Things you do when you're nervous?

[ChaosHazard]

When I'm nervous, such as when I have to do anything involving public speaking, I use an overabundance of hand gestures that contribute nothing to the actual story.

I only just realized this a few months ago, and I've caught myself doing them ever since.

Do any of you have nervous qualities like that?

(p.s. serch bahr appruvd lawl)

 

[Harold Donchee]

I yawn and stretch for some reason. Like my body is trying to tell me to chill the hell out

 

[Calobi]

If I'm not talking in front of others and I'm nervous I tend to yawn. Makes people think I'm bored and is great when playing cards.

Edit: Ninja'd?!? What the hell? I thought I was a unique snowflake.

 

[APPCRASH]

I go straight to violence. Nervousness sounds to much like a weakness, so being violent usually gives people the view that you are not nervous.

 

[superspartan004]

Usually before the said event I'm nervous about, I'll usually pace back and forth, and sleep for about 14 hours per day

 

[Radeonx]

If I'm not talking in front of others and I'm nervous I tend to yawn. Makes people think I'm bored and is great when playing cards.

This. Its an easy way to mask nervousness.

I go straight to violence. Nervousness sounds to much like a weakness, so being violent usually gives people the view that you are not nervous.

I've actually done that before.

 

[ExodusinFlames]

Double malt scotch on the rocks and 3 minutes. It'll settle your nerves right down. Its what I used to do BEFORE psyching myself up for shows.

 

[ZeroMachine]

I bite my lips a little bit and get much, much more serious than I usually am. I'm normally a very happy-go-lucky guy. If I'm acting serious, people know shit is going down.

 

[Hlista]

i shake when im nervous... i hate it so much

 

[Harold Donchee]

If I'm not talking in front of others and I'm nervous I tend to yawn. Makes people think I'm bored and is great when playing cards.

Edit: Ninja'd?!? What the hell? I thought I was a unique snowflake.

Haha so did I. Thanks for making me feel uninteresting

 

[Nossy]

Bite my nails. If I am really nervous, I pretend I'm sick and visit the bathroom a lot, usually to just play on my iPhone.

 

[Calobi]

If I'm not talking in front of others and I'm nervous I tend to yawn. Makes people think I'm bored and is great when playing cards.

Edit: Ninja'd?!? What the hell? I thought I was a unique snowflake.

Haha so did I. Thanks for making me feel uninteresting

Hey, Radeonx also stole our thing. Soon we'll learn that a lot of people do this, then how will you feel?

 

[ChaosHazard]

For people who didn't realize they did any of these things before, how did you find out?

I found out because I was rehearsing for a school play and during one of my scenes I actually hit a fellow actor with my hand gestures. :\

 

[War Penguin]

When I'm nervous my left arm flexes or I have my arms crossed. When I'm REALLY nervous, I also stu-stu-stutter a-a lot-t and l-look around like I'm wa-watched.
EDIT: I figured this out when I was looking for a new school to go to. My mom told me this after I talked to my future teachers.

 

[Motiv_]

It depends on why I am nervous.

I usually make conversation when I'm nervous. I also have a lot of nervous energy in my hands, so my hands twitch.

 

[The Salty Vulcan]

tap my collar bone a few times with the side of my thumb

 

[historybuff]

I get nauseated when I'm really nervous.

When I have to give a presentation or a speech, I get dizzy and shaky and I feel like I'm going to vomit.

One time, for Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology class, I had to give a half-hour presentation on Hierakonpolis. I couldn't eat or sleep and I couldn't relax the entire day.

But when it was finally over, I went back to my dorm room and turned on Ghost Hunters and just laid in bed to try and relax for several hours.

 

[Iron Mal]

I normally find myself planning out what I'm going to say for a particular event (surely we've all had a time when we try to think of something witty to say if we know that later on we'll meet someone we fancy/have a crush on) or trying to direct my attention elsewhere (I either fail miserably or end up being late for the event in question).

Also, when talking to a particular woman (who I have quite a fondness for I might add) I find myself stuttering and being unable to think of something to say (even though I want to say something).

 

[twistedshadows]

I bite my nails when I'm bored or nervous, though it's an unconscious habit.