Question about making eye contact

[froghat]

I notice when I make eye contact with someone while they are explaining something to me, I'm so distracted by their eyes and making eye contact, that I can't focus on what they're saying and I become very self concious. How do I overcome this? Will this get better the longer I practice making eye contact?

 

[kuze]

i have many of those issues, i can barely look my mom in d eye sometimes

 

[user12053]

I look at the mouth instead. Eye contact makes me feel the same way as you. So looking at the mouth helps me.

 

[Remus]

I look at eyebrows

 

[Kamen]

I just look somewhere else and from time to time take a look at their eyes ...

 

[JonnyD]

it's bcos we still trying , it need to become natural.

 

[Argamemnon]

Yes, I often miss half of the conversation because I need all my energy to control my thoughts.