Emotions and handwriting

Our emotions and feelings are reflected in all of our actions, also in our handwriting. The problem is that we have learned how to hide our true feelings, feelings that are shown in our body and face, but not in our handwriting.

In the act of writing, we make many spontaneous movements. These movements are recorded on paper and can reflect our emotions. This recorded movement is like an open window, a window we can look through to see your emotions. And even see what kind of personality you have.

Emotions in handwriting is genuine, it cannot be falsified!

For example handwriting and anxiety: if you write while you are feeling nervous (perhaps during a test), your feelings will show in your handwriting. You will be able to see the trembling in the strokes of certain letters. All of our emotions will show up on paper! So be careful in what state of mind you are when you’re writing!

The highly sensitive person

Highly sensitive person or HSP are easily overwhelmed by stimuli, get stressed by loud noises and strong smells, are extremely perceptive, have rich and often intense internal lives, and need plenty of quiet and down time to maintain their balance. All of your emotions are more intense and you notice subtle changes in your invironment, picking up on other people’s emotions is one of the traits as well .

The research is new and not recognized by a lot of people, there are tests you can do to see if you’re highly sensitive. Elaine Aron is leading in the research at the moment, she is an HSP herself. Below a video of Elaine Aron explaining what HSP is. You should check out her website: www.hsperson.com. Are you Highly Sensitive? 

Movies that make me cry

I always tell people, I laugh really fast but I cry fast to. And I do not lie when I say that, I don’t need a lot to start crying. When it comes to movies I really don’t need much, just the sad ending will get my tears flowing over my cheeks. People always laugh at me when I go to the movies, one minute I am laughing and the next I’m crying.

One of my favorite movies is the Green Mile, a guaranteed cry for me. What about you? What movies make you cry?

And in case you need to cry, here is the ending to the Green Mile, and some other scenes from sad movies. Grab some tissues!

Dogs can improve your state of mind

A UK study reveals that owning a dog is good for your health. And having a pet dog improves your physical and mental wellbeing more than having a cat. This is the conclusion of a study by a senior lecturer, Dr. Deborah Wells, from the Canine Behavior Centre of Queens University, Belfast in Northern Ireland.

But she is not the only one who came to this conclusion. You may have seen this guy on National Geographic or just heard of him, Cesar Millan. Better known as the dog whisperer he goes across the world to help people understand their dogs and help them with their problems.

Cesar lives by a couple simple rules when it comes to dogs:

• Exercise
• Discipline
• Affection

Always treat your dog in that order and you should be fine. When you enter the room or meet a new dog you have some basic rules to:

• No touch
• No talk
• No eye-contact

Dogs can feel our energy, our state of mind. So, basically our emotions have an effect on the way our dogs treat us. When you get angry at your dog, but you don't act upon it, he will still feel your energy. Cesar learns us that the way we feel effect our dogs, so in order to address our problems we must look at our own emotions. When we sort them out our dogs will notice the change in energy and will act upon that energy. Well, what is the energy I should have? A calm and assertive state of mind is the perfect way to be a balanced pack leader for your dog. It gives you rest and your dog is happier. A win win situation!

Below a short clip with Cesar's house rules:

Are we missing the joke, Joran?

He is all over the news, Joran van der Sloot. He confessed in court today, or did he? I saw the video of the confession today and I had already noticed some contempt when his lawyer was explaining the meanings of post-traumatic stress syndrome. That did not feel good to me, that's why I decided to do some research. I found a video of Joran, in this video he is laughing with his lawyer and some other people. Now we can wonder why he does this. Is it because he is nervous, happy or simply because he does not give a thing about what happens to him. It could be a form of stress release, laughing or crying can be signs of this. Not everybody does handle stress the same way. Or did he do it because he is happy that everybody is buying his lie? You never know what's going to happen next when it comes to Joran. One thing is sure, we are going to hear a lot from his trials, especially because America is after him as well. To be continued...

Dolphins are on the same (emotional) level as us

Dolphins are right there on the food chain with us, maybe we share our position with even more animals. Recently a research has shown that dolphins go through the same developments form child to adult as we do. They are smart and have a self-awareness, they can recognize themselves in the mirror. Where other species ignore the mirror or think it is another member of their kind.

There have been cases where dolphins come to the rescue when a human is under attack from a shark. Maybe you’ve seen it, but the dolphins rescued the surfer while he was being attacked by a shark. Sharks are not a part of their diet, so why did they do this?

A lot of research has been done when it comes to the self-awareness, I looked up this video from CNN for you to watch. It shows footage of dolphins recognizing themselves in the mirror and checking themselves out. It is a fun video to watch, who doesn't love dolphins, always laughing. They do seem to understand us.

Six Word Story

"He was right, so she left"

How emotional are you?

Searching the internet I found this website: http://www.pedagonet.com/brain/emotiontest.html On this website you can test how well you handle your emotions, do you hide from them or are you happy to show them to the world? I did the test and got: 17 to 30.

This means that I my attitude towards my emotions is a healthy one. I am not ashamed to let my emotions show occasionally, and I will undoubtedly be much healthier because of this attitude. I am likely to be a good social advisor.

So how well are you dealing with your emotions? Leave your results in the comment section. I am very curious to see what your scores will be!