NocturnalLady
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(bbm) I think you are correct , it is both uncontrollable, and self soothing when she feels awkward, incomfortable or unable to control the environment. It's an almost animal response to being "confined", suppressed, or restricted. having to sit where she is sitting, either in her interview or the courtroom, she isn't free to exit, thus the self soothing gestures. Its a way of calming herself, making her agitation less intrusive. Sort of like rubbing your temples when you have a headache, this is her only means of over-riding whatever the discomfort is.
and for the record, her fidgeting drives me nuts. I yell at the tv, "SIT STILL".
Drives me crazy too. If I were her lawyer I would spend a huge amount of time teaching her to sit still. Her fidgets just give too much away.