Harry was very aggressive towards Ron and Hermione…
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To himself?
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I meant Hermione
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That’s called anger?
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Nope, that’s a symptom of PTSD, in THIS context. He saw Cedric Diggory die in the last book…
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Sure thing. Trust me, it’s not very pleasant suffering from it especially when it can cause physical harm to your body.
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Added a mental health and a discussion tag!
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What I get a bit annoyed about is that mental health issues in stories often are portrayed in the exact same way where they in reality can manifest in many different forms depending on the individual.
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Anxiety, depression, Autism, ADHD, OCD and many others aren’t represented very well.
I think, more research should be done when writing characters with mental illnesses.
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I would love to read a story where the MC has one of these conditions/illnesses but it isn’t the problem in the story. The story is about something else and this is just an aspect of their character, we just see small things of how they have learnt to deal with it in life.
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I can’t stand the lack of mental health representation, Let alone when it typically is portrayed is portrayed incorrectly. I read one story that romanticized schizophrenia and the entire story revolved around it- Alongside the author forcing the MC to be a crap person and make bad decisions…
Only to blame it on her schizophrenia. That’s not how it works. Granted I don’t have it but I sure as hell know a mental illness doesn’t force you to be a bad person nor participate in bad things. It’s why I wish people did genuine research instead of basing all mental illness off a movie/show.
DID is just as badly prorated in my opinion 
(Luna)
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Dude, the only mental illness I can think of that can “cause someone to be bad” is BPD, sociopathy/psychopathy and/or narcissistic personality disorder.
Even so, those are mental illnesses and a lot of mentally ill people aren’t actually bad at all. It’s just lazy writing and stigmas.
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It is! It’s a defense mechanism not an excuse for people to “rage”
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Exactly! Various of mental illness stem from trauma and other things. So your brain reworks itself for a defense mechanism.
No one just ups and gets an illness out of nowhere then can’t control it-
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Raven says she is Soph’s rage so not entirely true for us. But it’s lazy writing I think the cloest movie watch was glass We are a part of soph yet different.
Seriously recommend not getting on Ravens bad side her fantasys are weird even for me
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And the problems I listed are personality disorders. You don’t change your personality or behavior, your brain has just- changed the way it works because of your trauma.
Someone with bipolar disorder won’t react to something the same way as someone with anxiety, and someone with ADHD won’t react to something the same way as someone with, let’s say… depression or autism.
They’re uncontrollable, you don’t just switch a mental illness on & off like a light switch.
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Haha my apologies to Raven then! I don’t have DID But I do have a “dissociative” disorder called Maladaptive Daydreaming. I put in quotations considering it’s fairly new and research is still being done but. Excessive daydreaming which can be tiring and difficult to work around. The only difference with maladaptive daydreamers is we know the difference between reality and fantasy. It’s just hard to control the urge to want to daydream.
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Yes! This!
I have Bipolar, ADD and Maladaptive Daydreaming!
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No need to apologise. Everyone with DID is different.
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