Graph phobia

Graph phobia is an unusual fear of writing or handwriting.  It is usually found among students, semi-literates, those who do not enjoy good command over English, and those who were de-motivated due to several other reasons.

Reasons for Graph Phobia:

Why do those suffering from Graph phobia fear to write?  There may be many reasons for the phobia as mentioned below.  

• Bad Hand Writing: Some may fear or feel shameful to show others their bad hand writing
• Bad Grammar and Spelling Mistakes: Some may not have good command over the language and may fear of committing spelling and grammatical mistakes.  Such people feel shameful to let others know their linguistic and writing inabilities.
• Fear of lower grade: Some may fear to attend a test or competition with a fear of getting lower grade. Such kind of fears are usually found among students.
• Fear of topic: Some feel tense whenever they hear about a new topic.  Such people feel writing phobia because they may not be completely unaware of the topic.
• Gap between Thinking & Writing Process: Some may feel frustrated while writing as their writing or typing speed is not par with the speed of their though process.  Such gap may frustrate the writer and may de-motivate the writer not to write anything in future.

Take the help of computers as most children can type long before they can handwrite at any satisfactory speed.

Elementary students who show any writing phobia should not be given graded assignments in writing. Writing should become a fun activity.