Is anxiety something you are born with?
Anonymous
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Nov 17, 2014
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No , anxiety is gained after time, built up on a fear of something that may happen, and consists of bad thoughts
ListeningJ
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Apr 29, 2015
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I think anxiety is both environmental and inherited. For example, some people are born more introvert than others, naturally. However, some people like myself are made to be so anxious because of their past experiences. For example, I have a dog. When she was a pup, she met a baby Labrador, and the lab got a bit excited and pushed her into a shrub. Since then, she has been afraid of any and all dogs she meets. Just like her, I think people can also be conditioned to be more anxious and nervy in certain situations.
Anonymous
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Nov 16, 2014
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yes. it is something that you have always had but it usually comes by a trigger during puberty but also there is earlier onset.
Ashleighskye
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Oct 14, 2014
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No. Anxiety is something you feel due to experiences and stressors in life. Anxiety is manageable. :)
Savana13
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Nov 19, 2014
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It depends on the person. Some have it as long as they can remember, but sometimes it emerges after trauma, or at adolsecent(like mine).
BrightOrchid
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Sep 30, 2014
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I do not think anxiety (or any mental illness) is something a person is born with. Rather, it is something that many people come to experience during their lifetimes. It is accepted within the medical community, however, that those with a family history of anxiety (or any mental illness) have a genetic predisposition to anxiety. In other words, if a parent or grandparent had anxiety, the person will be more likely to experience anxiety due to biological factors (imbalance of hormones, neurotransmitters, and other such chemicals in the brain).
ShannynMayyy
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Mar 24, 2016
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Personally, I think anxiety is something you develop over time, and with experiences. I struggled with anxiety for a while around high school, its tough to overcome, but with time and patience, you'll get there.
cloudia
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Sep 17, 2014
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Anxiety can be something you are born with, through genetics, but it can also be something experienced, through cognitive influence, where anxiety can be caused by faulty thinking processes in the brain, or through behavioural influence, where anxiety is learnt through association.
Anonymous
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Oct 20, 2014
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Anxiety runs in my family. I have struggled with it, just like my mom and my grandma. But, I think my anxiety growing up was mainly caused by my abusive father. I feel like if it wasn't for him, I might have not struggled with anxiety.
MaryP
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Oct 30, 2014
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Not necessarily, but it is something that can develop early in your life, depending on the circumstances of your upbringing.
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