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John William Tuohy lives in Washington DC

Writing physical reactions

  


Physical Reactions

  • have sweat beading/breaking out on one's forehead
  • have one's heart in one's mouth (or throat)
  • have one's heart pounding (or pulse racing)
  • butterflies in one's stomach
  • hand feeling clammy
  • knees bouncing
  • pacing back and forth
  • tearing up due to embarassment (wanting to cry)
  • Shift their weight from one foot to the other
  • Sway slightly where they are standing
  • Fidget with their hair, clothes, nails, or something they’re holding
  • Glance around the room or refuse to make eye contact with someone
  • Chew on their lips or nails
  • Hum quietly to themself
  • Tap their fingers on their arm, the wall, or a table
  • Wrap their arms around themself
  • Cross their arms or legs while seated
  • Pick at their lips or cover their mouth
  • Rub their own neck or shoulder
  • Sigh often
  • Sit with their knees up near their chest, or lay in the fetal position
  • Look stiff and uncomfortable
  • Check over their shoulder often, or glance around the room
  • Cough or clear their throat often
  • A pounding heartbeat, or the feeling that their heartbeat is in their head
  • Accelerated or heavy breathing
  • A tingling sensation in their fingers, hands, or legs
  • A rush of energy (which would suddenly leave them afterward, making them even more tired than usual)
  • Dizziness
  • Tightened muscles

Descriptors

  • fumbled
  • blushed
  • winced
  • fidgeted
  • cringed
  • stuttered
  • giggled
  • afluttered
  • agitated
  • robotic
  • hesitant
  • bothered
  • distracted
  • edgy
  • clumsily
  • awkwardly
  • distractedly
  • flustered
  • frantically
  • frayed
  • hypertense
  • nervy
  • jittery
  • jumpy
  • intimidated
  • paranoid
  • perturbed
  • rattled
  • queasiness
  • restive
  • restless
  • skittery
  • shudder
  • skittish
  • strung up
  • tenterhooks
  • tight
  • stressy
  • uneasy
  • unquiet
  • twitchy
  • unsettled
  • uptight
  • unrelaxed

Idioms

  • be at your wit's ends
  • be bricking it
  • be ill at ease
  • be on pins and needles
  • be under the gun
  • get in a sweat
  • have all the cares of the world on your shoulders
  • have kittens
  • like a cat on a hot tin roof
  • sweat bullets