| Most people wrongfully think that people with social | | | | Some environmental happenings, like a trauma or |
| anxiety disorders are weak people. They believe that | | | | some significant events, can act as a catalyst for the |
| these people have serious character flaws or come | | | | development of anxiety disorders. If your family have |
| from a poor upbringing. But scientists carrying out | | | | a history of the condition, you are also more likely to |
| research on anxiety disorder sufferers are finding out | | | | have it than someone from a family without any such |
| that panic disorder is caused by a combination of | | | | history. Actually research have shown that you are at |
| different factors. | | | | least four times more at risk. |
| Some of the causes are changing variables in the | | | | So panic disorder sufferers are not simply suffering |
| brain, stress from the environment and genetics. | | | | from their own character weaknesses but are what |
| Research has revealed that hash or long-term stress | | | | they are as a result of genetics and occurrences |
| results in changes in the chemical balance of the part | | | | around them. Social anxiety disorder sufferers should |
| of the brain that control mood. | | | | be helped and not frowned upon as weak people or |
| Further research have also revealed that anxiety | | | | people of bad upbringing. |
| disorder sufferer have brain structural changes that | | | | Of course I am not saying coming from a bad family |
| also affect mood and memory. Further more, it has | | | | upbringing cannot play a role. An event such as a bad |
| also been revealed that you can inherit this condition | | | | upbringing is definitely a root cause but once the |
| from your family. This means it can run in the family | | | | problem develops, it becomes one of a mental illness. |
| and you can inherit it from either parents. | | | | |