Psychology, depression, etc

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

I do feel uncomfortable when we start speculating about J.K. Rowling, the person. OTOH, I also think it's perfectly okay to look hard at the way she presents emotional, as well as moral, issues in her text. And nobody has taken a harder look, with funnier results, than starcrossedgirl! Look here:


http://starcrossedgirl.livejournal.com/322471.html#cutid1

Comments

[for-diddled.livejournal.com]

Good fic! :)

Another way in which the Dementors are bad analogues to depression is the effect they have on people. People affected by Dementors faint, vomit, turn pale, sweat, shiver, panic and run around. People affected by depression are more likely to curl up in a corner and cry. Possibly JKR didn't think this sort of behaviour dramatic enough, which is why the symptoms of Dementor promixity are more "interesting" than the symptoms of depression.

[sweettalkeress.livejournal.com]

"People affected by Dementors faint, vomit, turn pale, sweat, shiver, panic and run around. "

And now you've just reminded me of a badfic I read in which the characters spent 95% of their time doing just that. So... Dementors turn you into badfic characters (now there's an idea)?