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The Ultimate Body Language Book

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A gestures that indicates anxiety rather than a targeted scratch.<br />

It is the job of the body language reader to decide which movements are motivated by a real physical<br />

purpose and which are motivated by an underlying emotional purpose. Usually stress release methods<br />

are person specific so once they are detected can be reliable as predictors in future encounters. Some<br />

might pull an ear lobe, rub one’s throat, pull on a collar or scratch the back of the hands. I will say that<br />

it’s usually pretty obvious when a gesture like scratching is real because it is targeted, quick, nonrepetitive<br />

and provides instant relief, but when it’s as a response to emotional trauma, it show opposite

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