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The Ultimate Body Language Book

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Nail biting is an oral fixation that replaces thumb sucking and allows the body to burn off nervous<br />

energy.<br />

Another version of displacement behaviour happens when our minds are preoccupied with an emotion.<br />

When our home life begins to bother us when at work, our faces become emotionless as our minds drift<br />

to this more immanent problem. Our bodies display this detachment in various ways. For example, we<br />

begin to remove imaginary lint, play with a watch or pen, look away or become distracted, repetitive<br />

tapping of the fingers or foot, avoiding eye contact, rubbing the hands together, pinching an eyelid,

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