When you feel nervous....
By cheenlly
@cheenlly (3477)
Philippines
May 22, 2007 8:38am CST
hello mylottians and friends, im curious and want to know different mannerism. When you feel nervous what do you usually do to divert it or what i mean to say is what are you mannerism or habitual gesture? Mine is, i usually touch my ear or my nose when i feel nervous or when im holding a handkerchief i tend to crampled it when i feel nervous.( i'm not sure if crampled is the right term, im sorry) but what I mean is like crampled like a waste of paper. So what about you what is your mannerism or habitual gesture when you feel nervous? Do you make yourself obvious when you feel nervous? Happy posting!
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17 responses
@munhozmib (3837)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
23 May 07
I put my hand in my pocket and close it. That's all. No one notices I'm nervous, because sometimes I only put one hand. That way, I can talk to people, and they won't notice my nervousism.
Easy one, huh?
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
23 May 07
you are not a very nervous kind of guy. it will be good if i can adopt the posture that you can afford to take a stance of despite the nervousness that you are feeling. it must be better if no one will notice it when we will get nervous. people wil take advantage of it at times. there are some good ones though, who will ease out the feeling, by helping us calm down. it surely feels good when friends or others who are like this is around us when this nervousness thing becomes quite overwhelming.
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@trinidadvelasco (11401)
• Philippines
23 May 07
when i feel nervous, i cannot have a well retained posture in one place. i get fidgety. i rub my hands together or onto my clothes and hair. i canntot be relaxed at all. a handkerchief will have to be at hand always. i tend to sweat a lot also. so, by now, you can figure by yourself how i go through all those movements which shall even include holding on to something when i feel kind of dizzy in the process. all these happens because, i feel my heart thumping, it is thumping really hard and loud. i do not like this feeling coming over me. as much as possible, i put it under control.
@MrsWickham1 (464)
• United States
23 May 07
I am a naturally nervous person. Sometimes I get nervous for no reason. usually, fidget with my nails, but for the most part I am not ashamed to be nervous so I let it show.
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@RunningAway (3)
• Canada
23 May 07
whenever i feel nervous i bite my nails and i sweat a lot. i really can't help it, specially if i have a very important presentation.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
23 May 07
whenever i feel nervous, i put my hands together to prevent them from shaking. hehe. yup, when really nervous, i really shake a lot. so, i hold my hands together and pretend i am not that nervous at all. sometimes, i try and play games on my phone to divert my attention from what i am nervous about. these are just the things i do to make myself feel better.
@shorva (923)
• Philippines
23 May 07
I hold my hands together because when I get really nervous they start to shake. So when I hold my hands, it wouldn't be so obvious. Job interviews always makes me nervous, I just had one last month, and I'm glad that it wasn't so obvious.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
23 May 07
nice to know that i am not alone. i do that, too when nervous. but during interviews, i always say i am really nervous. usually, they ask me first how am i doing and i answer politely saying... i am nervous, very nervous. and the one interviewing me try to keep me calm and help me feel relaxed. hehe. it works for me!
@kelly60 (4547)
• United States
24 May 07
When I get nervous, I need to find something to do with my hands. I may start fidgeting if I cannot find something to keep them busy. Obviously, I would rather find something to do that does not make it look like I'm just fidgeting, otherwise everyone would know how nervous I really was.
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@musu112 (528)
• United States
22 May 07
Hey, whenever I feel nervous about something i am ought to do, I generally try to make myself relaxed by thinking every positive thing about it. Then I try to divert my mind by doing or engaging myself in something other. Generally, I feel very nervous whenever I go to the interview for my jobs, those moments are the most nervous times for me in my life.....LOL
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@kyomboii10 (46)
• Philippines
23 May 07
When im nervous or even stressed, i tend to pick the strands of my hair and feel it.. :P not a pretty thing to do for a girl huh? :P And it makes me laugh to see that my seatmate started doing that too, plus my boss too! :P heehee
But when Im in an interview or was put in a very unnerving situation, I tend to smile a lot.. just smile :-) and then when I talk, I talk fast heehee :P
And when im emotionally tired, I want it quiet, and I dont even talk. I live in a dormitory and when im in that state, my dormates will know and just turn off the television and stay out of my sight heehee :P
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@malouasuncion (555)
• Malaysia
23 May 07
Generally, when im nervous my heart beats fast. Then during job interview, I couldn't say anything and my hands sweat.
@kitkat1 (1227)
• Canada
23 May 07
Well with me it depends on the situation on how i respond to nervousness. Most times there is no way to not be obvious. If it is must mildly nervous i ring my hands together. When i am really nervous is when the problem occur. I laugh or cry when i am really nervous and sometimes neither on of those emotions are very good for the task at hand like say a job interview lol. Some to put on my to do with handle nervousness better lol. Maybe someday but thinking about ways to handle nervousness better makes me nervous lol.
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