How thinking about anxiety in terms of our family history might help us manage it better
Worry and anxiety are not the same thing. You can have anxiety and not necessarily worry. But when you worry, you are experiencing anxiety, which, in and of itself is never pleasant, but it can also become the gateway to a host of numerous other symptoms. The American Psychological Association defines worry as a state of"mental distress or agitation due to concern about an impending or anticipated event, threat, or danger.
If you're prone to worry, you just might want to ask yourself where the worry or your anxiety could have originated from: is it something that is genetic, learned, or absorbed over time? As a therapist, I find it useful to trace family “worry” and “anxiety” back a few generations. Research on intergenerational trauma is often headlined by horrific historical events, such as the Holocaust or an exodus from oppressive impossible living conditions.
Asking someone to think about whether their parents were worriers, or suffered from anxiety, begins the dialogue of exploring what occurred in previous generations. Often, there's a family horror story about an event that seems like it should have had a really traumatic effect on grandma or grandpa or great-grandma or great-grandpa, and more than likely did.
Family history is not the entirety of the explanation for anxiety, but viewing worry through an intergenerational lens helps lessen
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