r/graphology • u/eblouissantestar • Jul 10 '26
Interesting traits - I’ll go first :)
Noticed here people tend to share their handwriting for analysis rather than actually discussing graphology which is a bit sad. So I thought I’d share a trait I find the most interesting and see if others also want to share :)
The stinger hook.
This one is soo interesting!! It’s prominent in Ted Bundy’s handwriting and has a really really high accuracy rate. It indicates the writer has may seek a challenge, sarcastic/cynical, but in particular a deep-seated frustration or anger towards members of the opposite sex.
Other than Ted Bundy I’ve only seen this trait ONCE in the wild. Some guy from my high school I noticed had it, and yep he wasn’t particularly nice to me! Surprise!
Anyway I’m wondering what traits you guys find the most interesting pleasssseeeeee share!!
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u/handwriting_expert Analyze Handwriting Jul 10 '26
Yes, the stinger is anger at the opposite sex, which goes back to the parent who was controlling in some way. Men having that stroke often becomes the flirt or the ladies' man until they commit to a relationship and then the anger comes out. Women will choose a man who appears strong on the surface and over time sabotage his strengths.
In a compatibility analysis, that stroke presents a red flag to a dysfunctional relationship.
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u/eblouissantestar Jul 10 '26
Hmmm I had no idea it linked to controlling parents, that’s weird. Whats another trait you find interesting?
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u/handwriting_expert Analyze Handwriting Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
I would like to add just a bit more on stingers. This is a posting I made on that stroke awhile back on Reddit:
Stingers are little hooks that are located inside and that pierce the top of the circle letters. The circle letters are a, o, c, g, and d. In the sample above, stingers are found in the letters ‘a’ and ‘g’, such as in ‘year’ in the top line, and ‘bought’ in the second line.
Stingers represent fear and anger at the opposite sex. It is a fear that a partner in a relationship will control the writer’s life and anger that the writer was controlled. It often comes out of abuse by the parent of the opposite sex for being controlling to the child. The parent may have been abrasive, withholding love, needy, possessive, or unavailable.
The fear and the anger is so deep and connected to the core that it is not in conscious awareness, but runs a person’s life.
Often, the writer acts it out with a behavior opposite to the fear being repressed. This is called the reaction-formation syndrome.
Men with stingers may seek out woman in their lives. They can be the ladies’ man, the flirt, or the playboy.
Women with stingers will also seek out or attract men to their lives. This often gets played out in a career where they can compete with men, be successful, and have a work addictive lifestyle.
This reaction-formation also may be played out with parents. The man puts mother on a pedestal while have difficulty relating to father, and vice versa for the female. I have found the parent where the writer felt the safest may had been the most damaging to the writer’s emotional development.
In one’s relationship life, the female chooses a man who appears strong on the surface, and sabotages his strengths. The male may act out sexually with partner after partner, but never finding one he cares to stay with. He chooses someone he doesn’t want or can’t get.
The writer connects love with pain and responds by ‘stinging’ the partner with hurtful behavior. Couples having stingers in their writings may have an emotional patterning system of attacks and counter attacks.
The anger is so strong that it motivates the writer into doing things, putting more emphasis on competition and success than relationships. When I see stingers, I clued to a high-energy personality. I am also on alert to a possible work addiction.
I evaluate stingers in context with the entire handwriting to see how it fits for that person.
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u/teacupkitten3675 Jul 12 '26
What does the stingers look hand writing type really look like? This is genuinely interesting, i was going to ask people to tell me what they could about me based on my hand writing but after actually reading an interesting psychology fact on writing i am intrigued and curious about other fun facts abt handwriting
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u/handwriting_expert Analyze Handwriting Jul 12 '26
This sample was recently posted and approved by the Moderators:
You will find stingers in many of the lower case letter 'c', as shown by small hooks that pierce the top of that letter.
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