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Is anxiety inherited, what do you believe? Personally I do not believe so. I feel some of us are born into a family tree where there a lot of us are dealing with anxiety. But that does not mean that we will have anxiety.

Saying from my individual personal experience my Mum had stress and I'm not 100% sure but I believe my father was a pretty anxious guy. So yes it had been in my family. But I have four littermates and none of them are afflicted by anxiety or panic disorder. Moreover, I am a Sagittarius and it sounds as if we are prone to be restless people. Consequently this may also be a contributing factor.

As soon as I had my first panic attack I did ask my Physician the question "is stress inherited", he was not certain. As far as he was concerned there was no evidence either way. And so I think there is no conclusive solution to the issue "is stress inherited".

I really think that there is no such thing as an anxiety gene within us. I do feel that we could pick up on the behaviours of those close to us when we are maturing. Therefore I feel we could have learnt behaviour that is something totally different to anxiety.

As kids we may have observed somebody near to us having a panic attack and not in reality understood what was happening. But what we would of grabbed, was the fear they where feeling. And if it had been a close relative who was acting fearful, then we would really be scared, as we looked to them to keep us safe. However we would not of recognized their fear.

So there might be a case for anxiousness being a learnt behaviour, but as for the question "is stress inherited", I am not certain. Though it might be really helpful at times to find out where my anxiety 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 merely a part of the process, well it had been for me. The not knowing or not understanding was really terrifying. 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's your opinion? Please give a reasonable comment to the issue "is anxiety inherited". I would really appreciate your input.