I pretty much always look at people. Kind of obsessively. I’m always worried I missed someone and they’re going to attack me or something. Sometimes I get scared and feel like I need to remember what sometime looked like and what they’re wearing and that sorry if thing in case something bad happens.
i like to look at people if it is appropriate, most people like it when you look at them (unless they are shy) i think most people like being acknowledged esp if you smile, that is the best kind of affection and can lead to many friendships, i understand though that people may lack the confidence to do that
and if they are not feeling good it is hard to look at anybody and smile, lots of people with mi walk about with their heads down looking at the ground or looking away,
most people with mi wont look anybody directly in the eye, its esp bad when i am symptomatic, i get scared if i look at someone, its intimidating and i start over thinking things.
I’m pretty good about making eye contact, but then I have plenty of experience in customer service, so it’s not a big deal to have such an interaction.
I don’t pay much attention to really anything around me unless it seems like a threat. I’m heckled a lot for this by the people that know me because I’ll often walk past or right beside someone who’s trying to say hi and not even notice them
If I am frightened, I tend to pay a lot of attention to people in case I have to describe them to the police after I’ve escaped from them. If I’m not scared, I may glance at them and give them a small smile, but I don’t really see them. I can’t describe them, don’t notice anything about their clothes, their ethnicity, or even their gender.
I have normie speaking and responses so like today I was really ill kept and had a cold and walked into a restaurant and asked for a large order of dinner and the person asked me “are you ok?” but then I started talking and I sound really normal lol.