Hypergraphia

Hypergraphia - a compulsion to write.

An overwhelming urge to write but not a disorder. Hypergraphia is in the cerebral brain (the bit that controls the body movements, that controls hand movements amongst others).

It is driven by the limbic system.

A desire.

A need.

A compulsion.

A compulsion to find the works; to show emotions; to find inspiration.

It is NOT a disorder.

Hypergraphia finds the words to write; the words that pop into your head; that push into your brain.

It is in the frontal lobe. The frontal lobe where ideas and words cognise.

Hypergraphia is in the frontal lobe - behind the ears - a place where words are edited.

Hypergraphia is a Mania - a frontal lobe mania where words are created, written, spoken and created.

A need to write.

The writing is not always good. It is not always manic. It may not even make sense. It may be a symptom of the mania.

It may be a part of the high.

It may be a part of the low.

Many suffer -we are not alone.

Hypergraphia is not an illness.

Famous people had it. Van Gogh wrote and painted like an addiction.

Lewis Carroll's Wonderland came from behind his ears.

Hypergraphia - becoming obsessed with a manic disorder.

Hypergraphia - obsessed with an obsession to write.