Nervous habits

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Do you have any? I mean when you're really nervous. Do you chew your nails? Click your fingers? Or what?

Personally, when ever I'm nervour I chew chewing gum like mad.

[ August 05, 2003, 19:29: Message edited by: Blackthorne TA ]

 

I'm rarely ever nervous, only sometimes when my favourite footballteam has an important match coming up. When that's the case i find myself smoking non stop.

 

I just tend to get very, very warm. And I'll just sit still looking down at the floor...

 

when I'm nervouse, and sat down my right leg kind of starts moving up and down repeatedly and I can't stop it. If I'm standing up I just keep moving.

 

I yawn.

 

I'm rapidly tapping my foot to the ground.
Sometimes I'm inclined to puke. Well, it never comes that far, it's just an inclination. Pretty weird though, since I'm not nervous that quickly, nor that often.
I went to the dental surge whistling.

 

I rub my hands when I'm nervous, or feel uncomfortable.

 

I pick at my cuticles. Ick.

 

When I'm nervous, I fold my right arm and lift the wrist, much like defensive fencing position.

I also begin to feel a bit nauseous sometimes and tighten-untighten my fingers repeatedly (also helpful when I'm feeling nauseous for other reasons ). Releases the tention and helps concentrate. In extreme cases I prick my palm with the other other palm's fingernails. Self-control costs a bit if you're for example having a debate against twenty hopelessly flawed minds or have to use diplomatic methods where someone plainly deserves punishment. It also provides distraction from major pain in some other part of the body. Plus, I make a special use of it in gaze duels

Finally, it's not an uncommon sight to see me almost dead and clinging to some coffee cup

At parties, I simply take another shot of booze or bottle of beer when I feel nervous (bad, very bad).

In social situations, I stop simplifying my language to be understood better, like I very often do.

Finally, when adrenaline level is very high, I sometimes react with extreme levels of concentration. From not hearing any sound around, or hearing just about everything you shouldn't normally hear, through reading 150 pages/minute, typing like a madman, prolonged fencing session with lots of exhausting maneuvres etc etc to forcing someone to turn his sight instantly or speak the truth. It always makes a nice tale for a rainy day, hehe. It's, however, not as nice when I wake up the next day and can't move

 

I wring my hands together.

 

Not so much a nervous habit as one out of boredom... While at the office, I tap the "Refresh" key on my SP browser window every few minutes!

 

I'm a nail-biter. That is, if I have any nails left to bite. And if I am really nervous, I don't sleep. I could be completely exhausted, and still lay awake worrying about something that is making me nervous all night (or until I can convince myself to calm down).

That and I pace. A lot. Back and forth. People hate it. It is annoying. Like lots of short sentences. Over and over. And again.

 

I used to chew my nails, but now I just tap my fingers or my foot.

 

If I get nervous, my heart starts to beat very fast.

 

It really depends on the situation for me. If it has to do with baseball i just zone out, by that i mean i block out all sounds and focus on what im supposed to do. In other situations i do several things, though not all at the same time(thank god). I chew my nails, tap my foot, keep moving , yawn, read(i always have a book with me), or just take a quick nap(i dont know how i can sleep when im nervous but i can, prolly has to do with the fact that im always nervous my reading teachers gonna get me in trouble for reading again)

 

Whistling or singing. I occasionally practice with my sword for focus. Otherwise I just sit around being nervous. If I'm 'just' nervous, I tend to get very introvert, very silent. And then suddenly burst out the moment someone or something annoys me.

 

When I had post traumatic stress I threw up a lot. But I'm over that and now I just tug or rub my nose once and while when I'm nervous. I think I do that to hide my face because I tend to blush or get pale. I also clench my hands into fists

 

fiddle

 

I bite my nails and jog my leg up and down. Not both together though

 

Oh yeah, when I'm nervous, my stomach acts up. If it's really bad, I can't eat anything for days. There's also the constant feeling of having to puke.