I have a very difficult time making eye contact with anyone. I rarely look anyone in the eye at all, including my parents and brother, and even less frequently with my friends, doctor, people around town, et cetera.
This isn’t because I am lying or hiding something from them; I don’t think that it’s an issue of self-confidence, either. Because I have struggled with this for the last six years or so, I think that it is most likely a habit that I got into when I used to struggle with self-confidence, and now I just can’t break it.
This is a problem because when I go to job interviews, people tend to think that I am not interested or that I have something to hide, so I don’t get hired. Also, teachers and other people at school think that I am not paying attention in class, so they get impatient. And it just makes things awkward when I am hanging out with my family and friends.
So can someone give me some tips on how to establish and maintain eye contact with people please?
It is difficult for me to figure out what would be appropriate and what wouldn’t. I don’t want to stare at someone, but I also don’t want to keep doing what I am doing. So do I need to look people right in the eye all of the time, or keep my focus at their face, or what?
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