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Handwriting reveals a lot about a person’s behavioral tendencies and
attitudes, including propensity for stubbornness or over-analysis, levels of self-esteem
and self-confidence, empathy and extroversion/introversion (see my blog titled All
About Emotional and Physical Sexuality, Part 1). It can also reveal if the
writer is experiencing any physical or emotional issues. When a stick-figure “body”
is drawn over a letter, the body-part that is affected will show up as a weak
(faint) or wriggling stroke or line in the corresponding area of the letter. For
example, when my former editor had appendicitis, the lower-right quadrant of all
of the oval letters in his writing—o, a, b, g, p—were faint or had a tiny gap,
until after his surgery and he was healed. A potential problem may also be reflected if
the corresponding area of the letter is very thick and/or has a trailing line
(end-stroke).
In accordance with the California Business
and Professions Code 2908, if a client mentions a symptom or behavior that
is out of my scope of expertise as a certified hypnotherapist, I always
refer the person to a licensed medical or mental health professional for
further evaluation. I do not use
handwriting analysis to diagnose medical or mental-health issues and always
defer to the expertise of the professionals in those fields to provide
diagnostic and continuing care.
That being said, following are some examples of how a physiological or
psychological issue may be revealed in a handwriting sample:
- If the person has a problem with the feet or legs, the writing will show a break (gap) in the stem or at the bottom of a loop. Weakness in the upper or lower torso will be reflected in a corresponding break in the upper- or lower-middle part of the loop, etc.
- Affecting words or symptoms of a specific disease, such as cancer or arthritis, will be written at a downward angle (baseline slant). This indicates that the person is trying to get rid of an illness or condition. Negativity and pessimism are also manifested in downward-angle writing.
- The tendency to squeeze letters in a word close together, presence of a check-mark (√) at the base of the stem and has a weak/faint “i” in the writing suggests that person is holding back sexually.
- Emotional/Psychological problems are revealed in openings (gaps) at the bottom of a letter—especially an “o” and an “a”—which indicate incongruent behavior.
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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