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Emotional Intelligence and ACAs
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Part 1
by Susan Dunn

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Everyone in the alcoholic's family suffers effects from the disease. Typically everyone involved in the life of the alcoholic and dysfunctional family has low or no emotional intelligence. They don't know what they think or feel, and don't think they have a right to.

Many of the challenges facing Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACAs) can be addressed by developing Emotional Intelligence. Here are some examples.

[Source: Adult Children of Alcoholics World Service Organization]

1. ACAs tend to over-react to anger and criticism, and are afraid of authority figures.

EQ COMPETENCY: Constructive discontent.

If you're an ACA and someone gets angry at you, you shrink inside and shut down or panic, reacting in a way that isn't always appropriate to the actual real-life situation. Learning constructive ways to deal with the emotions engendered by disagreement and criticism are part of EQ. Emotional Intelligence means not taking constructive criticism personally and emotionally, but getting the message and benefiting from it.

Experiencing fear and anger, strong emotions designed for survival, can't be controlled, but we always have a choice in how we respond to them.

2. ACAs often feel isolated and lonely and uneasy with other people.

EQ COMPETENCY: Interpersonal skills, Emotional Expression and Communication.

Isolation is one of the worst things we can do to ourselves. To live in emotional isolation can be worse on our health than such things as smoking and being overweight. Learning to communicate well, and express feelings appropriately is part of the EQ experience.

3. ACAs feel like victims when something bad happens to them.

EQ COMPETENCY: Personal Power.

Personal Power is the opposite of victim-ology. Instead of asking "Who will take care of me?? you learn to ask, "How will I take care of myself?? It means building confidence in your ability to handle your life and believing that you can do it.

4. ACAs are often uncomfortable with emotional intimacy. They're afraid to reveal their feelings and who they are, and reluctant to become vulnerable.

EQ COMPETENCY: Emotional Expression.

The first step in EQ is self-awareness; to become aware of your feelings. Only then can you learn how to express them accurately and appropriately.

5. ACAs tend to confuse pity with love, and to be more concerned about others than they are about themselves.

EQ COMPETENCY: Interpersonal skills, Empathy.

Healthy Empathy means being able to understand where the other person is coming from, but with respect for one's own boundaries. You can understand how the other person feels, but not have to join them in the feeling. Empathy does not involve the feeling of pity.

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Susan Dunn, MA, Clinical Psychology, The EQ CoachT, Susan Dunn. Susan is the author of "How to Live Your Life with Emotional Intelligence."

I offer coaching around emotional intelligence for career, relationships, resilience (the skill for this decade), transitions, retirement, and personal and professional development. I train managers and coaches to teach EQ.

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