How’s your eye contact?

Mine is terrible. I can look people in the eye when they talk to me, although I feel like I may be overcompensating and look like I’m staring. I cannot keep eye contact when I’m talking though. It’s too uncomfortable.

I hope I don’t look too shifty lol.

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I have horrible eye contact. :wolf::wolf::wolf:

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Im experiencing similar. I started to look away once in a while so my staring is not awkward. Feels wrong though :joy:

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I only seem to hold eye contact with folks who don’t like it. Lol

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It depends. I’m working on it. I meet a lot of customers at work. I wasn’t concious about it before, but recently I found eye contact at the appropriate time makes for a better experience for both parties.

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I have good eye contact with everyone except my therapist. Idk why. I spend the entire session looking at the carpet.

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I feel like sometimes I make too much eye contact. I’m very socially awkward to be honedt

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I feel this way too . Like it’s too much . And it can be bad because sometimes people think I’m trying to flirt with them when I’m not… mostly women… I guess I’m too intense with it.

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I don’t worry about it too much, not like it’s killing anybody, but it is a little awkward is all. Honestly my social skills suffer so bad I’m not even worried about it anymore lol

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My social skills suck too. I worry about it though. Not as much as I used to.

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It’ll be okay, If your social skills are as bad as mine I feel like they could only get better with age lol. I do have a job which requires talking to people, which I feel like helped some. Maybe you should consider taking up something which requires you to socialize, just a thought

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I haven’t liked much eye contact for years. I started to do it less since dudes kept thinking i was threatening them or wanting to fight them by staring intensely at them. I wasnt aware i was doing it at the time though.

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Laser sharp focus lol, I should relax more!

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i have bad eye contact and dont look at people and when i try im pretty sure i end up staring at their eyes too hard

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It’s weird I do look people in the eye but as I get aware of it its uncomfortable and I have to look away a lot

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eyes are the window to the soul…i look ppl in the eyes…especially women …women don’t want your eyes wandering when they talk to you.

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Not good. It is something that should arise out of comfort. Deliberately making eye contact tends not to work for me.

My eyes tend to dart over places. I feel overwhelmed looking at people. But can’t figure out how I can pull it off at times.

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It’s bad. Either too much or too little is a red flag, and I’m doing both. Especially with strangers.

I feel comfortable with friends and family, also with my pdoc of 10 years.

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My mind goes mad when looking at people making eye contact

People close not so bad but anyone new has not got a chance

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I make normal eye contact, but when I was a kid maybe not with strangers.

I like to look away from the person I am speaking to every so often. Or else it feels awkward.

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