Graphotherapy is a brilliant type of psychotherapy. It is based on analyzing handwriting and making use of reverse psychology to fix undesirable personality traits. According to a graphologist, Dr. Parag Khatri, “Handwriting is directly connected to the workings of the brain. When we change our handwriting, we send reverse impulses to the brain which sends out a new neuropathway. The brain has an option to choose between the old and new pathway.”
Research has shown that a separate neural pathway is stimulated only when we write. Hence handwriting is also known as 'brainwriting.' So not only does your handwriting reveal your personality, you can actually change your personality by changing your handwriting. This is an incredible tool, yet astonishingly simple.
It takes around 30 days to see obvious changes in personality by using graphotherapy. It’s recommended to practice two to three pages every day of the particular trait you want to change. Here are some of the things you can change in your writing.
1. Low self-esteem-
Low self-esteem is typically seen in a low t-bar, in which the bar placed lower on the stem. If you have this in your handwriting, it means you are likely to underestimate yourself and perceive others as more worthy than you. You are more likely to be somewhat critical of yourself. You also probably aim very low, because you do not have the confidence that you can achieve your goals. This particular trait also correlates with fear of failure. While there may be other indications of low self-worth in handwriting, a low t-bar is the most common of them all. Just crossing your t-bars a little higher than the middle zone letters (letters a, o, c, etc) will boost your confidence.
A high t-bar reveals a good self-image and shows you hold high goals for yourself. The higher the bar is crossed, the more self-assured you will be. But keep in mind that the bar touches the stem. At-bar that is placed above the stem indicates a daydreamer, or someone who sets lofty or impractical goals.
I also used to have low self-esteem prominent in my handwriting. But just changing this little trait resulted in a tremendous change regarding my confidence. I am now more comfortable with speaking up, meeting new people, and creating rapport. Check out my previous article on how your confidence is revealed in your handwriting.
2. Self-consciousness
Self-consciousness is the heightened awareness of yourself. It is the feeling that you are being constantly judged and kept in the spotlight. A self-conscious person will suspect that he is being negatively judged by the people around him. If he sees two people laughing at a party, he will immediately assume they are laughing at him. He fears looking stupid in front of others. So you can see it is a very painful trait to have. It is seen commonly in the lowercase ‘m’, when the second hump is higher than the first. The good thing is you can reprogram your brain to be less self-conscious by making the first hump of ‘m’ larger than the second one.
3. Sensitivity to criticism-
This trait is commonly seen in the loops of lowercase 't' and ‘d’. If you have this trait in your handwriting, it means you are unnecessarily sensitive to whatever negative is said to you. The larger the loop, the greater the sensitivity. The ‘d’ loops refer to sensitivity regarding critical comments on the way you look, the way you dress, and the way you appear overall to people, while the 't' loop represents sensitivity to your beliefs and ideas. You can change this trait and actually be a little less sensitive to what is said to you by removing these loops.
4. Stress-
Figure-eight graphotherapy exercise is a wonderful technique to combat stress. Making soft, figure-eight movements will calm you down and slow down your heart rate after around thirty to sixty seconds. It has an amazing relaxing impact to calm down a racing mind!
These are some quick examples of graphotherapy, and how changing certain strokes can get rid of undesirable personality traits, or add positive ones instead. Remember, it’s not your hand that writes, it’s your brain. As someone who has experienced the benefits of graphotherapy first-hand, I can tell graphotherapy does work!
Wish you all the best! 😊
References-
Bart Baggett (2003). Success Secrets of the Rich and Happy: How to Design Your Life with Financial and Emotional Abundance.
Bart Baggett, (2010). Handwriting Analysis 101: A Complete Basic Book to Scientific Handwriting Analysis & Graphology.
https://www.writechoice.co.in/writechoice/graphotherapy-exercise/
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