Overview

Hypochondriasis (or hypochondria, sometimes referred to as health phobia) refers to an excessive preoccupation or worry about having a serious illness. Often, hypochondria persists even after a physician has evaluated a person and reassured him/her that his/her concerns about symptoms do not have an underlying medical basis or, if there is a medical illness, the concerns are far in excess of what is appropriate for the level of disease. Many people suffering from this disorder focus on a particular symptom as the catalyst of their worrying, such as gastro-intestinal problems, palpitations, or muscle fatigue.

Hypochondria is often characterized by fears that minor bodily symptoms may indicate a serious illness, constant self-examination and self-diagnosis, and a preoccupation with one's body. Many individuals with hypochondriasis express doubt and disbelief in the doctors' diagnosis, and report that doctors’ reassurance about an absence of a serious medical condition is unconvincing, or un-lasting. Many hypochondriacs require constant reassurance, either from doctors, family, or friends, and the disorder can become a disabling torment for the individual with hypochondriasis, as well as his or her family and friends. Some hypochondriacal individuals are completely avoidant of any reminder of illness, whereas others are frequent visitors of doctors’ offices. Other hypochondriacs will never speak about their terror, convinced that their fear of having a serious illness will not be taken seriously by those in whom they confide.

Graphology at Home-Lesson 14 - Examination and Answers

Posted by glos Monday, January 12, 2009 at 3:50 AM

Examination for Lesson 14

1. Is a 'sign' in handwriting analysis reliable on its own, or must it be properly weighed to be regarded as proof?

A. Reliable on its own___

B. Must be properly weighed___

Describe the letterform reflecting:

2. Intelligence and culture

3. Inexactness

4. Shyness

5. Aggression and ambition

6. Interest in architecture or in mechanically related fields

7. The meddler; argumentative

8. Carelessness and neglect

9. Talkativeness

10. Inferiority complex

11. Depression; suicidal tendencies

12. "Down in the dumps"

13. Sensuality

14. The embezzler, the crook, the hypocrite (see Stalin's writing)

15. Construction and mechanical ability (see Thomas Edison's writing)

16. Hypochondria

17. Vulgarity

18. One who does not compromise

19. Musical interest

20. Culture, literary oriented (see Victor Hugo and Mark Twain's handwritings)

21. Keen observation

22. Self-admiration

23. Feeling of protection

24. Defiantly declares a social withdrawal

25. Undue claim of self-importance

26. A sex life that is of an uncommon sort

27. Writer's ego is of more importance than that of the "other person."

28. Hysteria

29. Fatigue and weakness

30. Secretiveness

31. Unusual habits

32. Curiosity

33. Money on writer's mind

34. Strong resistance to friendliness

35. Revolt

36. Friendliness and kindness

37. Depression

38. When an oval-shaped letter is wide open at the top, which

zone is being exposed?

39. Describe the writing in which inferiority feelings and temporary depressions are found.

40. When letters are written "too wide" what does this suggest?

41. Should an illegible, neglected, or omitted last letter be

taken as a warning or an indication of a trustworthy person?

A. Warning___

B. Trustworthy person___

42. When writing indicates that the minimum letters (a, c, e, etc.) are too wide, should

a lack of restraint be expected of such a writer or inhibition?

A.___ Lack of restraint

B. Inhibition___

43. Unconscious mother fixation is found in which type of loop?

Answers for Lesson 14

1. Must be properly weighed

2. A block letter. Its construction is simplified.

3. The markings (on top of the letter) are inexact and unnecessary

4. The thin, narrow capital letter

5. The left leg of the letter 'A' is considerably longer than the right one.

6. The letter ('A') is constructed in a square fashion.

7. The left leg is considerably longer than the right, and descends deeply.

8. The bar of the A is missing

9. Open-mouthed ovals

10. A low bar such as in a capital letter (A, H) or in the 't' bar

11. An in-turned arc, piercing the capital (the ego).

12. The capital A or H bar strongly descends

13. The letter is ink-filled, pasty, blotchy

14. The oval letter is open at the bottom.

15. The letter is square shaped

16. Constant changes in the letter

17. The complicated, overdone, ugly letter.

18. The letter (such as the Palmer b, which is rounded on both top and bottom) is sharp at the top as well as at the bottom

19. The letter is in the form of a musical note

20. The Greek d, e, and g

21. The capital E is shaped as two concave arcs

22. An underlength that would underline the rest of the word.

23. When the top stroke extends over the whole word

24. The downstroke extends under the body of the letter and to the left.

25. The vulgar-looking and ornate letter has a vertical line added in unnecessarily.

26. Distortions in the lower zone or strangely shaped letters

27. The first part ('hump') of the 'm' is higher than the second.

28. The letter ('m') is written in thready form

29. The end of the downstroke (as in the letter 'm') is considerably more lightly written than the rest of the letter. Heading into the lower zone, as it does, the area where the strength of the individual lies, it implies fatigue and weakness.

30. Closed oval (at the top)

31. The hump (in the 'p') on the wrong side of the stem

32. The second part of the letter ( 'r') is lower than the first

33. The letter s resembles the dollar sign

34. An angular shaped letter that is normally written (according to the Palmer method) in a rounded fashion-such as the letter 'u.'

35. The word starts in a connected fashion, and suddenly the end of the word is left stranded, alone

36. The letter is made in a soft manner. Any letter with a gentle loop in the lower zone

37. The end stroke descends when it should be horizontal.

38. The opening exposes the lower zone

39. Small minimum (middle zone) letters

40. Typical of the spontaneous, broadminded, and "large" writer, who is sociable and sympathetic, eager to share with you and willing to let you share with him- he is "extroverted."

41. Warning

42. Impudence

43. Inflated lower loops 'pointing' leftward.



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