Colloquially, we don&#x27;t describe behavior as &#x27;anxious behavior&#x27; because people tend to react with &#x27;annoyed behavior&#x27; when you describe their actions using distancing terminology like that.<p>But in fields like behaviorology, and psychology you can regularly see people talking about &quot;X behavior&quot; as generalization for &quot;short ticks, flinching, quicker speech, pacing, etc.&quot; which will be given a fuller treatment elsewhere.