Post-potter Depression?, Tips to get through it in real life and on the Lounge |
 Jul 24 2007, 06:17 PM
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Resident Tonks Expert  Posts: 1,862 Joined: 9:46pm February 3, 2006 Location: In the clouds    |
QUOTE(Epona @ Jul 23 2007, 07:46 AM) [snapback]1335024[/snapback] Aaaah, luckily we have all those fan-fiction writers who will continue the epic saga of HP...  Write people, write please  Seconded! Now more than ever we readers need fanfiction, and I know that we have talented writers in the fandom who will continue to amaze us with their stories. Keep writing people, I look forward to reading your stuff!  PS. Go to DeviantArt and search DH, Harry Potter, etc. Looking at things through other people's art always helps me. 
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Jul 24 2007, 06:24 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 34 Joined: 8:16am January 27, 2007 Location: London, UK |
It's funny, I really thought that I would feel a huge sense of loss once I'd finished reading Deathly Hallows.
I've been a huge fan since the first book, eagerly awwaitng every new book with extreme excitement and rereading every book in preperation for the newest book. But... I feel fine. I am really peed off at Snape's death but it was totally expected and we've had years to prepare for it. I think I was just so dreading the ending being Ron or Hermione's death, that the fact they're alive I was just chuffed to bits! I also thought that the epilogue would be very far in the future at Harry's funeral or something and that thought depressed me too! HIPPO
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Jul 24 2007, 09:10 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 15 Joined: 9:19am July 28, 2005 Location: Australia |
I totally have post-potter depression!
This thread is a fantastic idea though, because it's something we all go through as devotees of the books for so long. I find it hard also, because my favourite character (Snape) died. Maybe if a favourite hadn't died it would be easier! 
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Jul 24 2007, 09:29 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 110 Joined: 1:46pm June 18, 2007 |
After immense waves of grief at Snape's life and fate kept swallowed me, I literally had to tell myself "it isn't real, stupid, it's f-i-c-t-i-on." But the power of how human it all was made it real. At this point, I wouldn't be able to reread the series or read/write fanfiction, it would be painful. After I distance myself a bit, gain perspective again, I'm going to approach it again and get into fanfiction a bit (though I'm still not sure about that).
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Jul 24 2007, 09:30 PM
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The nicer member of the A-team  Posts: 5,461 Joined: 5:33pm March 30, 2007 Location: Pushing the sweets trolley on the Hogwarts Express  |
QUOTE(fenix felicis @ Jul 25 2007, 11:12 AM) [snapback]1342525[/snapback] QUOTE(kagome_eb @ Jul 23 2007, 10:08 PM) [snapback]1337350[/snapback] aww to bad I dint read this two day ago! am still kind of sick from reading none stop already! haha but am gethign better now that I finish and try not to think about it, tough I did get realy frustrated with the peopl lazy enoph not to read it that ask me if potter dies and naging me to tell me about it! god! what a nightmare! i know you mean. i just stopped telling people what happened. now i tell them to go read the book! I've told my friends that I actually can't tell them how it ends. They're like 'but we'll read it anyway' but I know if they knew Harry lived a certain other chapter would be less powerful. So I say I can't tell them, and if they are gonna read the book ... well, go read it  Those non-potter friends have been a huge help to me in my obsession. They actually don't wanna talk about it all day every day ... so I've had to be a bit more restrained in my real life
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Jul 24 2007, 09:33 PM
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Just Through the Brick Wall Posts: 7 Joined: 8:00pm July 24, 2007 |
It's been pretty hard for me. I had a Disneyworld trip planned in about a month, but I cancelled it. I really don't care about it or any other sort of activity anymore. Fortunately, I anticipated this and tried to plan this week accordingly. It still hasn't been easy, however, and I've found myself registering on this message board, reading reviews and impressions, watching the movies, listening to Pottercasts, and listening to the audiobooks in an attempt to stave off the depression. Sadly, I know that I will eventually have to leave this universe; I just don't when I can.
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Jul 24 2007, 09:52 PM
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Cauldron Bottom Measurer Posts: 110 Joined: 1:46pm June 18, 2007 |
Is it just me, or has anyone else become something of a recluse after the release? I'm still in that world, still dazed by the remaining mysteries, and the power of some of the tragedies.
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Jul 24 2007, 09:54 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 87 Joined: 5:01pm March 23, 2006 Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
*sigh* Post-Potter depression started settling in January... it's still hard to believe that it's over.
I suggest to try reading some other things, immerse yourself in other hobbies that you enjoy. Obviously, this is very hard if the only thing that you really enjoy is Harry Potter. So try and find something different! I myself have found that I'm pretty good in cross-stitching and crocheting, and I have read other young adult series like Maximum Ride and His Dark Materials. I've also started reading my childhood favorites again, like The Cronicles of Narnia and all of my Roald Dahl books. Pop over to Mugglenet and check out the book trolley - there are some very good reads there, too! Of course, Harry Potter will never be far from my mind, I'll still pop on the Lounge and CoS Forums at LEAST once a week :] -------------------- "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."
"It doesn't mean defeating death in the way the death Eaters mean it, Harry ... It means... you know... living beyond death. Living after death." -pg 328, Chapter 16: Godric's Hollow, Deathly Hallows  |
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Jul 24 2007, 09:56 PM
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Being Eaten by the Pea Soup Posts: 28 Joined: 1:13pm June 27, 2007 |
This is my theory, we all go through difficult experiences, depending on how we where/are raised and what the examples are of those around us we either experience feelings particulary difficult ones like suffering, or we try to burry them. I grew up with the "burry your feelings = good" formula, so reading books that have such amazing character development like this whole series, open a window inside and let's us get in touch with some of the stuff burried within. When I think back to my adolescence I had so many ideals. I would have avoided someone like Neville or Luna for being so un-cool. I idealized others and judged myself in comparison to some perfectionistic standard that wasn't in any way real. I'm not sure if this is making sense but these book for me at least (and I suspect many more) ar a type of literary-healing-therapy.
My feelings are highly mixed. I feel very happy to have had the blessing to read this series. At the same time I'm sad that this is the last instalment. As far as coping goes... the reality is that we all are living HP type adventures. Every day we face decisions, do we take the easy route? Do we persue the sure thing, take the job or whatever that feels "safe" even though the work isn't vitalizing? Even though our choice doesn't seem to fit us, or leaves us feeling empty or like we sold out? Or do we have courage and do the right thing, by right I mean the one that feels right in our heart? We face these decisions between life or the mechanical systems that try to control life every day. The seeds have been planted! |
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Jul 24 2007, 09:56 PM
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Perusing the Magical Menagerie Posts: 87 Joined: 5:01pm March 23, 2006 Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin |
*sigh* Post-Potter depression started settling in January... it's still hard to believe that it's over.
I suggest to try reading some other things, immerse yourself in other hobbies that you enjoy. Obviously, this is very hard if the only thing that you really enjoy is Harry Potter. So try and find something different! I myself have found that I'm pretty good in cross-stitching and crocheting, and I have read other young adult series like Maximum Ride and His Dark Materials. I've also started reading my childhood favorites again, like The Cronicles of Narnia and all of my Roald Dahl books. Pop over to Mugglenet and check out the book trolley - there are some very good reads there, too! Of course, Harry Potter will never be far from my mind, I'll still pop on the Lounge and CoS Forums at LEAST once a week :] -------------------- "The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death."
"It doesn't mean defeating death in the way the death Eaters mean it, Harry ... It means... you know... living beyond death. Living after death." -pg 328, Chapter 16: Godric's Hollow, Deathly Hallows |
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