Peter Attia· MD
in the anxiety bucket there's multiple different types so someone may have generalized anxiety where is that's exactly it it's generalized it's seen in multiple places as pretty pervasive people can have specific phobias um towards you know dogs or spiders or other things um I mentioned separation anxiety so that is a condition um and again yes many toddlers have separation anxiety that's very normal it's about how severe and significant the the anxiety is and how pervasive it is and whether it is impacting function um so when it's impacting the ability for a child to go to child care or preschool um then it's like something we need to help um other types of anxiety there's something called selective mutism um children who um are able to speak very well and speak well at home um or with familiar um adults s but do not speak and are mute um outside that familiar environment um there's also obsessive compulsive disorder where people have obsessive thoughts or compulsive behaviors so there's many types of anxiety um conditions out there and and children have these