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Originally Posted by MoxieDoxie
What does this all mean? I can hold eye contact all day with people outside of therapy but with him......I can barely look at him unless it is during "normal" conversation. Is this a sign of something like feeling shame?
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It's normal. At least, it's normal according to my therapist and my friends who are therapists. I avoid eye contact most sessions--it's not something I have any issues with outside of therapy, but in therapy there's just something about the vulnerability, shame, fear of judgment, etc., that keeps me looking elsewhere. Removing the expectation of eye contact is a part of why psychoanalysts think it's often helpful to use a couch instead of doing therapy face to face.