April 28th, 2010
Is anxiety inherited, what do you reason? For me I do not believe so. I feel some of us are born into a lineage where there is anxiety and panic attacks. But that does not imply that we will have anxiety.
Talking from my individual personal experience my Mum had anxiety and I’m not a 100% sure but I think my Dad was a pretty nervous 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 additionally a Sagittarius and it sounds as if we are prone to be anxious people. As a result this could also be a contributing factor.
As soon as I had my first attack 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 consider there is no definitive answer to the question “is anxiety inherited”.
I truly consider 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 close to us when we are growing up. So I feel we can have learnt behaviour. Which is something wholly different to anxiety?
As children we may have witnessed somebody near to us having an anxiety attack and not in reality 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 afraid, then we would really be afraid, as we looked to them to keep us secure. But we would not of understood there fear.
So there may be an case for anxiety being a learnt behaviour, but as for the question “is anxiety inherited”, I am not persuaded. Although it would be really helpful at times to know where my anxiety came from. And yes when i was feeling down it would of been quite helpful to have somebody to blame and be angry with. But again that’s just part of the process, well it was for me. The not knowing or understanding was really frightening. It would of been helpful for me to have the doctor say, yes your anxiety is inherited,at least then i might of least understood my anxiety better.
What do you think? Please leave a sensible comment to the question “is anxiety inherited”. I would really value your input.
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