How Nature And Nurture Affected My Life

Nature and Nurture are two very important factors in every organism’s life, as they affect every aspect. Nature is the inborn, innate character of an organism (PSYCH 56). This means that you are born with this characteristic, it is hereditary. Nurture, on the other hand, refers to the environmental factors that affect an organism throughout its life (PSYCH 56). Both of these factors have affected my life significantly, from physical to psychological development. That being said, I feel like nature has affected my life slightly more than nurture. The influences of nature start even before an organism is born, when they are growing inside of the mother. The genes from both parents get passed down, contributing to both phenotype and genotype.

My mother and I are very similar in many ways, from looks to behavior. I get my determination and my anger drives from her. Although this could be considered nurture, in this case it is not because these characteristics run along her side of the family. Another thing that was passed down from her is my psychological disorders. We both have depression and anxiety that comes from within us, not necessarily from the environment. For example, sometimes everything is going great and nothing is wrong but we will still feel down. Even though there is no obvious environmental reason that we are depressed, there is a genetic reason; how our brains are wired. My father gets chronic migraines that do not seem to have a cause. He has had numerous tests and has tried numerous medicines and treatments but comes up empty each time. He and the doctors are all stumped. There is no environmental cause for these migraines because they were passed down from his mother. Unfortunately, I have inherited the gene that causes these migraines as I am beginning to have them more frequently. It is not my father’s fault or even his mother’s; it is just how our bodies are made. There is no way that the environment could change to fix them. This affects me greatly because it