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11. What’s a Telltale Sign I’m Nervous
I don’t know if it’s a habit but, when my hair isn’t tied back in a ponytail or in a plait or piled high on my head, I play with it. Just twisting it round and round until it becomes a ringlet. Pretty you say? But I only do it on the left side so I’m curly on one side and straight on the other.
My ex used to say I was turned on by the person I was speaking to on the phone which is absolute rubbish. It’s just an unconscious thing. I’ve noticed my daughters do it too. Is it a learned behaviour or is it genetic? Who knows?
The other thing I do that no one has ever noticed is I write things with my finger on my skin, on the table or even in the air. It’s nonsensical words or just a letter. I find myself writing the letter “r” the old-fashioned cursive way over and over again.
Do you have some little thing you do that shows your anxiety?
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