Truth Be Told With Lucinda Bassett- The Environment and your Anxiety

Environment plays a significant role in anxiety disorders. Did you have a mother who constantly worried? Did your parents expect you always to be perfect? Did you grow up with strict religious beliefs? Was your family environment dysfunctional? Was there any separation from a significant person in your life as a child?  It can be helpful to realize that some of these environmental situations could create anxious attitudes and a tendency toward problems with anxiety and depression. But if you shift the responsibility of your anxiety to a past experience or another person by using blame, it can work against you. When you say to yourself ,“I had a difficult childhood,” or “This was in my background,” or possibly, “He is why I have this problem,” it doesn’t make you feel better.

            Subconsciously, you might use it to justify your problem, which will prevent you from getting better. Taking responsibility for how you feel and where you are in your life is a big part of the recovery process, which I will discuss in future blogs.

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