How does handwriting reveal someone’s character
Handwriting reveals character in a variety of ways, each of which will be covered in more detail in the future posts. How writers form letters, the strokes they use, the general style of writing, etc., all provide the graphologist with clues. Physical movement is an expression of personality, and handwriting is a particularly unique sort of movement for which great concentration is required. Graphologists sometimes talk of handwriting being brain-writing, since it is such a good mirror of a person’s thoughts, both conscious and subconscious.
Fixed Vs. Unfixed Traits
What qualities of ourselves, and therefore what qualities of our writing, are fixed, and what parts of us are unfixed or temporary, and what aspects can be changed, are discussed here.
Fixed Traits :
- IQ
- Aptitudes
- Temperament
- Identity
Many scientists believe that we are born with a given intelligence level and that, while it can be enhanced or diminished by environment, we are basically born with that innate, fixed IQ. Many people believe that we are born with innate aptitudes and with innate temperament.
In addition, our identity is also fixed, which is why we can recognize our own handwriting from any other. For example if we hid your handwriting in a hundred samples of other people’s handwriting, no matter how you wrote that sample, you would be in a position to immediately pick out your own sample. That’s because, although your moods may change, part of your handwriting always stays the same, just as part of you always remains the same.
Unfixed Traits:
- Ability
- Attitudes
- Moods
- Beliefs
- Motivation levels
- Physical condition
What can change? For one thing, our health or physical state of being can change. We can be sick on one day and healthy on other, tired at one time and at ease some other time, on drugs at one time and not at other time. The ways that we think, feel, and behave are also temporary states for many of us. Those are the kinds of things which may change over time, and are reflected in our handwriting.
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