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Is Anxiety Inherited? A Straightforward Question, But A Complex Answer.
Is anxiety inherited, what do you believe? To me I do not think so. I feel some of us are born into a family tree where there a number of us are dealing with anxiety. But that does not imply that we will have anxiety.
Saying from my individual personal experience my Mother had anxiety and I'm not 100% sure but I think my dad was a pretty nervous man. Therefore yes it had been in my family. However I have four siblings and none of them suffer from nervousness or anxiety attacks. I am additionally a Sagittarius and it seems as if we are vulnerable to be anxious individuals. Therefore this could also be a contributing factor.
When I had my first attack of anxiety I did ask my Physician the question "is stress inherited", he was not sure. As far as he was concerned there was no evidence either way. So I think there isn't any definitive solution to the problem "is stress inherited".
I really believe that there is no such thing as an anxiety gene within us. I do believe that we could pick up on the behaviours of those close to us while we are growing up. Therefore I feel we could have learnt behaviour that is something wholly different to stress.
As kids we may have observed someone close to us having an anxiety attack and never in fact understood what was happening. But what we would of grabbed, was the fear they where feeling. And if it was a close relative who was acting fearful, then we would really be scared, as we looked to them to keep us secure. But we would not of recognized their fear.
Therefore there may be a case for anxiousness being a learnt behaviour, but as for the question "is stress inherited", I am not certain. Though it would be really helpful at times to know where my fear originated from. And yes when I was feeling down it would of been really helpful to have someone responsible and be angry with. But again that's just a part of the process, well it was for me. The not knowing or not understanding was really terrifying. It would of been beneficial for me to have the physician say, yes your stress is inherited,at least then I may of least understood my anxiety far better.
What do you think? Please give a wise comment to the query "is stress inherited". I would truly appreciate your input.
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