Posted by Dinah on March 8, 2009, at 14:08:41
In reply to Re: ACOA = adult child of alcoholic(s) (trigger?) » Dinah, posted by lucie lu on March 8, 2009, at 11:38:29
My son is very matter of fact about it. I had always considered it to be a skill I learned defensively because I needed to. But he has the same ability to pick up tiny signs and clues, and assemble them quickly. In fact, he's better than I am, and to my knowledge he's never had any reason to need to be.
I hope it's helpful to him that from an early age he's able to be open about what he perceives, and to check his conclusions with us. I hope he's learning now what I didn't learn until... now. That being sensitive to emotional input can be a good thing. But that it only goes so far and is only one source of information. It's not sufficient in itself to draw conclusions.
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