All the characters are examples of mental illness.
Winnie the Pooh.
She said Eeyore is clearly depression.
Pooh is hedonism.
Piglet is anxiety.
Tigger is ADD.
Far out man,, never thought about.
Christopher Robin is schizophrenic, because he sees and talks to all these animals.
So Winnie the Pooh is just an easy way to expose children to mental illness,,and to prepare them for the people they’ll have to deal with oneday