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Many
years ago, my former boss got appendicitis. Based on the symptoms he
described—fever, nausea, severe pain in his lower-right abdomen—I worried he
might have appendicitis. One of my colleagues and I told him to go to the
emergency room and get it checked out. Our suspicions were correct and he
received appropriate treatment. When my returned to work a couple of weeks
later, I noticed something very weird about some of the instructions had
written to me around the time he was getting sick. There was a tiny gap in the
lower-right quadrant of the oval letters before he went to the hospital, but
the gap closed up again after his surgery. How interesting, I thought.
I was just
completing my hypnotherapy certification at the Hypnosis Motivation Institute at that time,
so I consulted my notes and workbook from my class on handwriting analysis. I
knew that while handwriting is a manifestation of what you consciously think,
it is motivated by a subconscious ideomotor (automatic physical) response. The
way you write—the shape and size of each letter, whether you connect the
letters and even the speed of your writing—are literally a reflection of your
behavior and personality traits. Handwriting does not reveal the age, gender or handedness of the writer; nor did it
predict the future. However, it did reveal the writer’s mood, personality
traits, suggestibility and subconscious motivations at the time of writing this
sample. It could also indicate if the writer had a physical problem based on
the way the person forms the letters l, g
and y.
To identify
which area of the body is affected, the handwriting analysis draws a human body
over the letter. The location or area of the weakness or problem in the body is
revealed by a break (weak or wriggled stroke or line, or no continuity or a
training line) on the letter. A problem in the body may also be reflected in
the writing if a corresponding area of the letter is very thick: in this case,
the affected letter is usually revealed in writing by continuity or a training
line.
If the
writer has a problem with his or her feet or legs, the break in the writing
will be seen in the stem or at the bottom of the loop. A corresponding break in
the lower- or upper-middle part of the loop may indicate that he or she has a
weakness in the upper or lower torso. A break at the top of the loop may
indicate that the person has a head/brain or neck injury or disease. Emotional
and psychological issues would be revealed in openings or gaps at the bottom of
a letter, especially an o and a.
As a certified
hypnotherapist, it is out of my scope of expertise to diagnose an illness or to
recognize/identify specific symptoms that have a psychological or physiological
basis. I use handwriting analysis to help me identify specific personality and
behavioral characteristics to help me address my clients’ presenting issue. I
do not use handwriting analysis to
identify, diagnose or treat possible medical or physical issues that the client
may have. However, I do and will
refer clients to an appropriate licensed medical or psychology professional to
determine the cause and/or treat that specific physical symptom that the person
mentions. Once this other expert has ruled out a medical etiology of your
symptom, with a follow-up referral from that licensed professional, I can
continue to work with you in hypnotherapy, which can provide complementary
therapeutic benefits and help to alleviate and/or control these symptoms and
help you to pursue and achieve your vocational and avocational self-improvement
goals.
Sara R. Fogan, C.Ht. is a certified hypnotherapist based in
Southern California. She graduated with honors from the Hypnosis Motivation
Institute in 2005. For more information about Calminsense Hypnotherapy®
and to set up an appointment, please
visit http://www.calminsensehypnotherapy.com/.
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