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I move my fingers really rapidly. I started doing this on my nose at age 5 whenever I read. Now, I hide my hands under my arms or do it lower under a table; if I'm really excited I still do it on my nose when I'm alone. It happens whenever I get really deep in thought, so absorbed in my world that I basically am playing a 'movie' in my head of the situation. I also do it (as well as pace and kind of throw myself onto my bed and make other jerky movements) whenever I see something relating to my current obsession, or especially while reading fanfic from that obsession. Basically, any time I think about something that causes me to go into my own little world, I have to do it or I cant get to the level of mental excitement required, and the 'movie' stops. I guess it's a way of letting out the energy created by the intense mental excitement?

I move my hands a lot. And twist them a bit. And make weird gestures, and mudra-like things.
I also keep touching myself, especially the face, the hair and the hands.
I used to whistle, and got really good at it, but now-a-days people tend to ask me about that one, so I don't dare to any more.

if im listening to certain music ill start "scratchin the record" on the area of my laptop where theres no buttons and such... it looks like im scratching a record lol... maybe i should become a DJ

I fidget, bite my nails, rock back and forth, flap my hands, swing my arms around like windmills, sway, and tug my hair. I'm not sure if pacing counts. When I need to learn something, I make circular motions, by walking in a circle or swinging my arms in a circle, etc.; it seems to make me memorise things more easily.

I bite the skin off my lips and the inside of my cheeks all the time, it used to be just when I was really nervous but the first year of university was so stressful that it became almost constant and hasn't gone away.

I also scratch at my scalp (and skin) a lot when stressed or really concentrating on a book or something, recently its been quite often so that its slightly painful when I take a shower and the water hits my head.

I bend my fingers backwards and stretch them lots when talking to people I don't know - I'm really not supposed to do this as I have hypermobility and it damages my joints.

I also flap my arms (which my boyfriend says he finds cute for some reason) fiddle with the stuff in my pockets when talking to people (that one must look weird) and although I've never rocked when I'm lying in bed at night I like to gently bounce. That ones hard to explain but it annoys the hell out of my boyfriend.

Jaw clamping and biting inside inside my mouth and bottom lip
Chewing on objects like pencils and pens.
I usually wear pens out by biting them long before the ink runs out.
I also rock back and forth on the soles of my feet as I am standing in line
I also flap my hands like I am waving with both hands.

Oh I forgot, I used to only ever walk on tiptoes given the choice. But what with the hypermobility I can't do that now I'm grown up - my ankles just collapse.

I also bite my cheeks, I rub my face alot. I scratch my forearms when I get extremely upset (not often, and not enough to break the skin). I twist my ankles around when they can hang. I stretch my shoulders...well, not the part of my shoulders that connect to my arms, but the part near my neck, and push my shoulder blades out at the same time. I pop my neck. I make weird noises, especially "unnnnUH". I say grrr alot.

Most other stuff I would normally do, I learned I needed to "control" and so I don't usually do what I think I might have at one point have done.

I used to like spinning, rocking, making random noises, Shaking my head, squeezing my eyes close and pressing my eyelids with my fingers until I see pretty lights and shapes. I might still do that, but I'll wait until i can make it look like I'm tired. I used to like bouncing in my seat and dancing by bouncing around. Even if there wasn't music. Echolalia.

I make up for the stuff I used to do, sadly, by smoking.
I guess its because I always tried so hard to fit in I just stopped doing alot of things that other people saw as weird and then I started to see it as "weird" also. Before I saw it as fun, stress relieving and natural.

You have hyper mobility syndrome? Sorry for the wierd random question, just wondering because i didn't think anybody else had that.

-Adrienne

I do it to alleviate mental discomfort.

Rocking
flapping
hand twirling
finger flapping (I recently started doing this)
I curl my hand/s up and hold them against my torso (my main one)
I pick my nails till they bleed
I bang my head on stuff when I'm really overwhelmed (I didn't know I did this; I've done it my whole life)
I bite nearly everything
I bounce my legs when sitting
I like shaving my head (the feeling); I also like rubbing my head when the hair grows back some (prickly)

Anyone who is double-jointed is hypermobile.

I love to rock. I do it whenever I'm feeling something I can't express with words. Stress, frustration, anger, or even happiness and excitement.

Lots of foot and finger tapping. Opening and closing things. Biting my lip.

When times are really bad it's head banging or scratching myself

people used to call me wiggle bum at primary school because i couldn't stopp fidgetting. i rock back and forth when im waiting, and i have a tendancy to jiggle my legs alot. i like squeezing my hands, it makes me feel better when im anxious

steff xx

I crack my knuckles a lot, and my toes. I'm always fidgeting and moving... tapping my feet, wriggling my hips side to side, or my head, or my legs, or my arms are fidgeting... I have dermatillomania so I'm always scratching or picking at my skin, especially on my chest, arms, face and scalp, and more recently, lips... I rock occasionally, though try to keep it to a minimum and fairly small (don't wanna give the game away so to speak!)... ring my hands... walk more pigeon-toed than normal if I'm stressed, and always stand with my feet a bit crooked or awkwardly...

None of it's particularly obvious though, I'm pretty good and hiding it.

Actually thats not true, double jointed is one thing but if the muscle tissue is like a rubberband between your joints so much that it causes arthritis, but makes you able to bend like all different ways is hyper mobility syndrome. Anybody can be double jointed, that doesn't mean they have that syndrome.

I know that. But hypermobility is the recognized medical term for double-jointedness. That's what I meant.