Is this normal for SzA? I find that it’s very uncomfortable to look someone in the eye, so I just stare at the floor most of the time.
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I always find it incredibly intense, I think some humans can see your past when they look into your eyes. And some can tell when you’re speaking the truth, hence the saying realise, real eyes, real lies 
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Avoiding eye contact is definitely common in people who suffer with schizophrenia or schizoaffective. I do the same, I’m also SZA.
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I think it’s because you are afraid of what’s going on in your own mind and you think other people will see it. Anxiety can do that to you
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I hate looking people in the eyes. I wonder if it’s because I subconsciously dislike people. 
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As I mentioned in my other post, I don’t like to make eye contact, especially when I’m anxious.
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“Uncomfortable Looking in the Eye.”
nothing much to see
I don’t know, I am schizophrenic, I have excellent fitness,I love looking people in the eyes,
what bothers me is mainly cognitive symptoms.
I had positive symptoms, and negative symptoms, but they are more or less gone,
or to the degree they exist they don’t bother me.
What bothers me though is the cognitive symptoms, and it is because of them that I can’t function.
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I hate it. I can do limited eye contact with little discomfort, but prolonged eye contact or someone staring at me makes me hideously uncomfortable.
This is the case with many animals, too - prolonged eye contact is threatening and can cause an animal to either flee or become aggressive.
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I actually don’t mind looking people in the eye, but that’s because I have to partially read their lips when I talk to people. If anything, I’ll overdo it in some cases and underdo it in others.
It’s phone calls that are the real bane of my existence.
I look at people’s mouths to understand what they say. If I see and hear, I know they’re not voices. I rarely look in people’s eyes.
There have been times when I talked with prople while watching their mouth. Looking at the stace between the eyes and nodding once in a while and saying uh-huh works, These days I try to glance at some faces then look away. Keep doing that -
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I almost always look people in the eyes, well eye, right one to be specific… that’s the one that shows the person and the idea what’s in their soul… the left eye usually holds evil or something that’s trying to get into my soul…
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Both of prolonged eye contact or no eye contact at all are disrespectful, IMO.
Staring at someone at the pub (especially drunkard) can offend someone and cause bad consequence.
Let’s try to learn minimal but necessary eye contact.
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Avoiding eye contact is sometimes normal, but if it occurred regularly then it may be a symptom of autism, I remember when a was a child I have this problem, and it was my father who noticed it and prevented me from doing it. But now I prefer avoiding eye’s contact with people because their stares make me dellusional and interpret them as if they react to my thoughts.
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I hate eye contact, for years I didn’t look people in the eye, it took a lot of will power and trial error to look people in the eye but only people i know. New people, it goes out of the window until I know them. I had a neurology appointment on Tuesday and they were looking in my eyes head on about a foot away due to unusual movements they were making, I could maintain it a few minutes but I felt really uncomfortable and uneasy while they did that. I feel completely exposed when making eye contact, mostly because I feel I can see judgement or anger in their eyes and it scares me.
It’s not unusual for those who experience this to not make eye contact.But sometimes the opposite can happen and people with psychosis stare and lock intense eye contact as another defence mechanism.
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so I can’t look for too long, but not looking is disrespectful, eh?
I just don’t look. don’t care what people think. looking can trigger me. ended up in ward, one time.
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I’m comfortable making eye contact, but, like anything, it can be overdone and turn into a staring contest.
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I have no problem looking at people in the eyes. I don’t stare but I look with a break every few seconds while I am speaking to them to show I am paying attention. However, I have had the misfortune of having people deliberately stare in my eyes in an attempt to be confrontational or threatening. I am not confrontational at all nor am I interested in ‘winning’ (don’t give a shit) so it is very uncomfortable for me. I look away first and let them ‘win’. Some people are very competitive and aggressive. That is the only time I have ever had a problem with looking someone in the eyes.
At one time in my life during a brief ‘recovery’ which turned into a manic episode, I made a connection with people by looking at them in the eye - just walking down the street.
I gained strength through doing that.
This was before the mania.
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