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ACK!!!!!!!

OOH! Well at least she’s better now. She’s the Jo we all know and love.

Jo? If you ever think about that kind of stuff again, know that everyone here at Leaky loves you and will love you forever.

Live, Love, Harry Potter!!

Well, she demonstrated that the depression can be surpassed

Some of the best artists have been depressed throughout the centuries. It doesn’t change my opinion of her; I’m glad she got help. She is a wonderful woman who has influenced so many people. And she has publicly stated that she knows that now, even if the magnitude of her fame is still overwhelming. :)

Glad to hear that cognitive behavioural therapy worked for her…

Goodness, I love her. The fact that she’s not afraid to speak openly about all sorts of topics just makes me love her more.

I absolutly love Jo…she’s my hero!!! She definatly did not have a happy life before Harry Potter came along but she got through it and became a billion air. She’s an inspiration to everyone suffering from depression.

I’m really, really glad she has a better life now. And I don’t mean just her money – even if they take away all the economic troubles – but also that she has a family that loves her, she’s realized her life’s dream to be a writer, and the joy she must feel knowing how many millions of people who enjoy her books, and how she’s helped many, many people to enjoy reading books!

You know, there’s a saying that goes – “If you’ve planted a tree, you haven’t lived in vain.” Jo has planted the seed of joy by reading to so many others and will continue to do so for generations to come. This is perhaps her greatest accomplishment to mankind. We are forever grateful.

And yes, she’s an inspiration for all of us that suffers from depression.

Depression is an illness and I’m thankful Jo recognized this and sought help. I wish my sister had because she would be here with us if she did. I’m so glad Jo has spoken out and perhaps saved many lives by her brave example.

Damn those dementors! JK did say she thought of dementors representing the despair and unhappiness. I wonder what her patronus would have been then? Stephen Fry also suffered something similar and literally was suicidal. Many years ago he was supposed to be staring in a new stage play but did not turn up and actually vanished for a week causing a nationwide scare in the media. He had sudden attack of depression and left the country but returned a week later when he discovered how worried everyone was for him. He apologised sincerely but talks very openly about it since and made a superb documentary highlighting how serious manic depression can be and the optimism of how it can b conquored. JK and Fry are good friends and I wonder if they ever talk to each other about what they had suffered from the past. I think JK actually contributed to that documentary, cant quite remember now.

Please leave her alone. Who hasn’t thought of suicide in tough times. People make her tough times to be a big deal just because she is famous. Money or not, depression effects us all.

Depression is a constant uphill battle at times. I admire Jo even more because she had the strength and courage to recognize it and seek help despite all the stigma behind the illness (and yes, it is an illness). I suffered from depression nearly all my life and it wasn’t until a friend took me aside and explained that I wasn’t at fault for how I felt, that I sought help for it. Medications only go so far, but getting professional help and talking about it, can help too. I just wish someone would have seen it when I was a teenager and realized what was going on. I wouldn’t have suffered so long.

i’m so very glad she found help for her illness, and has overcome it,or has it under control.and really appreciate the fact she talks about it to give others hope. more important than becoming a billionair , is ,she now has a wonderful family. love you Jo,at lot of people do .

jo is amazing. she is such a good role model to any women or any one for that matter. it is so great that she can speak openly about all of the troubles of her past. it makes her that much more awesome!!! we all love you Jo!

Who gives a rat’s patootie The fact that it’s not in her writing as much as others….

Henry Miller, Hemmingway, Dickens, even Shakespeare…and the worse of all..’Father Time’ and sibs in Hardy’s, “Jude the Obscure”..even contemporary counterparts have been there….Stephen King, one among others…

Thank you very very much for sharing this, Jo. Depression is one of life’s toughest battles. Gaining awareness is the most painful AND absolutely necessary part of recovering! I’m super glad that we have cognitive behavioural therapy as a way to help us – it works WONDERS and I’ll recommend it always.

Its kinda funny. Last year, I was about as depressed as you can be wneh you’re 13. Its probably nothing to the degree Jo was, but I was seriously down in the dumps. I was like an invisible kid roaming the halls at school. the only time people noticed me was to seriously pick on me and bully me. My family wasn’t gettnig along great at the time either, and my Grandpa had been diagnosed with cancer. My brain was just, I can’t explain it, but nothing I did could have me wake up in the morning. It got to the point where I was starting to become physically sick. My thoughts about suicide were nothing severe, but the “what if” went through my head. I never actually considered it, but I considered what it would be like if I considered it.

Harry Potter was at the heart of me exiting that depression. A quick little comment I made sparked a huge discussion and brought me closer to quite a few people who gave me hope. They were my friends. They had little or no idea what was going on. But they talked to me. They cared about me. They made the world a different place. Add reading, podcasts and movie watching to that and I was back on my game again.

Very brave of Ms. Rowling to be so open and honest about this. So many people suffer from the illness of depression and fight the battle on a daily basis. I have tremendous respect for JK’s candor, and hope this will inspire others to seek the help they need to make themselves strong and well…

Depression is a terrible terrible illness. And not just the harsh kind that people suffer from when they grow up. As a teenager I felt depressed and down in the dumps so many times, and two years back I nearly gave up myself. Leah, it’s so true when you say Harry Potter pulls one through. The books, the site, the Pottercasts, it made me feel a whole lot better.

I admire Jo even more after knowing this. She took notice and seeked help for it and her story shows that no matter how rough life gets going, you can always make it through. She fought through all this and emerged a true winner and it makes you feel so happy to know how happy she is now. She deserves every bit of what she got and she truly is an inspiration for people. Love you Jo!!

I take my hats off to Joanne K Rowling. Depression is a severe problem and it darkens the life of those who have to go through this. If you are unlucky people misunderstand your suffering and you feel even more miserable.

I am so relieved that Jo sought for help for the sake of her first daughter and eventually for her own sake. And I am tremenduously grateful that she coped with her depression, with the suicidal thoughts and with her difficult circumstances. I admire her for writing down her ideas on Harry Potter and for keeping up writing through all this years. I am so stunned by her perseverance!

Well, I myself went through rough times for many many years. I finally fell into a deep depression and thought of suicide throughout the whole last year (2007). Above all it was my waiting for Jo’s seventh Harry Potter book that helped me to endure that critical period of my life.

Thank you, dear Jo, for Harry Potter and for you being so open and so kind!