Do you or do you not?

Oh my friend, what do you think you are doing? Don't!! This "habit" is a good one. Gestures are a bit part of good public speaking skills. If you gesticulate a lot, you are one notch above many already. Unless you over-gesticulate, that's would be a different matter. Then you would just need to cut down a bit. :P

A lot of people feel that they can express themselves better when they use their hands at the same time that they are talking. It would look awkward if you don't move your hands at all like a robot. Even limited gestures would look like you're holding something back. So what if you use your hands a lot! It's what you are and we like you just the same.

I would use my hands alot to talk when I am angry or trying very hard to express how I feel. So, it isn't a habit that I use all the time.

I talk with my hands so did my mother and grandmother. The French are famous for that, way back in our family we have a French ancestor. I had been told told that it is is very expressive and elegant.

I think I do this sometimes. I thought it was mostly appropriate to express our meanings through using hand gestures. I always thought it was a method to increase explaining or supporting our views and thoughts. Have the "using hands while you speak police" suddenly ruled against this action? Is it suddenly politically incorrect?..lol. I don't know why you need to stop this practice.

Yeah, I think I do tend to talk with my hands quite a bit. I have noticed that I tend to do it when I'm trying to explain something to someone. I don't think it's a bad habit though. I think it's more interesting to watch someone speak when they use their hands rather than just sitting there.

I am very expressive with my hands when I talk and after it was brought to my attention I tried sitting on them whilst conversing but then I developed restless leg syndrome and they started flailing during conversation. I then tried sitting on my hands and jamming my feet under the table to prevent them from moving and ended up biting off half of my tongue...now I have to use my hands just to be able to communuicate at all.

I can stop things. Although some habits aren't so easy to shake and I focus more on those. Over all I'm happy but I would say I do and I would also I don't, because it's a mix. Sometimes it's awhile before we can adjust to such changes. ~Joey Kudos!