User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4139615-20110712143356

What Harry Potter means to me? I immersed myself in Harry Potter books during a very difficult time in my life. I wanted to be distracted from the my reality and jump into another world and another place. Harry Potter did that for me. It took me to another place and helped me escape my current reality, which was depressing and painful. I read all of the books back to back in the span of two months and the books took care of me. During that difficult time I had excitement, laughter and magic when my reality spoke of the complete opposite. From that point on I was was obsessed. Because of Harry Potter I was able to escape tormenting thoughts and deal with my problems in a more healthy way. Losing a loved one was hard but I did not get overtaken by sorrow and depression because the Harry Potter books gave me balance and hope.