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The tapping is from anxiety. You’re defaulting to a common action. Some people chew their finger nails, some use a fidget spinner. If you want to stop, identify
by yepthatsreality 5y ago
The tapping is from anxiety. You’re defaulting to a common action. Some people chew their finger nails, some use a fidget spinner. If you want to stop, identify when you’re doing the habit and catch and control yourself, relax, and identify the anxiety.
- johnchristopher 5y agoI read once some intelligent people still have some process cycles left when working out code and it's uneasing to them so their brains automatically adds another soothing activities to fill the void. For one of my coworker it was either whistling, feet tapping or pen clicking. To the point that another coworker regularly stand up from his chair, walked to him and put a spongy stress ball in his hands. Without saying a word, was funny the first time :D.
- throwaway0a5e 5y agoOr it's just a habit. Not everything needs to be the result of some implied mental health problem.
- yepthatsreality 5y agoAt which point did I indicate there was a mental health problem? Everyone has anxiety and it manifests in different forms and eventually can be habitual.
- specialist 5y agoTrue. I just fidget. A lot. I have to concentrate to sit still (meetings are torture). When I'm thinking about a problem, my mental budget is redirected to problem solving, so my fidget inhibiting stops. Drives a lot of people nuts. Whatever. Go sit somewhere else. I'm sitting over here, away from everyone, minding my own business. I didn't ask you to sit near me. Everyone's different. Some people hum. Some people "talk aloud" (my kryptonite). Some people do zen flow state. I like to dance, so I put in the ear buds and jam.