[newtus]

anyone else have problems with eye contact besides me?

i cant make or maintain eye contact and it has been pointed out by doctors and therapists and just other peoplple.

this was why i had thought i had aspergers once but i dont think that anymore. but im saying that its really bad and has been pointed out as an issue for me.

one time someone thought i was blind cuz its so bad.

[medicalfox]

I have eye contact issues because I'm autistic. My pdoc has asked me about eye contact before since I have a tendency to look away while talking and he assumes I'm distracted easily during the conversations. I reassured him and told him that I'm not lacking interest in the conversation and that having eye contact for a long duration is difficult for me.

[newtus]

thanks medicalfox

im assuming ita part of my sz. thats all
i can think of. for me

[newtus]

i look away while talking to. but like the WHOLE time i do. from before and during and the end. soemtimes idk what people ever looked like that i talked to

[wushuduck]

Originally Posted by newtus

thanks medicalfox

im assuming ita part of my sz. thats all
i can think of. for me

It could be to do with your sz, but then again it could just be social anxiety. I'm the same way with people, and I don't have sz or aspergers.

[medicalfox]

I used to be like that and it was hard talking to people because of it. I generally will give myself "breaks" from looking at the person for a few seconds then I will engaged in eye contact again. It takes a lot of practice to get better with eye contact. Sometimes looking at the person and not necessarily meeting their eyes is okay too.

[newtus]

its very hard for me to look at people.

i read once that a symptom of sz is little to no eye contact or something. but idk. i suppose it is like that for me. or part of it at least.

[Atypical_Disaster]

I have issues with eye contact as well. I've read that eye contact can be a problem in some people with schizophrenia.

[pachyderm]

Babies look away too when something about the situation is disturbing to them.

[Skywoulf]

I can never make eye contact. I am either looking at their nose/forehead (makes them think I am looking at their eyes) or looking around like I am scanning for trouble. in the days of my ancestors Native American warriors would do the same kind of scanning when talking because they were always looking to protect their family/people. in my case it makes me extremely uncomfortable looking in someone's eyes and if it is something I desire to do, it takes tremendous effort to do so. perhaps I feel unworthy, perhaps it is a genetic throwback to my NA ancestors, or just perhaps it is that I feel that if I look them in the eye they will see straight through my soul?