Do you gesture when you talk?

I have been known for automatically gesturing facial expressions. Sometimes I have to really control them as it happens instantly.

I love your post here blue. There is truth in it. Gestures are the first thing one sees before the content. Over at the phone it's the voice tone that sends the message across first. Our emotions tend to get the better of us sometimes and that would cloud our message. That includes me too. I know I have relied on gestures both at home and at work. Handling kids at home can just be as tough as handling situations at work which demand lots of skills and tact.

While talking withsomebody face to face, body gesture automatically come up.Perhaps you will notice while people are talking with mobile, the express everything with body language, moving hand , smiling, laughing loudly and so on, even though these are not seen by the opposite on line.Is it not natural? But in my childhood elders said that while talking we should not move our hand and body as it is regarded as bad manners,particularly more true while talking to elders.Now I think this is a torture to one for forbiding gesture.

I look like a windmill sometimes, sweetie. If one stand close enough while i am busy, they might get whacked or something. I don't do facial expressions, but when i am irritated, i will stick out my tongue at you. Childish, but very effective. TATA.

I use all of them. People called me animated when talking.

I'm Italian! Need I say more.

I think all of us have gestures, I find it difficult to imagine that somebody would talk without moving anything else except for their mouth. hehehe.. That's utterly weird. However, I do find people with excessive hand gestures and body language very annoying and distracting at times. I think enough is okay. I do have gestures when I talk and it's mostly with my hands and facial reactions. It's vital to effectively communicate what you would want to say or express. The tone of the voice also plays a vital role as well.

Yes, I do gesture a lot. I also use a lot of facial expressions, but I also use my hands a lot when I talk. It's really just a force of habit. I just do it without really thinking.

I think I do.LOL. I do not notice at all. But I think I do especially when I emphasize on the things that I say. As for facial expressions, I do. Although I can have a conversation where I do not move my hand or have any odd facial expressions.

i believed so! because i myself when i talked my hands are moving too, my eyes and my body. so its more effect to a speaker if there is a body movement of body language. its very smart to look at and it will add interest to a person to listen to that person who has a gesture.

hi moon.... how are you today? actually i am a less speaker than a listener, so i don't gesture while talking with someone but...as a college teacher... when i give a lecture to my students.. then obviously i do it to pay my student's attention. hahaha... me... i think good wordings are enough than gestures. take care.

Both are very important. If you do not look at me when you are talking to me I automatically assume you are lying. Gestures are a large part of communication. They may be more important than the words that are being spoken!

haha, I definitely do. Perhaps to stress a point when trying to make a point or to make a joke even funnier, it is all in the facial or physical action, plus tone of voice that conveys a message perhaps more effectively.

Yes, I do! I can express myself fully with hand gestures and facial expressions. I cannot imagine myself explaining something with a a blank face and my hands tied together. Can you?

hi bluemoonpavilions I think I must use facial expressions as my friends use to say I could not lie and make people believe it as my face would show I was fibbing. Hence I seldom lie as everyone would know it at once. I don't think I use my hands much but rely on words and tone of voice. When a stranger makes me angry I will on purpose lower my voice and keep my face still. this helps me to keep from exploding at someone. I know that psychology says to cool down and not fly off the handle you need to keep your voice low and slow down your words. I found that also stops the stranger in her tracks and she will not argue further as she sees you are not rising to her bait.if more men would use this tactic we might not have so many wars. lol.

Hi bluemoonpavilion. Yes. I do use gestures when I am talking. It moves my conversation along. And it allows me to fully express myself more better to someone or to others.

I am articulate enough in my speech so I do not have to articulate. As in writing one has to convey the ideas without gesturing same is while speaking. Those who are not able to express themselves well they resort to gesturing.

I use my facial expressions when i try to express emotions like happyness and sadness.I ofen use these expressions as it helps the people around me have a better idea to my current mood and they will know how to react to me better knowing im in a sad or happy mood.Some people though do not express emotions very well and they just have a blank face when they are happy or sad and it is hard to tell how they are feeling currently.

I have this hand gestures, facial expressions and body language when I'm on the floor. I have to do this so that there will be a good conversation especially for the students. Of course words used should also be powerful enough.

I am a gesturer. actually, I was animatedly talking with a student in the lunchroom, and did not see the kid coming up on my side. I knocked his tray out of his hand. I felt really bad, and very embarrassed. I think that because so much of a conversation relies on tone, and gestures, it is really hard to have a good conversation in email. Your content may be precise in an email, but the emotion is lost.