What is the root cause.

[wendypartridgewendy]

I am interested in what is at the root cause of this anxiety , is it health anxiety ,social anxiety is it genetic , yes I have looked at all these in depth and were as i understand more , it does not make it easy .So for me I would say it is defo genetic as I cant ever get rid of the dam thing. Most of the time I just say 'go on do your worse because i see you'. Now to add to my happy pot i have an over active thyroid, So would any one else like to join in and say what they think 'there root cause is'

[es27]

I thought my root cause was becoming a dad late in life and worrying about stuff like miscarriage cot death my own mortality and fear of my daughter losing her father early in life. But I am not so sure now I am starting to think that I have always had it but to a lesser extent. My other thought is about a year before I started to noticeably suffer I hurt my neck and there has been muscle pain and tension in my neck and shoulder ever since.

Not much help I know but that's where I am at the moment.

I have had about seven counselling sessions with three different counsellors and they couldn't help me find a root cause or even a trigger.

[Bramwell]

My nan who lived with us was a hypochondriac and I now realise, many years later, that both my mum and dad displayed signs of anxiety either physical or mental, so I guess it's no surprise I suffer badly with health anxiety and a bit of GAD.