{"id":31,"date":"2008-03-11T06:00:17","date_gmt":"2008-03-11T13:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learnhandwritinganalysis.com\/newsletters\/2008\/03\/11\/graphology-control-freak\/"},"modified":"2020-02-04T12:43:07","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T19:43:07","slug":"graphology-control-freak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bartbaggett.com\/blog\/graphology-control-freak\/","title":{"rendered":"Graphology Reveals&#8230; Are you in Control or a Control Freak?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"> <!-- .style1 {font-weight: bold} .style2 { \tcolor: #990000; \tfont-weight: bold; } .style4 {color: #0000FF; font-weight: bold; } .style5 {color: #FF6600} .style6 {font-weight: bold; color: #FF6600; } --> <\/style>\n<p><code><font color=\"#990000\" face=\"Arial\"><span class=\"style13\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><strong><font size=\"+2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.learnhandwritinganalysis.com\/images\/2008control-freak.jpg\" alt=\"bart baggett\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/>FEATURE STORY :<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/code><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#990000\" face=\"Arial\">Are you in Control or a Control Freak? <\/font><\/p>\n<p><code><font color=\"#990000\" face=\"Arial\" size=\"-1\">By D. West, Contributing Writer and Certified Handwriting Expert<br \/>\n<\/font><\/code><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Franklin            D. Roosevelt once said that &#8220;We have nothing to           fear but fear itself.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The            irony is that most of us believe that fear           protects us from harm, when the reality is that it           often leads to controlling behaviors such as           paranoia, narrow-mindedness and aggression. <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">We           convince ourselves that the desire to control others           is necessary to protect all, when in reality it            displays a lack of faith in our own abilities to           handle any situation &#8211; no matter what the outcome.            The belief that fate is cruel often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy, as we insist on resisting, rather           than surrendering to life events.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Control            freaks repeatedly suffer negative experiences,           simply because they lack the belief that the universe           is a good place that is constantly &#8220;on the upswing,&#8221;           and therefore is naturally inclined to provide luck           and opportunity as opposed to misery and threats.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Do            you believe that life is inclined to flow correctly or           do you think you have to control events because life           flows against you?<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">For            healthy individuals, the idea of &#8220;losing control&#8221; is           actually associated with fun. Studies have shown that           developing character traits such as flexibility,           adaptability and optimism are concurrent with a           greater incidence of good fortune in life.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Sadly,            the typical control freak often achieves a           public self image that is the opposite of what they           are trying to achieve with their pretense of force and           authority. They are often disliked by others and           perceived as emotionally insecure, rather than as           powerful people. <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"> <\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\t\t  <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The desire to control is based on a           fear of change and a conviction that all change is           negative. This outworn defense mechanism is usually           left over from a childhood where the individual may           have learned the fine art of over-vigilance, due to a           toxic or unpredictable parent. In adult-hood            &#8220;necessary protection&#8221; becomes a paralyzing and self-defeating liability, as the control freak refuses to           accept a certain, ages-old cosmic law &#8212; the more we           attempt to manipulate or control events, the more they           seem to control or manipulate us.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Control            freaks actually have less control in the end.<\/font><\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The            sages say, <em>&#8220;The pain is in the struggle. The more           we attempt to control, the more we lose our ability to           manifest success.&#8221;<\/em><\/font><font><br \/>\n<\/font><\/p>\n<form><\/form>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"> Evidence of this kind of self-sabotaging struggle is indicated by certain           handwriting traits:<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Primary            Control Traits:<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Does            the writing look pretty and perfect? If so, then           that person has a fear of not being perfect. Get it?           If they exert that much time and precision to make           the baseline straight and the letters all match &#8211; then           they have a fear of things being &#8220;out of place.&#8221;<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Controlling            individuals are also over-concerned with           detail and the way his or her writing appears on the           page. Often, this is shown by making sure that each            small <em>i<\/em> is capped very closely by its dot.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/images\/tdatten.jpg\" height=\"49\" width=\"202\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The            writing may also express retentiveness in other           ways: successive or repeated letters may be formed           identically throughout the document with a particular           emphasis on up and down strokes being identical.            Each line of writing may appear super straight, as           if a ruler underscored each line of the manuscript.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/images\/anal3.jpg\" height=\"153\" width=\"350\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/images\/anal4.jpg\" height=\"109\" width=\"450\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The            above assessment is the &#8220;gestalt&#8221; or overall rhythm and look           of the writing.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><em>When you learn the level 5                                             &#8220;advanced trait stacking&#8221;                                             method, you can identify complicated                                             traits by stacking various strokes                                             together. So often, a person might                                             have control issues, even if they                                             don&#8217;t have that one                                             &#8220;domineering t-bar&#8221;. So,                                             order the new DVD Advanced Course                                             today and learn the advanced primary                                             and stacked traits methods, read                                             about it <a href=\"http:\/\/handwritinguniversity.com\/products\/advanced\/\">here<\/a><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">         <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The            following trait is a specific stroke: domineering.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">A            domineering personality will often cross their <em>t<\/em>&#8216;s           from left to right in a downward motion. If the <em>t<\/em>-bar is low           on the stem &#8211; then you throw in low self-esteem and           this compounds the insecurity.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">           <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/images\/tddomrg.gif\" height=\"52\" width=\"183\" \/><br \/>\nIf the <em>t<\/em>-bar dips to the right and into the baseline with           a sharp point (sarcasm). . . watch out.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/images\/tdsarcsm.jpg\" height=\"49\" width=\"202\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">If            the <em>t<\/em>-bar has a blunt ending the person is just           dominant, not domineering. (domineering has negative           connotations, dominant can just be a good type of control.)<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/images\/tddomnt.jpg\" height=\"49\" width=\"202\" \/><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">An            indication that you are dealing with a potential Hitler           is if the <em>t<\/em> resembles a little stick figure man leaning           to the side, trying to touch his right hand to his right           toe. This reveals great instability and an individual           that is not only his own worst enemy &#8212; he might become           yours!<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">           When it comes to dealing with your unconscious fears,           &#8220;resistance really is futile.&#8221; Changing your           handwriting can help you surrender those fears which           lead to controlling and self-defeating <\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">behaviors<\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">           that           are unattractive to others and repel the kindness of           fate.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">        <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\"><strong>Donna            West -Contributing Editor<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">                                            <\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">           To learn more about <\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">our                                             graphology certification course<\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">, visit this page:                                             <a href=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/learn\/hwcertco.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/learn\/hwcertco.html<\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><\/font><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\"><a href=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/learn\/hwcertco.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/myhandwriting.com\/images\/2003hacertlogo.jpg\" border=\"0\" height=\"196\" width=\"386\" \/><\/a><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif\">*************************************************************<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">You can now take the Certification Course and come to the Las Vegas Annual Conference&#8230;<br \/>\nand walk away a Certified Handwriting Analyst! 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