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Eye contact

Ava

I was told off for not giving eye contact about 16years ago and I give long constant eye mainly now.

i feel because I give constant eye contact that others who are autistic may not and that this means I’m not autistic.

but I am autistic.

im confused about what others think and I mean yourselves who will know if this is unusual?

Do you give constant eye contact?

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  • I don't 100% know what I do. As soon as I think about it I change what I'm doing.

    When I was a kid and young adult I'd repeatedly glance at people and then away. I avoided prolonged eye contact.

    But I've become used to it. By default I don't hold eye contact very long, a few seconds, but this is normal 

    I asked my psychologist about it in April and they said it wasn't obviously different. When talking I'd look away to concentrate, but that's normal.

    I look at people carefully when talking to pick up tiny movements. But that's a different issue.

    So either I mask it all subconsciously or I have become normalised.

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  • I don't 100% know what I do. As soon as I think about it I change what I'm doing.

    When I was a kid and young adult I'd repeatedly glance at people and then away. I avoided prolonged eye contact.

    But I've become used to it. By default I don't hold eye contact very long, a few seconds, but this is normal 

    I asked my psychologist about it in April and they said it wasn't obviously different. When talking I'd look away to concentrate, but that's normal.

    I look at people carefully when talking to pick up tiny movements. But that's a different issue.

    So either I mask it all subconsciously or I have become normalised.

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