Is it normal to fear that i will inherit bad behaviors from parents?
I took psychology in college this year and I learned a lot about psychological disorders, behavioral skills, and learned or inherited behaviors. My professor told me that it all depends on the environment and what you're exposed to is learned. I feel terrible sometime because my mom is diagnosed with bi polar, depression, anxiety, anemia, and arthiritis. I know as individuals we're all different but it scares me because my mom raised me and my dad was never around and I feel like since my mom raised me and my siblings, we've learned her behaviors. I sometime wonder if this will affect the relationships that I'll have with friends and my boyfriend. I sit back sometime and think about what I do or done and wonder if it was right or wrong. I do not want to make the same choices as my parents did. I look up to my mom and I never feel like i want ot do not want to be like her..I just don't want to carry on the learned behaviors into my lifestyle and relationships.