What does your Boggart look like?

[jerseygirl]

What does your Boggart look like?  What would it look like after you defeat it?

For those of you unfamiliar as to what a Boggart is, here is the Harry Potter specific definition. (Ha! there’s a Harry Potter Wiki – amazing!)

A boggart is a shape-shifting creature that takes on the form of the viewer’s worst fear.

The charm that combats a boggart is ”Riddikulus!”.   The charm requires a strong mind and good concentration. The  incantation and wand movement alone will not affect a boggart. The correct way to perform the charm is to push past the fear, and concentrate on something that will make the boggart look amusing. The charm does not, in fact, repel a Boggart; it just forces it to assume a shape that the caster will find comical, inspiring laughter, which will defeat a boggart

Okay, so no need to post you worst fear, as that could be deeply personal – but perhaps one of those many fears we seem to carry.

[evansvillegirl26]

hehe!! I just finished Order of the Phoenix for the 3rd time today! So I totally have HP on the brain!

My boggart would be same as Molly Weasley…. seeing my family dead

After I defeat it It would probably turn into my husband in a wizard costume or something!!

[jerseygirl]

Funnily, I’m actually having a hard time answering this question! It helps I guess to think of the scenario as the Boggart coming out of the cupboard. Representing a fear, not the fear actually being realised. Think I’ll go with a lesser fear all the same. So…

Bugger! I’m still stuck. Perhaps I should have thought about this more before posing the question!

Maybe it’s that the concept was written for children and they can more readily conjure and image to a fear, whereas adult fears are a sometimes more complex.

[bunnytowne]

Hmm can’t think of anything.   Let me see think think think kawthar.

A water moccassin snake    And I used to catch snakes and snap pics of them as a teen  what happened?   No maybe not the snake then.  I know they are more scared of me.

A mouse?  Yes I think a wild mouse in the house or near my hand that would do it.

My biggest fear though is something happening to hubby or him dying.  That is the big one.

I have a lot of anxiety with this one.  I used to get so upset and think the worst when he was out and was getting dark out.  This has been the case with my sons father too.  Though not anymore.

As I am meandering on with this subject I am thinking what a strange question.  And why did I respond.  Well with my bp meds this fear is a lot weaker  but it still crops up now n then.     I then have to remember to put these things in the hands of our creator.  That helps too.

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Boggart-Worst fear? Fish flopping around on the ground and broken elevators!!

After you defeat it, it’s supposed to make you laugh-comical? Hmmmm….Dave as a ballerina?? LOL

[Sonn]

Hmm I have a ton of irrational fears but I guess the biggest one’s would be

Being buried alive

or

Locked in a small room with no way out

or

having another family member die in a car accident

 

And it would be turned into a replay of someone walking into a glass door LOL always makes me laugh no matter what.

[Deleted User]

MY MOM! walking into my bedroom with that look on her face. She never came upstairs, but when she did…..oooh still gives me chills to think about!

lol…i love HP!

[kralspace]

That’s a thought provoking question……Well, I guess the 2 worst things are losing your child and your spouse.

I nearly lost my son twice to seizures in the last few years, but he’s pretty stable these days. He’s turned it into a boggart for me. When I’m smothering him with overprotectiveness (he’s 21) he does imitations and makes jokes about ‘doing the fish flop’ that makes me laugh in spite of myself.

I lost my husband 5 years ago to suicide (doctor gave him the wrong medication and he became psychotic and compulsively suicidal) I’m a huge Potter fan and I guess I do the boggart thing without thinking. When the sadness threatens to overwhelm me at work these days, I pull out several photos I purposely keep in my desk that show some of the silliest things we ever did and it makes me laugh and I feel much better.

so, YES, Riddiculus works wonders!

although I would run if I ever saw Snape coming after me

[xParadise]

Oh my goodness, I’m so sorry kralspace. I couldn’t imagine losing a loved one to something that tragic. Healing vibes to you, even five years later I’m sure the sadness is still immense.

My worst fear is of losing someone close to me. Next comes heights and small spaces.

Oh and car accidents.. the thought of that terrifies me too.

[kralspace]

Thank you xparadise. A friend gave me a pillow filled with balsa with a poem about how the worst has happened, you have survived and you know nothing will ever hurt you that bad again so you have no choice but to go on and be better. It fills my bedroom with the wonderful smell of the woods Jim loved and brings back happy memories.

I started my bunny ‘collection’ after his death and they bring much joy and comfort.

My current boggart would be running out of fresh greens, papayea tablets and apple slices all at the same time. The sheer amount of bunny butt from 6 buns would be daunting.

[bunnytowne]

awe Kralspace  you will always remember him.   The happy times that is good to remind  yourself of.   Great idea.

 

[jerseygirl]

Kathy, though it has been many years, my condolences. Not an isolated incident unfortunately, they even prescribe these drugs to children and these side effects are known. Makes my blood boil. I may sound cynical but I really think this is a result of drug companies and doctors being in each others pockets. Huge generalisation – I know!

Man, my intention wasn’t to have people dredge up their fears and think about them too much…….don’t know why I thought of the boggart actually. Guess it helps to name the fear, face it and dispel it (turn it around, turn it into something silly) Gonna take a bit of practice.

The bunny fears are easy to bring up but I hadn’t thought about fear to ones self regarding disapproving buns! HAHA!

Allenj1, how do you defeat your Mum coming upstairs/boggart? 

[jerseygirl]

Bunny related fear……Jersey going missing. The not knowing what happened to her if this occurred.

When I first got Jersey, this actually happened. I was outside, letting her have a run around. The backyard was secure and though the fence was partially down on one side, the neighbours shed formed a barrier where the fence was broken. Anyway, I was lax in my supervision and she had disappeared. As the hours went by I got more distraught. A friend and family members had been by to help me look. I’d door knocked my adjoining neighbours.

I could just not see how she could have escaped. I looked over the boundaries 50 times! I concluded that someone must have leant over the fence and snatched her. It was the only possiblity I could fathom but I couldn’t understand.

I was devastated! I’d already grown so attached and had recently had her spayed so as to increase her chances of living a good long life, and now she was gone. I hadn’t cried so much in ages and barely slept that night thinking of all the things that could happen to her. The next morning I had to work. I dragged my self off but had my sister come by just in case Jersey reappeared. It wasn’t long before I got a call that she had! She was sitting by a tree near this shed, hopped inside and had some breakfast!!!!

I had put some sheets of iron along the bottom of my neighbours shed to block of the hollow area underneath. This is where she had been. It was a bit of a cavern/ warren like and she probably found it irresistable. I still can’t quite figure out how she got under there, there were no holes dug nearby.
Anyway, I had her back, she was totally normal and my lesson was LEARNED! I still let her outside but am ever more vigilant!

So that’s my bunny boggart. It helped afterward thinking that she was actually in her element, a dark, earthy space like a natural warren. So to defeat this boggart I think of her in this space having a tea party with some wild rabbits, all kicking up their hocks and having a grand old time. Jersey would be telling them jokes and stories and generally being the centre of attention.

[Deleted User]

What a story Jersey!!! I can’t believe that! I freak when she’s missing in the apartment, i can’t even imagine outside!!! lol….

All I have to think about is how I don’t live w/ my mom anymore and she has no control over me! Brings a smile to my face! lol….(can you tell we have issues!!! )

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Wow Kathy how sad-I’m so sorry.

I thought of anothe Boggart for me actually. It’s weird. If you were going in a tunnel/hole underground, crawling, upside down(head first), and got stuck. I think I’d die of clausterphobia!!

[FluffyBunny]

What does my BOOGER look like? O.o

…oh, boggart. lol…Still thinking

[jerseygirl]

LOL Fluffy! ^^ Bet you were like “What the-?”

K&K, so how would you dispel the fear? I think it’s important to do that part otherwise it’s just another fear that lodges in the brain and probably pops up in a dream somewhere!

For example…………you suddenly become a good digger, and just start tunnelling until you dig your way into a secret rabbit warren that is home to a rare and beautiful breed. You stay and live with them and it’s not long before you are Queen of the Warren…….

[Cassi&Charlie]

My year 3 teacher lol. She was MEAN! How would I Riddikulus her…I’d turn her into a pumpkin and then blend her into soup! And then eat it yum…pumpkin soup

[Crayon]

My boggart would be.. someone trying to impale me with something, like a long metal rod.
I would make it turn into a giant limp noodle!.
haha it is actually making me laugh thinking about someone lunging at me with a limp noodle.

My othe boggart would be me about to step on a frog or toad and not able to stop.
I would make it quickly hop out of the way and start singing with a top hat like the old merry melodies cartoon.

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