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I have a lot in common with my siblings - we all have/had asthma, allergies, high IQs (all largely genetic) so we tended to be nerdy outcasts at school (environmental). My entire immediate family and all my mom's family have anxiety disorders (way genetic) but how we deal with it is different (environmental): my sister eats a lot, I clean my house, my mother cries. I have the same thick thighs as my mother (genetic) but I weigh a lot less because I exercise a lot (environmental).
You're dealt a particular hand in terms of your genetic tendencies and limitations (I'll never be 5'9" or have slender hips, I tend to overreact physiologically to anxiety-provoking situations) and how you deal with it is entirely environmental and personal.
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