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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.
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What exactly is by stranger anxiety?
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When must I get professional help for my child if he has stranger anxiety?
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A 21-year old female asked:
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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What are some of the stranger manifestations of depression?
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Should I be concerned that strangers can't understand my child's speech?
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What tests one should get after unsafe sex with a stranger?
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Is it easy to open up to total strangers as a child of abuse?
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A 34-year old asked:
Is swearing at strangers symptomatic of an anger problem?
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A 36-year old asked:
So so sorry I had sex with stranger on break. What can I do now?
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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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A 45-year old asked:
Is teaching a child to fear something (like strangers) a good idea?
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A 46-year old asked:
I had unprotected sex with a stranger last night. Should I get tested?
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Should I look to friends or strangers for support for my distorted body image?
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A 45-year old asked:
Can agoraphobia make a person scared to talk to strangers outside?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Should my jaw and teeth be relaxed when working out? Worried i may hit my teeth together. Got tooth shortening/bonding but unnoticeable to strangers.
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A 40-year old asked:
Can you catch aids from eating a strangers ice cream cone?
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A 38-year old asked:
Very scary sex scare. Stupid and had intercourse with stranger. Should I check for stis and hiv?
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A 22-year old female asked:
I get really hot and my face and ears and neck get real red, I do this when I am in crowds or have to talk to a stranger, I'm only 22, what is it?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I lack of confidence and also I'm very shy and quiet with strangers Men don't find that much appealing tho,what to do?I don't wanna be single anymore.
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A 35-year old asked:
Is it harmful to swallow semen and what is your opinion on swallowing if a stranger?
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A 48-year old asked:
Azoospermia - using artificial insemination - how do strangers tell kids apart if using a sperm doner?
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A 27-year old female asked:
What STDs can be transferred by kissing and hickeys?? Made out with stranger at party and freaked out about it.
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A 60-year old male asked:
I may have just been bitten by fleas from a stranger's dog. How would I get rid of these round slightly raised reddish spots from my arms? Curable?
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A 25-year old female asked:
If you have a cut on your lip, but its not bleeding,can u catch syphilis or hiv if you share a cigarette with a stranger?!
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A 24-year old female asked about a 35-year old female:
Why is there so much sexual abuse from male psychiatrists against female patients? It's more prevalent then being rapped by a stranger at night
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A 33-year old male asked:
Due date: 26/12/2013,last period 21/03/2013,wife had a protected intercourse with a stranger on 8/3/2013,but there was a contact of genitals,is he dad
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A 18-year old female asked:
How are being raped by a stranger at a park and developing bulimia (cycles of starving and then binging) shortly after related? What can be done?
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A 24-year old male asked:
What freaks me out the most about getting circumcised is its transforming the penis i know into a sleeveless stranger between my legs. Any advice?
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A 43-year old female asked:
Hi had lower bback pain pain in legs more in right leg keep getting stranger sensations in feet and down leg skin feels strange to touch wakes me up?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Can I get STD if I had sex only once but without condom? The girl was a stranger.
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