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cobalt_bluester · 2012-07-03T12:37:50+00:00

Hi. I have this BIG problem with eye contact. It's not just looking people in the eye that's the problem, it's knowing how and where my eyes are looking. For instance, when I try and look someone in the eye the eye contact seems to distort and I just can't take both eyes in at once despite trying...

Kiwong Apr 5, 2013 at 4:33 AM #21

I find wearing sunglasses helps. I'm over worrying in anyone thinks that it is rude, I need to protect myself from harm.

OwlJulie Apr 7, 2013 at 6:24 AM #22

cobalt_bluester said: ↑
Still having horrible problems with eye contact it's the route of all my depression, stress and anxiety. Nothing I do seems to work, I have tried looking at the eyebrows and the bridge of the nose etc but this hasn't fixed it. I don't know what to do I feel so desperate now, life is just too much hassle and I don't knopw how much more of this I can take I really don't.

Imagine that you are not looking at their eyes, but are looking at their soul.
Try 10 seconds- look into eyes
Then 5 seconds- look at something else
You don't have to continuously look at their eyes.

cobalt_bluester Apr 7, 2013 at 7:14 AM #23

Kiwong said: ↑
I find wearing sunglasses helps. I'm over worrying in anyone thinks that it is rude, I need to protect myself from harm.

Wearing sunglasses really isn't a solution as it's avoidance. Besides, you can't wear sunglasses if you are going to a job or workplace can you?