Posted by tinydancer on September 5, 2004, at 4:45:21
In reply to Re: Eye Contact, posted by Miss Honeychurch on September 3, 2004, at 13:45:53
Okay, I have had eye contact problems since about 14 or so. I can't look anyone in the eye really. When I talk I do the famous "look past the one you are talking to" and affix my eyes to a point somewhere beyond, without really realizing I am doing this. I've gotten a little better, but it is physical painful for me to look into peoples eyes when I'm talking to them. My T usually says once in awhile, "I'm sort of missing some sense of eye contact here, Tiny..." And then I can do it. I've had to cover my eyes up in therapy sometimes to say things. It's terrible. This summer though, I got contact lenses, and its been amazing. People have been telling me how beautiful I look and how nice it is to see my eyes. The glasses I wear usually fall down my nose and land about right mid eye, so that you can't even make eye contact with me if you want to when I have my glasses on.....
I could never do contacts every day though.
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