Legilimency and Occlumency are, I think, a huge game of cat and mouse which in essence equals psychotherapy in the Muggle world.
What makes me think this is just that I had my first meeting with a new therapist today. (I've had some bad experiences, and so for the first half of the meeting I sat cross-legged on her couch wearing a skirt and a skeptical expression--it wasn't until we began to talk about my relationships with my family that I opened up. I cried about my sister for a while and folded a series of damp tissues into identical white triangles and left her office an hour later clutching them tightly.) And we connected and she helped me a lot already, and I'm looking forward to meeting with her again. But here's where this all reminds me of Legilimency and Occlumency.
Remember in the Order of the Phoenix when Snape gives Harry Occlumency lessons? Basically what it is is them sitting in a room and Snape trying to read Harry's thoughts and Harry being a stubborn, angsty teenage asshole and trying to hide them but also being really shitty at it because he is so goddamn angsty.
And then afterward Harry's defenses are always low, and it's easier for him to have nightmares and dwell on the bad stuff because it's all been dragged to the surface again.
I was going to spell out how this is like therapy but it's pretty obvious. And also I just realized that I am exhausted. Goodnight, Internet.
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