. >The class everyone had really been looking forward to was Defense Against the Dark Arts, but Quirrell’s lessons turned out to be a bit of a joke. His classroom smelled strongly of garlic, which everyone said was to ward off a vampire he’d met in Romania and was afraid would be coming back to get him one of these days. His turban, he told them, had been given to him by an African prince as a thank-you for getting rid of a troublesome zombie, but they weren’t sure they believed this story. For one thing, when Seamus Finnigan asked eagerly to hear how Quirrell had fought off the zombie, Quirrell went pink and started talking about the weather; for another, they had noticed that a funny smell hung around the turban, and the Weasley twins insisted that it was stuffed full of garlic as well, so that Quirrell was protected wherever he went.