Ever since I was young, I’ve had trouble with eye contact. Whenever I look into people’s eyes, I find that I can’t hold the gaze for long, and I either start to look at random things that surround us or other parts of their face. It all stems from extreme shyness in my childhood, when I was too scared to look at people, so I stared at their noses or eyebrows instead. Even nowadays, I find it hard to hold someone’s gaze, perhaps because I find it to be so intimate. Eyes have always been my favorite body part. Looking straight into them distracts me from the conversation at hand. I get lost and my mind spins. Eyes are far too intense. I’m still working on it, but I think this is such a deep-seeded childhood habit that I don’t know if I will ever overcome it completely.
Anyone else have this problem?
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