Anzie2008
16-04-09, 23:38
Hi All :)
Just wondered whether anyone on here finds they have a nervous habit...? Like something you do when you're particularly anxious or panicky?
For example... when I'm dizzy, I get anxious... (although it is dizziness that stems from anxiety = vicious circle or what?!!!!!), and when I get anxious about getting dizzy, I find I can't stop playing with my hair... I twist it round my fingers, put it in a ponytail to take it down again a few minutes later... that sort of thing!!! I also rub my neck a lot, because I have problems with my neck which also make my dizziness worse. :wacko:
Tonight was another good example. My Nan is currently in hospital, so I went to visit her with my Mum, Dad & cousin. I don't like hospitals at all; I never have and I probably never will... they make me so anxious, especially after last year when I had to have an operation & stay in for 3 days! I start shaking the minute I walk in, I feel lightheaded, I can't stop fidgeting. We were sitting with my Nan, and because of the general noise on the wards, I found I was feeling more and more anxious. Almost automatically, I started humming the tune to a song we'd heard in the car! I was trying to calm my nerves but my cousin turned to me and said something like "are you humming to yourself? You sound like a right fruitjob" or something like that :ohmy::ohmy: ! Not exactly what I wanted to hear, especially when I have anxiety anyway and spend half my time worrying I'm a total 'nutter'.
Now she's really got me worrying that my nervous habits make me look like a total 'fruitjob' as she put it !!! Am I the only one with nervous habits or is it a common thng between us anxious people??
:flowers: Thanks for reading, if you got this far!! x
Just wondered whether anyone on here finds they have a nervous habit...? Like something you do when you're particularly anxious or panicky?
For example... when I'm dizzy, I get anxious... (although it is dizziness that stems from anxiety = vicious circle or what?!!!!!), and when I get anxious about getting dizzy, I find I can't stop playing with my hair... I twist it round my fingers, put it in a ponytail to take it down again a few minutes later... that sort of thing!!! I also rub my neck a lot, because I have problems with my neck which also make my dizziness worse. :wacko:
Tonight was another good example. My Nan is currently in hospital, so I went to visit her with my Mum, Dad & cousin. I don't like hospitals at all; I never have and I probably never will... they make me so anxious, especially after last year when I had to have an operation & stay in for 3 days! I start shaking the minute I walk in, I feel lightheaded, I can't stop fidgeting. We were sitting with my Nan, and because of the general noise on the wards, I found I was feeling more and more anxious. Almost automatically, I started humming the tune to a song we'd heard in the car! I was trying to calm my nerves but my cousin turned to me and said something like "are you humming to yourself? You sound like a right fruitjob" or something like that :ohmy::ohmy: ! Not exactly what I wanted to hear, especially when I have anxiety anyway and spend half my time worrying I'm a total 'nutter'.
Now she's really got me worrying that my nervous habits make me look like a total 'fruitjob' as she put it !!! Am I the only one with nervous habits or is it a common thng between us anxious people??
:flowers: Thanks for reading, if you got this far!! x