What Would Your Patronus Be? Your Best Memory?

[Red Feather]

Hi I'm just trying to distract myself. I read a post and it gave me the idea to make this thread. This is inspired by Harry Potter and the Patronus spell that scares Dementors away. Dementors are evil seeking, dark scary creatures with hoods that suck life away from you. J.K. Rowling also mentioned they also can symbolize a depression.

I remember doing EMDR, and part of the treatment was not only dealing with negative memories but also positive ones, like thinking of memories in which I felt more courageous so as to recall that feeling and apply it to a current situation in which I needed more courage.

So here the idea is to post your best and most happiest memory you ever had.

You don't have to write the animal, and what kind of situation you would apply it to, unless you want to. You can also just think of that in your head. Oh and I would say the patronus and memory can change according to your mood however many times you want.

I know this might be real hard for a lot of us. It's really hard for me too.

 

[Red Feather]

This is one of my memories.

I was 8 years old and in Indonesia. The sky was pink and blue and purple and white and it was just about to rain. And I went for a walk alone and just being so amazed at the beautiful amazing sky above me.

 

[Ice_Fire]

Hmm ...one of my best memories is the first time I went flying with cadets and took control of the aircraft. I felt so free and literally left all my worries on the ground.

As for my patronus...not sure. But I could definitely do with pushing the dementors away :rolleyes:

Great thread! :D

 

[Loveneverfails]

LOVE this! Love HP and the whole patronus idea period. Also love that chocolate helps lol ;)

It's hard for me to name a happy memory, because in all honesty I don't have many and none of them seem really significant.The only one that jumps out at me in fact, probably wouldn't mean much to most people. It's what I got though.

I remember my 18th birthday going to six flags and riding my first upside down roller coaster. It went through something 5 loops? And I just remember being at the front of the coaster and seeing the ground rushing up at me, feeling the wind on my face and being pushed back in my seat and it being the freest I had EVER felt. It was amazing.

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I love this thread. I was in labor with my daughter. We called the hospital and they said I had plenty of time. Well my daughter was born at home in an hour. My husband delivered her. The ambulance came and got me. The doctor was disgruntled because he did not have anything to do. I was so happy. I had been in 35 hours of labor with my son, so an hours time was a snap. I was thrilled. It is my best memory.

 

[Venusian]

I was at my great-grandmother's house, I was maybe 7 and I was laying on the lawn and was totally amazed that her lawn was full of tiny little violets. She called them "johnny jump ups". I have a pot full of them on my deck now and I have always had some of them in every garden I have planted.

 

[Spiderallis]

I'm a bit unsure about it as the situation wasn't a good one, but in the back yard of a place I lived was a seemingly endless supply of adorable baby bunnies. There's a game baby bunnies play, they run in circles and jump over each other when they're about to crash. When I sat there watching the little bunnies, the horrible things going on inside the house didn't matter.

 

[Sammy]

One happy memory - I was scuba diving in a rock quarry with a friend. The water was about 60 feet deep and we were swimming at about 30 feet. We were diving along the wall of the quarry and could see all the way to the bottom, roll on our backs and see the surface. It felt like flying - attached to nothing and floating 30 feet above the bottom. Take a deep breath and float up just a bit. Exhale and sink back down a bit. I felt so free. I still use that image to help me relax and focus on my breathing. As for a patronus, this evening it would be a air bubbles, floating upward and drawing the dementors into each bubble and floating them away.

 

[CraftyCath]

My happiest memories for childhood were always on the beach in Wales. We would go there on holiday and I always wondered off to be by myself. I'd stand in the shallows and let the smaller waves roll against my legs while the sun kissed my skin and the breeze caressed me.

At other times I'd find a small rivulet and me and my brother would make dams across it to form pools. I would then sit in the warm pool and relax.

I'm still drawn to the sea and it is the place I feel most at peace. It is also my safe place.

 

[iMPACTt43w0r1d]

My happiest memory.... :) I felt loved....It was an overwhelming feeling. It was so strong. I was so hurt and emotional.... My heart felt like it couldn't possible hurt anymore... I remember thinking "Is this what it feels like to have a heart attack?" Well obviously it wasn't a heart attack. lol :) but I was hurting, and I felt this overwhelming feeling come over me. It was so warm. In that instance I knew that I was loved. I was never alone. I was never abandoned. I was understood. I was accepted. I was wanted....I love you God

Therefore! My patronus would have to be an eagle! :) Because I felt so free. I felt like I was soaring. I felt as though I was lifted up. And that I could hold my head up high. I was no longer ashamed. :) And when eagles sing, everyone stops to listen. Eagles are heard and noticed. Hope everyone is doing well :)

 

[piratelady]

My happiest memory was when we first moved to Colorado, when I was little. My mom didn't have money to buy a bunch of new Christmas decorations, so we spent the day making construction paper angels with glitter, snow-flakes, and stringing popcorn to make garland. It was so much fun to spend the day with my mom doing arts and crafts and decorating the tree! :D

 

[The Albatross]

My happiest memory is spending a whole summer with my grandparents and traveling to a variety of national parks in the west. I was 12. I loved everything about it and there was no arguing or fighting, it was beautiful (the places we visited) and peaceful.