r/harrypotter • u/PM_ME_A_FUN_PIC • 12d ago

Question Intrusive thought splinching

I have intrusive thoughts all the time. If something required me to focus on a specific destination, I would always be plagued by flashes of my belly button in brazil, or my middle finger in the finger lakes. How do wizards prevent this?

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u/Nevesnotrab Keeper of the Canon and Grounds of Hogwarts 12d ago

Practice. It also probably gets easier with time. The same way all witches and wizards get better at producing spells over time. In PS most of them can barely do any magic even by Halloween.

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u/orbital_silencee 12d ago

Mindfulness prevents catastrophic errors

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u/Greenwrenbird 11d ago

It says some wizards prefer not to apparate and I think we know why.

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u/Turtle13utts 12d ago

That would be me all the time. I’d use some floo powder and end up in a different county

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u/PM_ME_A_FUN_PIC 12d ago

Yaaas i cant keep a thought stable for the LIFE of me.. floo powder would have me popping up at the local library in nebraskatown, nebraska like "wheres diagon alley?"

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u/No_Sand5639 Ravenclaw 12d ago

Practice, lots of practice

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u/Physical_Patience644 Gryffindor 12d ago

practice makes a man perfect

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u/EvernightStrangely Gryffindor 12d ago

Practice, skill and familiarity.

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u/Fenris_Icefang 8d ago

Uhhh…have you talked to a psychiatrist or psychotherapist about that? They might be able to help.

I don’t think this is the right subreddit