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Stranger anxiety
Stranger anxiety is a developmental milestone that occurs around 9 months of age. Around that time, most babies will recognize their caretakers and siblings as familiar people, and will become afraid of unfamiliar people.
Dr. Robert Kwok reviewed this
35 year experience in Pediatrics
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What exactly is by stranger anxiety?
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What is the definition or description of: Stranger anxiety?
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When must I get professional help for my child if he has stranger anxiety?
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Do all babies go through stranger anxiety?
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Is it normal for my 1 year old daughter to have such bad stranger anxiety? We take her out in public often but she won't let anyone get near her.
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Does stranger anxiety occurs only in breastfed babies?
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When will baby starts playing with other babies and when will stranger anxiety start.is it normal for 6 month baby not to play with otherbabies?
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A 42-year old female asked:
How can I be SO TIRED & yet have anxiety?? I have even been told by strangers who say "wow your high strung!" I don't understand, Yet I know I suffer
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A 34-year old male asked about a 24-year old female:
Why would I burst into uncontrollable tears during sex me and my fiance have been together for 2 years and were getting married so its not we stranger we havent had sex in a while and I do have anxiety any insight? Thank you
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Should I be concerned that strangers can't understand my child's speech?
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Is swearing at strangers symptomatic of an anger problem?
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What are the risks of receiving oral sex from a stranger?
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What are some of the stranger manifestations of depression?
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I feel like being self destructive. I have barely any passion for life. Is there anything stranger?
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How to improve my social skills and make people want to be friends with me and not just strangers on facebook?
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A 24-year old female asked:
My daughter (11months) cries when my dad holds her. She isn't overly clingy and will even let strangers hold her. Not sure what to do..?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Nephew afraid of ppl don't want strangers to touch him.He say he wants his smell back.Happen after 5yr shots.Dont like being around ppl acts frantic.?
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A 35-year old female asked:
My 7mo cries if a stranger even looks at him. He cries the entire time if I have a babysitter over. Is this normal at this age? Is this a sign autism?
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A 56-year old male asked about a 60-year old female:
Will not speak or come in contact with strangers, has not worked for years, stays @ my sisters he is 35. His world is the backyard. What can b done
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Hi doctors thank you for always answering questions from total strangers on this platform and never getting tired of doing so. I just thought to say thank you for always
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A 61-year old male asked:
Good afternoon doctors. Is it to take a Greyhound bus and be seated next to a stranger, even if I am wearing a mask? The buses are two seats together on one side of the bus, and two seats together on the other side?
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A 21-year old female asked:
My covid isolation ended 2 weeks ago. Few days before I got covid, I got my first dose of Pfizer. I went out today for friends birthday, what are chances of reinfection? Whether it be by someone there with me or strangers. When to get second dose?
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When should strangers be able to understand my child's speech?
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What do I do if I feel I have been mistreated by a stranger because I am disabled?
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Is it easy to open up to total strangers as a child of abuse?
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So so sorry I had sex with stranger on break. What can I do now?
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Sometimes I mistaked strangers for well known people. I was sure that I knew them, I talked with them but they don't knew me! Is it normal?
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What are the chances of getting HPV after receiving a handjob from a stranger?
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Should I look to friends or strangers for support for my distorted body image?
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Is it possible to contract HIV if a stranger touches this with their open wound?
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