Is Stress Inherited, What's Your Opinion?.
Is anxiety inherited, what do you think? For me I do not believe so. I really feel some of us are born into a lineage where there a number of us are dealing with anxiety. But that does not imply that we will have anxiety.
Talking from my individual personal expertise my Mother had anxiety and I'm not 100% sure but I believe my father was a pretty anxious guy. So yes it was in my family. But I have four siblings and none of them suffer from nervousness or anxiety attacks. Moreover, I am a Sagittarius and it sounds as if we are prone to be anxious individuals. Consequently this may also be a contributing aspect.
As soon as 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. Therefore I consider there is no conclusive answer to the problem "is anxiety inherited".
I truly believe that there is no such thing as an anxiety gene within us. I do think that we could pick up on the behaviours of those close to us when we are growing up. Therefore I feel we could have learnt behaviour which is something completely different to stress.
As children we may have witnessed someone close to us having a panic attack and not in reality realized what was happening. But what we would of grabbed, was the anxiety they where feeling. And if it was a close relative who had been acting worried, then we would really be worried, as we looked to them to keep us secure. However we would not of recognized their fear.
Therefore there may be a case for anxiety being a learnt behaviour, but when it comes to the query "is stress inherited", I am not certain. Though it might be really helpful at times to know where my stress came from. And yes when I was feeling down it would of been quite helpful to have somebody responsible and be angry with. But again that's merely a part of the process, well it had been for me. The not knowing or not understanding was really frightening. It would of been beneficial for me to have the physician say, yes your anxiety is inherited,at least then I might of least understood my anxiety far better.
What do you think? Please give a reasonable comment to the issue "is anxiety inherited". I would really value your feedback.
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