7 Ways the Harry Potter Series Deals with Mental Illness

I've been rereading the Harry Potter series, and like with anything you read as a child and reread as an adult, I've been noticing things I didn't ten years ago.

Asa kid, I didn't realize that Harry's behavior in Order of the Phoenix might be due to PTSD from everything that's happened to him. I didn't realize that Kreacher exhibited signs of dementia. I didn't realize that dementors pretty served as a pretty accurate metaphor for depression.

That's part of the joy of rereading these books. Eac...

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Published on May 27, 2019 20:50
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