nervous habits

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It would be interesting to hear about peoples nervous habits strange or normal it doesn't matter. My habits are biting finger nails which is so bad I start bleeding, I also pick things apart and my school binder is pretty shredded, and last that I can identify is biting my hands, mostly my fingers and I do it hard enough to draw blood sometimes.

That depends on the type of nervous.

If it's "around-people-nervous" I tend to become shakey, and I start sweating. To calm down, I try to get the talking done, and I also stim.
My stimming in this kind of situation is mostly like: Drumming with my hands (On my legs and sometimes on tables), constantly wriggling my toes, "foot-flapping" (like hand flapping, just with the feets).

If it's nervous about something that is going to happen, then I can be alone in my room, and then there are far more stims. Like hand-flapping, turning around on the chair, sometimes a bit rocking, putting my hands to my mouth (well, sometimes I do this in public too).

Of course, these stims are not limited to when I'm nervous, but are also apparent when I'm excited.

I bite my nails aswell its not a nervous habit its just a habit i cant stop and hey i keeps me from trimming them i just bite em off erm well for nervous habit i would say eye contact i just really stuggle with it with people i dont know and with some i do .

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1. Fiddle with anything around.
2. Fold up and dog-ear my papers.
3. Chew my nails.
4. Pull out my hair.
5. Tap my feet.
6. Tap my fingers.

my nervous habit is eating chewing gum and rolling it around my fingers....

I have to do things with my hands. Once when I got called to the office, I folded my pass up into a pterodactyl origami thing while I was waiting for the counselor to see me.

I also doodle if I can (though my nervous doodles usually aren't any good and I get stressed at their quality), or I tap my fingers. I like to turn on my music if I can or try to read (though if I'm really nervous I can't focus on reading). I might also pace around the house and look for comfort food to eat.

Basically, anything that I can try to focus on to distract me from what's making me nervous.

I tap my feet really fast and wriggle my toes - some people have asked me why I am shaking. When I have to answer a question in class for instance, I have sweaty palms and my stomach 'knots', and I also stutter and end up speaking too quietly; as a result, my teachers tell me to speak up and it just makes me more nervous as I have to repeat everything I had already said. I also bite my lips until they bleed or are very sore and my fingers wring around one another.

I bite my fingernails too. I also bite my skin (although I try not to do that too much), rock back and forth/from side to side, and make my legs shake.

I usually bite my fingernails or chew on whatever metal object is closest to me...

These are my nervous habits:

-twiddling my hair
-playing with whatever I have in my hands (be it my cell phone in my pocket, a pencil, or my pencil pouch)
-wiggling/tapping my feet
-biting the inside of my cheek (not to the extent that it hurts, more like just chomping at the skin. Sometimes I even do it without thinking about it)

looking to my watch (seems like waiting for some time)
but, if I dont have a watch on that time, I look to my arm, and I'm 100% sure that it really looks weird from outside.

gum chewing
stomach scratching
list making
nose rubbing
jaw clicking
head shaking
fiddling with plushies or jewelry
pen chewing to the point of cracking the pen

I chew on my knuckles.

My legs tend to bounce up and down constantly,
I compulsively drum on everything including people,
I pick scabs or nose when I'm nervous or upset, hurt, bored, etc.
I crack my knuckles, wring my hands, and other stuff I can't think of I'm sure.
I also cut my nails so impossibly short, toes and fingers, often making them bleed.

I think I would rather have something really hurt bad, than feel the semi-tingle/tickle/hurt I usually feel.