#automatic writing

• Automatic writing — A rare pathological manifestation consisting of automatic, involuntary, and unconscious writing of texts or letters, observed in certain trance states, dissociative personality disorders, or severe neurological conditions affecting voluntary motor control; automatic writing. In dermatology (sometimes used improperly as a synonym for dermographism), the term can describe the appearance of red wheals or swelling on the skin following a light scratch, as if written upon the epidermis.