Hi Chaps and Chapesses,
I have recently gotten over a severe bout of anxiety, although I am still not 100% I am at least able to lead a normal life. I am an anxious person is general; I hate flying, don't have the nerve to drive as I don't like the fact that I could be responsible for someone's death, worry incessantly over every little pain I get etc etc
I have always been this way, I think and I worry, I worry and think and if I have nothing to worry about then I worry about it.
My question is, as 'anxiety' is part of me and I am likely to experience varying degrees of this for the rest of my life. Will I pass this onto my son, he is only a babe at the mo so he has no idea what a worry wart I am but surely in time he will pick up the fact that I worry about every little thing and then will he do the same as that is what he has been taught?
I am currently worrying that I will turn my son into a nutter like me and it worries me!
Has anyone else passed this onto their children or are you children 'normal' despite the fact that you are a highly anxious person?