Dear Scott:

I believe that everyone is born sensitive to danger, not only humans but animals. You can see it in nature. Many millions of people all over the world suffer from anxiety. Experiences a child has affect brain chemistry and brain chemistry affects experience, it is a two-way ongoing interaction.

Most likely, you were not born more sensitive than most other babies. Most likely, you became sensitive following certain experiences. Anxiety runs in families because it runs in society, everywhere. Most often, anxiety runs more in certain families because children become anxious when their parents are anxious, not because of genes or an inborn brain deficiency.

anita