Do you guys have problem making eye contact?

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I have struggled with this since childhood. I don’t want to make eye contact at all.

I feel scared or awkward when I make eye contact. Also…I just cannot focus on the camera when I’m trying to record a video. I’m always circling around.

Does anyone else have the same problem?

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I avoid eye Contact as to many people misunderstand it for staring. Sometimes when I look to strangers we nod and smile to each other.

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Depends who I’m talking to and what mindset I’m in. Family is pretty easy. Strangers a bit harder.

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Forgive me if I’m wrong, but I heard eye contact is disrespectful in Asian cultures.

I have no problem with it, people seem to like those with green or blue eyes.

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I have massive issues with eye contact. I avoid it with most people.

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I avoid eye contact. As someone in my past constantly stared at me and we made prolonged eye contact for a period of time. It happened numerous times that we made so much eye contact with each other that I started hearing his voice. Now I avoid eye contact with anyone.

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I am awkward person in general… i try to avoid eye contact so i don’t have to speak to some people but othwerwise it’s ok…

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Occasional eye contact when talking to people is normal here.

But staring a person that you have no idea who they are is rude in my culture.

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According to my autism assessment my eye contact was ‘not well modulated’

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I used to not make eyecontact at all, until people started pointing out that I was being rude and flakey.

I still don’t like prolonged eyecontact, but I’ve gotten better at the conversational kind.

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I don’t make eye contact.

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If I sometimes avoid eye contact, it’s deliberate, to avoid confrontation or when I feel very guilty toward the person. But in general I can sustain eye contact and I encourage everyone to try and do the same. Why? It proves you’ve got nothing to hide or be ashamed of, also you can read each other’s feelings or intentions faster.

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Don’t like it too much unless I’ve very close to the person. I feel like people can read into me, and learn things from my eyes

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I only make eye contact when I’m talking to family members, and even then it’s a struggle.

I really struggle when it’s someone I don’t know, like the pharmacist or someone who works in my pdoc’s office.

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yep, one of my delusions is that people can read my mind. Eye contact just makes it worse, it seems. But I’m working on it.

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