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Scare of walking
Hello Doctors,
My son is 22 months old. Since two weeks he is scaring of something to walk from one room to other room. He watches the floor (which is very clean) and may be getting scared of the shadows, not completely sure. (earlier he used to roam and run in all rooms). However, he is going to other rooms, if someone will hold his hand while walking. This is very weird behaviour. He is sitting in hall and watching TV whole day as we are working parents and busy working from home. Is this one of the reason of his weird behaviour? Also, we take him outside home in evening for a walk, but there also he is scared of walking.
Just to inform you all that he never walked outside of home as when he learnt walking, it was the month of March and after that complete lockdown happened due to pandemic, because of which we stopped going outside. We are not able to understand what to do? It is impacting him psychologically, please help.
Thanks,
-Sumit.
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Dr. Manan Gupta
Geriatric Psychiatrist
7 yrs exp
Karnal
Thanks Sumit for your query. The behaviors of your child are not uncommon and fall under a normal spectrum for that age. It appears as if he is seeking reassurance (like when you hold his hand, etc) prior to going to unfamiliar places. I don't suspect that he maybe seeing something (like shadows or any other distressing signal) that you guys aren't, otherwise reassurance would not have helped. As children tend to be very perceptive towards their surroundings and caregivers, often times they tend to mirror their parents/caregivers behaviors or what they see on TV (some children shows have been showing all sorts of weird things during this pandemic), which when repeated/reinforced enough times, conditions the child to repeat the behavior. The good news is that your child appears to be in his usual healthy self (playful, watches tv, walks, eating fine, etc).
I hope that answered some part of your query. Take care!
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Just keep doing your best in trying to be there for your child while also being mindful of where he might be consuming information that may inform his own future behaviors.
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