What you'll do if you are in tension?

I don't bite nails. The nails are dirty! Instead, I listen to music. There are music or songs that reminds me of my past successes. Listening to those songs relaxes me and elevates my morale.

I do bite my nails. But if I am where I can, I like to run. It gets all the tension out! I can also do situps and pushups. It helps the body to release the tension in a productive way.

If, I am tense, I tend to move around a lot. I fidget around in my seat quite a bit, not able to stay still for more than a few seconds. Then I tend to look around from side to side, as if I am expecting someone to jump out from behind something and attack me. Eventually, I will get up and pace back and forth across the room. It drives people nuts, but that is just something that I do when I am tense. After all of that, I sit myself down and take some deep breaths. I try to remain calm. Try to reason that I should not be so tense. Try to figure out why I am so tense in fact. That tends to be the easiest way to relieve tension in my opinion. By figuring out the problem. If I can, I eat some chocolate, that always tends to calm my nerves and allows me to relax.

I tend to smoke a lot and find a diversion. I watch television. I read magazines. I play with a pet. Most of the time a warm bath helps for me.