Mine are:

  • Turning the spark wheel on a lighter in my pocket
  • Biting a finger

I like to pull the corner of my phone case off and snap it back on

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Yes. I do that too. Also clicking the latch on my wrist watch

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Not exactly my favorite, but my most done is biting/peeling my lips.

Stretching is probably my favorite. Like those good ones after waking up

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It’s more just biting off already dry/dead skin, doesn’t seem like I’m doing any damage

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There’s been a song stuck in my head for as long as I can remember (decades) that only comes out of the recesses of my brain when I’m alone, and I hum it over and over. Usually this is during driving or focusing on coding. Kinda frustrating that I don’t even know if it’s a real song or just something my brain is doing for fun. (It sounds a bit like the civil war song, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, I guess?) I’m too self-conscious to do it around other people.

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Have you tried using something like SoundHound? I’ve hummed songs using it and had pretty good success.

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  • jiggling pectoral or glute muscles (usually to music)
  • opening and closing the lid of an inhaler
  • grinding the folded tags in clothing
  • stroking beard
  • peeling top layer of skin off finger nails
  • plucking overly long eyebrow hairs
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As an adult it is a mix of leg jiggling and rubbing my finger nails against my thumbs. As a child I used to tap out rhythms with my heels and toes, much to the chagrin of my teachers and classmates.

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