Growing up, we all love children's shows in Saturday morning cartoons, things like Bugs Bunny, Daffey Duck, etc,

and there was even movies like Winnie the Pooh and his friends.

These were lovable, giddy, relatable characters, and we all know them very very well.

We had Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Christopher Robin, Tigger, Eor, and even Rabbit and Owl.

And all of them hold a very special place in our hearts when we were growing up and we all remember

them fond memories don't really get overshadowed because we don't remember the exact scenarios

of what these individual characters were dealing with.

You might be saying, what could Winnie the Pooh's characters be dealing with. You might be saying, well, what could Winnie the Pooh's characters be dealing with?

Well, outside of the nostalgia, we don't really recall their issues. It turns out each individual character

was dealing with very specific mental illnesses and struggles.

So with that, I'm Dr. Nakeetson,

Paul, your friendly neighborhood internist and gastrointestinal

and Gastronterologists, then no, I have no plans on ruining your childhood

but what we're going to do in this week's podcast is dive into the world

with Pooh and his friends. We're going to talk about these lovable characters and kind of go over the

individual mental health illnesses that they represented in a way for you to better understand some of the lesser known diagnoses that will still come across your door.

So let's jump right in. Now I'm not trying to ruin your childhood and these are some spoiler warnings but here's ones that we've covered already

Rabbit actually had obsessive compulsive disorder which we talked about in a previous podcast

Piglet actually has the topic that we discussed just last week,

which is anxiety disorder.

He was super nervous and always worried and concerned

that bad things were going to happen to him.

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