It is all in the eyes!

First, I have been off here for quite a while. I thought I was okay, maybe even cured.

Do not let that I am back scare you. It is just that I have had a lot of major life changes, have not been under any therapy and have quit my meds.

Well, I finally scheduled my first appointment with a psychiatrist and I am very nervous. I do not want to have to deal with all of this again but this will be my first trip to an actual shrink. I just went to regular doctors before.

All that to say, I think that it is peoples eyes that cause me so many problems. When you look at someone, or someone looks at you, there is so much being said. They see so much, without understanding so many things, and then you feel trapped by their assessment.

Sigh, am I alone in this?

Also, any recommendations for my first trip to the psychiatrist?

Very insightful take on the matter. I also have trouble with eye contact. It can be very uncomfortable at times.

I feel like when you look someone in the eyes, it is almost as if you are seeing them naked. You see so much in their eyes and when that is just some dude on the street or someone in the hall, thats what amps up my anxiety

Sometimes the world seems like a Spanish inquisition, and through my eyes people judge me. I don't feel like sharing my eyes with the world anymore.

I guess we all have he same problem,making eye contact, probably because we fear being the center of attention and making eye contact is just that.

It can feel like an inquisition. When I was a child, it was no problem. Weird things can go one way, but not the other.

Never thought of it that way. For me, making eye contact feels unnatural, and I don't like it. Most of my attempts at it end up with my eyes darting in all different directions because I can't stand to focus on a person's face.

Gah. I hate eye contact unless I know the person really well. It feels too vulnerable. I used to have a staring problem when I was younger, lol. I guess I'm just nosey and I got called out on it a few times so now I get paranoid that someone will think I'm gawking at them like a creeper.

Ive had this issue before as well, and came to this conclusion, with the help of my wife.

As anxiety sufferers, we tend to think the world is judging us constantly. I dont think the general population judges us nearly like we think they do.

We also become good at reading ourselves, and tend to get good at reading others........possibly too good. I think I personally tend to read too far into the body language of other people.

Are you related to superfluouslyme?