do you pick your nose when u get nervous?? do you wash your hands afterwards or you deem them clean?? just curious...
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I don't know about embarrassing, but I use hand sanitizers a lot.....people raise the brows whenever it gets to be excessive. I try to be aware of what I'm doing around people I don't know though.

I bite my nails

my heart pounds whenever I'm nervous.....and my voice trembles terribly. I have to give an informative speech Wednesday for my public speaking class. I'm so nervous. My topic's on social anxiety seriously. Hey, 1 out of every 8 Americans suffer from it, so at least I'll be directly adressing certain students

Nikster said:

I do too.....not from nervousness though. I hate the feeling of long nails. I'm terrified if I grow my nails long that I'll accidently split them down to the skin. Plus, you can't do anything with long nails. I do think longer nails look nicer on hands though.

AnckSuNamun said:

i'm sure you will do fine. the more you practice, the more confident you will become and yeah you may be a bit nervous, but if you know exactly what you are talking about, then no one can take that away from you...you get my drift?

missfee said:

thanks. I haven't really practiced at all.....but I know the topic pretty thoroughly based on common knowledge. I think the speech will help others in the class too....hopefully. oh my god 5 minutes...no podium .....just out there in the open in front of the class

AnckSuNamun said:

believe me, this time next week, you will be laughing at yourself, or smiling at how good you were....

missfee said:

I'm gonna go with laughing at myself....., but thanks

I click on superspaceboy threads. (Though I don't read them! I swear!)

AnckSuNamun said:

I once gave a 45 minute tutorial to my class. I thought I was going to shrivel up and die, but I had done all my research and knew my topic inside out, and by the end even the lecturer was asking me questions about stuff she never knew before!
If you know your topic, nobody can stop you. If you are excited about your topic, your audience will listen.
I'm sure you will do well

i'm a leg wiggler. always have to have that foot tapping - can't sit still.

but they say this is good for you... it means a fast metabolism, and helps you stay thin.

i don't even realize i'm doing this until people point it out to me.

charlottegelin said:

45 minutes?!..... no way in hell I know my topic through and through, but I might leave out important facts due to being nervous.

AnckSuNamun said:

I remember speaking in front of a class once, It was ONE of my worst days ever...life moves on though....good luck.

AnckSuNamun said:

no you won't!

The tutorial was good because it became an interactive discussion, I sat with the class around me, no standing at a podium. People were interested in the topic, it was relevant to our studies. Got a high distinction too and that from someone so shy they thought I had selective mutism as a child!

unlucky7 said:

thanks yeah, three speeches down... 5 to go...whew

charlottegelin said:

i tend to chew alot of gum..
i smoke..
i tend to be very opinonative..
i stutter when nervous..
i tend to tell people im the next rimbaud,dali,warhol,garcia lorca..

weepingwall said:

Do we really need another Mayte?

Yeah i say stupid thingz when i get a compliment. Like at work! I've had the manager and another lovely girl i work with tell me on seperate ocassions when they realise im working with them the next day 'Awww yayy i enjoy working with you!'...and my response is 'aww yayyy i enjoy working with you toooo...we can have a partyyyy' UM 'we can have a partyyy?' What drugs do i take in my sleep that'z what i'd like to know. Party when i'm working I mean well but i say silly thingz!! There'z more from where that came from let me tell ya.

Other habitz...embarrasing...nah mostly not embarrasing- but that last one i became conscious of today

OH yes...and i tend to blab further on than i should. And then i wonder if anybody is listening. *Shuddup Missy! Noone wantz to hear your rant!* See?

When I get nervous I get my words muddled

Ocean said:

hon you're by no means the only one who does that I'm terrible when I'm nervous or feel pressured at all I go into total tactless mode lol

Natisse said:

sometimes if I talk too fast I spoonerise!

Heiress said:

I am a leg wiggler too, and a nailbiter. But my most embarrassing habit is that sometimes when I am listening to music I click with my teeth to the beat, on the 2 and the 4. You should see people's faces when they notice, hehe! Sooo damn embarrassing...

funkaholic1972 said:

my ex boyfriend used to do that, he'd slide his teeth together too to do the long cymbal sounds very annoying! just short of air-drumming on tables in annoyance scale!

charlottegelin said:

You mean like "push futton bone" instead of push button phone??...(that's one of mine )

Ocean said:

I do the same thing. I hate that. I feel so stupid.

When I think of an unpleasant memory, I grunt. It's quiet though.

I can't carry a conversation with anyone, especially if it's small talk with a stranger. There's usually awakward moments of silence, and they assume I'm just being rude, when really my mind when blank.

Byron said:

lol or "bass-ackwards"