Thank you for this post! It is encouraging to me. In most parts of my life, including talking casually with my therapist, I am great at sustaining eye contact. I can even look at her when she is speaking. Nonetheless, when I am sharing, I find myself looking everywhere but at her. I also go through these longer moments of time in silence staring at the floor. In those moments, I am aware of avoiding eye contact, tell myself often to look up, and just can't. I haven't taken time to think about the why or meaning behind this behavior. There was one session in which my therapist called me on this and encouraged me to practice maintaining eye contact in silence. I told her that was unnatural in real life, and I wasn't too concerned I was struggling with that. I was more concerned that I wasn't maintaining eye contact when I was talking. I don't know how she puts up with me since I know I am difficult at times, but I am so very glad she does!