Published on 12, July, 2020
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.
I have definitely had that experience. The big improvement at work now is that I switch off the video on teams so noone can see my eyes and I don't need to think where they are so hear what is being said.
Yes. That sounds about right.