What are your telltale physical signs of stress?

Here are the public replies to the question I posed on Twitter.

Telltale physical signs of stress: What are yours? (Mine: fingernails bitten to the quick.)

• Marilyn_Res says: re telltale stress: I leave my fingernails alone but I twirl a particular piece of hair. It works!
• Earl52 says: Telltale physical signs of stress: neck pain, taking off glasses and rubbing eyes.
• masontech says: I have a tendency to chew the inside of my cheek!
• KellyAbbott says: eyes comma dark circles.
• mactavish says: my stress signs are twitchy eye muscle, and autoimmune flares.
• kellieparker says: for me, migraine at least two days in a row. For a while, I had a migraine every night for nearly two weeks.
• ursonate says: gray hairs and itchy skin
• mindonly says: my eyelid starts to twitch.
• jasonfitzpatric says: Shallower breathing. I breathe extremely slowly and deeply. Overwork/stress makes me forget that good habit.
• mostlygeek says: I turn into a panda from lack of sleep…
• liabulaong says: i keep my nails super duper short anyway, so that’s not a tell. when i’m super stressed out, i forget to eat!
• craftygirl7 says: I have this one wrinkle to the inside of my left eyebrow – like a frown line – that only shows up when I’m stressed.
• norcross says: my posture becomes almost perfect. strange, but true
• canarymason says: If you need to look for signs of stress then you’re not stressed enough!
• rfrancis says: If my heart is beating and I have brain activity, it’s a reasonable sign that I’m stressed.
• millenomi says: Incoherence.
• lee_strickland says: Neck and shoulders ache like I have been beaten…
• K1ngB00 says: My guts get all messed up.
• stevenpaulr says: It’s more for me, but my eyebrow twitches. It’s hard for other people to see.
• kyleejohnson says: unstoppable urge to seriously throttle the person next to me. sorry, that’s psychological. physical would be blurry vision.
• glossybox says: My neck locks up, and I have to turn my head like Michael Keaton in “Batman”. #stress
• helenewecker says: I clench my jaw when I’m stressed, and then my teeth get really sensitive to cold. Makes for a pretty accurate barometer.
• mimio00 says: Grinding of the teeth…big time.
• signaleleven says: heartburn, shoulders tense to the point I mantain a perennial “shrug”.
• Penguirl says: Weight gain and smoking. Unfortunately they come together instead of one or the other.
• Leo02 says: I start feeling like my blood is boiling and my throat becomes swollen.
• webarnold says: incessantly tapping foot. I can’t stop tapping it when stressed!
• brettsinger says: stress = stomach problems
• FEmaven says: changes in my sleeping/eating habits
• grantimatter says: : I lose all sense of temperature and begin shaking as if it’s freezing.
• gdarklighter says: I get an upset stomach when I’m stressed.
• eaitken says: My stress reaction is to sleep a lot, and eat bacon sandwiches for breakfast.
• jungshadow says: Stomach pains
• the_billness says: A sore neck from it constantly being popped.
• TrevorBramble says: I get crabbier than Deadliest Catch.
• warcorp says: callouses on my knuckles from hitting the wall or the desk. Mine always have callouses on them (thats bad)
• jakeneff says: Signs of stress: In addition to fingernails, acne and headaches.
• bdehamer says: physical sign of stress: eye twitch
• boomer812 says: Telltale signs of stress: Waking up every 2 hours w/your mind wearing a rut on same issues + only getting 2 hours of good sleep
• lavanon says: I get an uncontrollable twitch under my left eye. It’s barely noticeable to people, but it sure is distracting for me.
• jason_wdw says: physical signs of stress, tense jaw…. rt Telltale physical signs of stress: What are yours?
• fibaldwin says: Constipation, shortened sleep patterns
• kimmp says: I tend to bite off loose piece of skin inside my mouth. Probably a crappy one. And the nails too.
• jussinen says: i bite my nails or scratch too much – which is why i cut them if i got a project coming up..
• lucjon says: Shaking my right leg vigorously
• aerognome says: Twitching eyelids.
• daetanbhuck says: Same. Fingernails to the quick. Been cutting them very short for a while, which is a great way to hid it.
• karelj says: My stress signs are migraines and lethargy.
• dang_artman says: Clinched jaw + headache…
• morrisonfamily says: unwillingly face-planting myself onto the keyboard
• JamieMccarville says: headache, general desire to not be around people
• zencorners says: losing hours of sleep
• emhs says: My girlfriend’s got the same as yours. Mine’s drumming and tapping (or an empty flask when I have one).
• hdavim says: adding headache and teeth grinding to your bitten fingernails. raise you with inability to sleep
• fuzzychi says: Sore back, usually means I’ve been working in front of the computer way too much
• chrismcstu says: goatee hair pulled out from running fingers thru it constantly
• gulliverbear says: My shirts get ripped to shreds and my pants get tattered… also I turn green
• itzaggatii says: same for me fingernails and my lip