Writer's Block: Less Than Idle Hands

[lizzybennet]

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When my hair is long enough, I pull a strand of it around to the front of my face, place over my lip, press it there with my finger and inhale through it. I hate when I catch myself doing this because it seems like such a childish gesture. I haven't been able to do it for years but my hair is longer now. I caught myself doing it the other day as I sat at a red light. Horrified. I was just plain horrified. But, there was a small part of me that realized it was a comfortable gesture.

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[themenow.livejournal.com]

Oh, I just remembered a horrible tic I used to have when I was really anxious - bouncing my leg. I did it so much once that I ended up with serious shin splints. It was the only way I knew that I could get that nervous energy out of my body.