Is anxiety inherited, what do you think? For me I do not think so. I feel some of us are born into a family unit where there is anxiety and panic attacks. Although that does not signify that we will have anxiety.
Talking from my own personal encounter my Mum had anxiety and I’m not a 100% sure but I think my Dad was a pretty anxious guy. So yes it was in my family. But i have four siblings and none of them suffer from anxiety or panic attacks.
I am also a Sagittarius and it seems that we are prone to be anxious people. As a result this could also be a contributing factor.
As soon as I had my first bout of anxiety I did ask my Doctor the question “is anxiety inherited”, he was not certain. As far as he was concerned there was no proof either way. So I assume there is no definitive answer to the question “is anxiety inherited”.
I truly believe that there is no such thing as an anxiety gene within us. I do believe that we can pick up on the behaviours of those closest to us when we are growing up. So I feel we can have learnt behaviour. Which is something completely different to anxiety?
As kids we may have witnessed someone close to us having an anxiety attack and not actually understood what was going on. But what we would of picked up, was the fear they where feeling.
And if it was a close relative who was acting scared, then we would really be fearful, as we looked to them to keep us protected. But we would not of understood there fear.
So there may be an argument for anxiety being a learnt behaviour, but as for the question “is anxiety inherited”, I am not persuaded.
Although it would be really beneficial at times to know where my anxiety came from. And yes when i was feeling down it would of been quite useful to have someone to blame and be angry with. But again thats just part of the process, well it was for me. The not knowing or understanding was really frightening. It would of been good for me to have the doctor say, yes its inherited,at least then i might of least understood my anxiety better.
What do you consider? Please leave a sensible comment to the question “is anxiety inherited”. I would really value your input.
Is Anxiety Inherited? There has been a lot of research done on this and yet there is stil no defiened answer. Does anxiety run in your family?
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