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Is anxiety inherited, what do you think? For me I don't think so. I believe a few of us are born into a lineage where there is anxiety and panic attacks. However that does not indicate that we'll have anxiety.
Talking from my individual personal understanding my Mother had anxiety and I am not a 100% certain but I think my Dad was a pretty nervous guy. So yes it was in my family. But I have four siblings and not any of them undergo anxiety or panic attacks. I am additionally a Sagittarius and it seems as if we are vulnerable to be anxious people. So this may also be a helping factor.
When I had my first session of anxiety I did ask my Doctor the question 'is anxiety inherited'?, he was not convinced. As far as he was afraid there was no justification either way. So I think there's no ultimate answer to the question 'is anxiety inherited'?.
I truly think that there's no such thing as an anxiety gene within us. I do consider that we can get on the behaviours of those closest to us when we are growing up. So I feel we can have learnt behaviour. Which is something fully different to anxiety?
As kids we could have witnessed someone near to us having an anxiety attack and not truly realized what was happening. But what we would of picked up, was the fear they where feeling. And if it was a close relative who was acting fearful, then we might actually be frightened, as we looked to them to keep us protected. But we would not of realized there fear.
So there may be an issue for anxiety being a learnt behavior, but as for the question 'is anxiety inherited'?, I am not sure. Although it could be really advantageous at times to know where my anxiety originated from. And yes when I was feeling down it may of been fairly helpful to have someone to blame and be angry with. But again that's only part of the course, well it was for me. The not knowing or understanding was really frightening. It would of been beneficial for me to have the physician say, yes its inherited, at least then I might of least understood my anxiety better.
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