The movement fits inside public stillness. Toes curl inside shoes, a muscle pulses under clothing or fingers keep a tiny rhythm below the table while the rest of you appears seated.
- curling and uncurling your toes during a meeting
- picking at the skin beside a thumbnail while waiting in line
- rubbing two fingertips together under the desk
- quietly bouncing one heel where nobody can see it
Looks vs reality
The same Experience can look very different from the outside than it feels on the inside.
Just a nervous habit.
My body's pressure release valve.
Looks distracted and not listening.
This is literally how I am focusing my brain.
They seem really anxious.
I'm actively preventing a shutdown by regulating my nervous system.
Just a weird little tic.
A carefully chosen, low-profile anchor to reality.
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