dissociation, distrust of one's memories, and uncertainty in reality are common in victims of child abuse, and even more common in ones gaslit their entire childhood harry grew up experiencing magic while being told magic isn't real the cognitive dissonance and the echoes of that mindset strongly coming back makes perfect sense good job for including it I like very much when writers (.....definitely not including jkr) portray harry's behavior and reactions more realistically, and account for the trauma he's been through well, she does a little, but she could have included a lot more bitterness and sneakiness his willingness to throw himself into danger, his disregard for his own life and wellbeing, his constant anger after fourth year, and his nightmares are pretty spot on okay fine she didn't do terribly on that but I love when people show a side of harry that very easily could have been realized, that harry probably pushed down to fit in with his friends/gryffindor house/everyone who saw him as a hero and beacon of light and all that is good
Harry hadn't shared details, but he dropped enough clues over the years so that anyone would know precisely how the Dursleys had treated him. RON AND FRED AND GEORGE LITERALLY SAW HOW HE WAS BEING TREATED AND ARE FULLY AWARE HE'S STARVED AND LOCKED UP
a well of cold water a numbing iciness dulling his emotions that's sparking with magic sounds exactly like powerful occlumency shields
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