Please print and complete the following questionnaire
to help identify early life conditions that may contribute to your current anxiety.
1. Were either of your parents a "worrier" or experience anxiety or panic attacks?
Describe:
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2. Do you have a brother, sister or other relative with anxiety? Describe:
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3. Were either of your parents overly concerned about potential dangers that could befall
you or others? Describe:
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4. Did your parents seem to encourage exploration of the outside world or did they create
an attitude of caution and distrust of the world? Describe:
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5. Were either of your parents overly critical or demanding of you? If so, how did that
make you feel? Describe:
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6. Did you experience or witness emotional, verbal or physical abuse from either parent?
Describe:
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7. Did you feel frightened or intimidated by either parent? Describe:
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8. Did either of your parents make you feel ashamed, guilty, neglected or abandoned? Describe:
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9. Were either of your parents alcoholic or a heavy drinker? Describe:
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10. Do any of the following describe your current relationship with your parent(s)?
__ Dependent on them (daily or very frequent contact, difficulty
leaving home, living very close to them)
__ Very independent (infrequent contact, leaving home early in life,
moving very far away)
__ Hostile or alienated