In a recent response, you mentioned your CBT technique for handling depression, and the first thing that popped into my head was that JK Rowling has said that Dementors are depression personified, and of course the way to combat them is to conjure a Patronus, which is powered by a happy thought. So basically, you’re conjuring your own Patronuses! (I wonder what form yours would take?)
Holy wow you are totally right! I knew that Dementors represented Depression, but I didn’t get the connection between Patronuses and CBT.
I asked Pottermore what my Patronus was, and I can’t remember what it told me … I recall that it was kind of cool, but not, like, super cool. If I had to pick it myself, it would probably be an Owl, or an Otter.