Does anyone walk around in circles when they are nervous?

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I would when I was having panic attacks.

Sometimes I see Donald Duck do that, damaging his floor.

I had the habit before

I will either pace in a circle through my house or back and forth. I do it all the time. I don't only do it when nervous: sometimes I will pace if I'm excited or anticipating/waiting for something. It's more a manifestation of a hyperactive state of mind, I'd say.

I get really annoyed with my pacing when I'm playing my bass guitar. Because I always pace anti-clockwise, I get my guitar and headphone cables in a right old tangle. The trance that I'm in when I'm playing is very often cut abruptly short because I've accidentally yanked a plug out of its socket, or I've tripped myself up!

I think it can be either - I've certainly seen more people do this than could be explained by them all being autistic.

On the other hand, I definitely circle pace as a stim - it has it's own special posture, and the pacing is the same when I am happy, excited, or lost in my music. On the other hand, I do it more when I'm anxious, at a much slower pace, and I chatter to myself a lot more (I'm usually pretty quiet when I'm pacing for joy).

When I am on the 'phone I find it impossible to sit stlll and will walk around the house. At work I pace the office and sometimes end up in the corridor when on mobile. If I am anxious I will set up a rhythmic pattern of walking around the house - I don't do this when anyone is around though (then I just sit with a cushion jammed onto my lap)

I find that I walk in small circles when I'm feeling anxious or having an overload, sometimes even muttering away to myself, mostly trying talk myself round and climbing back into my human disguise.

I love to walk when I need to think hard about something, this will be in the form of pacing around a room or up and down a hallway, though it works best when I'm outside, away from people,cars,and all that stuff. I could just walk and walk, and my brain seems to work a little better at sorting things.

Your head is for dancing,
you feet are for thinking.

I Pace all the time. I'm pretty sure that is considered stimming, sometimes in a circle, or in a specific pattern or route.

Yes, Or pace.

This used to land me a scolding, but now that I'm with my fiance she knows that it means something is up and can usually calm me down.

If someone does force me to sit still, then my legs shake and I'm usually doing something with my hands (interlock my fingers and rub my palm with the thumb of the other hand)

I pace constantly, when I'm nervous or anxious it can be really bad. It's been better since taking medication, I don't just do it lost in thought but rather more just when I'm nervous or anxious. I pace a lot still tho.