Do you struggle with eye contact?

[daveb]

11 hours ago, verily-forsooth-egads said:

What if you have no idea if you're neurotypical or not

That's me.  

[daveb]

I've gotten better with eye contact. My difficulties with it in the past may have had to do with being very shy or being socially awkward. Not that I'm not still that, but not as much as I was when younger, and I have learned to do better at some things, such as eye contact.

[Kurokuma]

I find eye contact awkward but when I'm talking to someone I try and do my best to make eye contact, but if the person I'm talking to looks away or if it feels too awkward for me to keep eye contact (which happens most times) I'll end up looking away.

[a little annihilation]

sometimes

[thegreatwolf]

I'm somewhere in between, being on the autism spectrum I have trouble with it but can manage to look someone in the eyes for a short amount of time. If I had the option  though i would rather not due to feelings of awkwardness and discomfort, if that makes any sense. 

[Jordan...]

Yes I do, cannot stand it.

 

I haven't been diagnosed with ADHD or autism. My fiancee says that they think I have ADHD though, so I have checked that as undiagnosed. Whether I do or not is another question, but I see no reason to get it diagnosed, as it doesn't interfere with my life, and labelling stuff then means it needs "treating".

[Guest]

Sometimes I struggle with it depending on who I'm talking to and what we're talking about, because of shyness. 

[crows_garden]

Depends on what's going on, the conversation and such. I tend to hold eye contact for respect, but if I'm anxious or you've been staring at me for a bit, I hate it. I can't do it.

[iff]

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