Well, the way I view your!Harry, he definitely thinks he's being the healthiest he can possibly be. And since no one else has had to bear the things he's borne, they're not really in a position to tell him differently.

Er, oops. I'm sorry, I misremembered. I was thinking not about the head-being-gripped thing, but this: "But Harry hadn’t even been like himself when he’d simply given in and given himself up to the sensations. He didn’t do that." --that was the line that made me think he doesn't even know himself in bed.

Thanks. I really love thinking about this fic.