What Are Some Things You Find Yourself Doing Subconsciously?

[EtchASketch 3,012]

What are some things you found yourself doing unintentionally that you caught? It could be zoning out or having a look on your face and you don't realize you're doing it until someone else points it out or you snap yourself out of it.

I sometimes find myself with a confused face or constantly furrowed eyebrows when I'm not confused at all. I don't know why I do it, but I just do. I mainly just realize that I'm fidgeting or staring off into space due to anxiety.

 What about you? I'm interested in what you may have to say! 

[ThePinkestofPones 5,657]

Daydreaming

Saying "spoogle"

Making faces

Doodling

Scratching my head

Humming 

Bouncing my knee

9 minutes ago, Hippity Hoppity Sketch said:

What are some things you found yourself doing unintentionally that you caught? It could be zoning out or having a look on your face and you don't realize you're doing it until someone else points it out or you snap yourself out of it.

I sometimes find myself with a confused face or constantly furrowed eyebrows when I'm not confused at all. I don't know why I do it, but I just do. I mainly just realize that I'm fidgeting or staring off into space due to anxiety.

 What about you? I'm interested in what you may have to say! 

ME TOO DUDE, are we the same person? At this point may as well be

[Dreambiscuit 10,885]

I tap my feet a lot when I’m sitting. Actually it’s usually my whole leg (one or both). I don’t know why; I guess it’s a form of the fidgets, and I’ve done it my whole life.

I also get an intense look on my face, which looks to others like I’m angry, but I’m not. It’s like a look of concentration, and my furrowed brows make me look mad. It’s not deliberate; just an unconscious thing. I also shake my head, blink hard and do a funny jerky gesture with my hands, none of which I’m usually aware of when I’m doing them.

[Avvery 63]

Rubbing or scratching my chin, i did it more often when frustrated or anxious.

[Envy 6,311]

Zone out is a big one for me. I do it so easily that it's caused me to miss major scenes in movies, shows and the like just because my brain went somewhere else. I eventually caught myself doing it and I try to stop it or pause and rewind now when it happens.

I also have tons and tons of physical habits. It's like I always must be moving in some fashion. That includes moving my leg up and down (which I'm doing right now lol), spinning my chair (slightly, not all of the way around), rocking back and forth, messing with my jewelry or grosser, destructive things such as picking my lips. Unfortunately the latter happens a lot and I find myself hurting my lips and wondering why in the world I even did it. Ugh.

[SkarletVoid 183]

I talk to myself like all the time

[Street Light 367]

chew on my hair, or sometimes I'll curl it in circles with my finger :3

i also randomly break into different accents. It is pretty weird :3

[Iforgotmybrain 6,370]

I just noticed this not too long ago, but I use the royal “we” a lot when thinking. Instead of thinking “I should really get that done” it’ll be “we should really get that done” “we could do that” “do we really wanna make that” and so on . Maybe I’m a symbiote.

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[Night Sky 715]

I fidget a lot. And there's usually a delay between when I start doing it, and when I notice I'm doing it.

[Treeglow Flicker 14,104]

I have several different things that I do out of habit subconsciously. Either standing or sitting, I tend to sway from side to side like some sort of metronome whenever I'm pondering something or even actively working on something in front of my laptop. I also have a habit of humming the same arrangement of notes at any random moment in time. I also have a subconcious habit of responding out loud with some sort of exclamation at certain thoughts. Usually something like a loud "HA!". Then there are times I follow that up with a single loud clap of my hands - if the thought is agreeable. Years ago, people used to always point out how I would also randomly just stand on one foot when idle. I also find myself standing with my arms held behind my back and leaning in while tilting my head when something has my attention.

So lots of things like that.