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Eye Contact

NAS77976

Hello all

I have a question about eye contact. I can make and maintain eye contact, and I remember someone telling me when I was younger that I need to make sure to "look the interviewer in the eye" when I went for interviews. Which is one of my reasons for suspecting I am autistic rather than socially anxious. I don't like eye contact, I do not understand why people feel connected by eye contact.

I've been paying attention to this recently and I have noticed that when I look people in the eye, their eyes dart all over the place. Does anyone else recognize this? I wonder if my eyes are darting around and they are trying to follow or it's just something I'm picking up on.

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  • So my difference I think is that I've always been conscious of people's eyes, as in wondering what eye I am supposed to look at and thinking about maintaining eye contact while having a conversation, so I'm not sure what I am like from the outside. I should probably ask some people. I feel like i'm having a dual conversation in my head and with the person, but maybe everyone is doing that. 

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  • So my difference I think is that I've always been conscious of people's eyes, as in wondering what eye I am supposed to look at and thinking about maintaining eye contact while having a conversation, so I'm not sure what I am like from the outside. I should probably ask some people. I feel like i'm having a dual conversation in my head and with the person, but maybe everyone is doing that. 

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