I've Noticed Recently That I Have Issues With Eye Contact

[The Cheap-Arse Film Critic]

I've always had it, I think, but I've only just recently noticed that it's really not normal. I just hate it, especially with women. Even with people I've known for years and family members, when I'm making eye contact with them, there's always this nagging voice at the back of my head telling me to look away.

[xanderharris]

[The Cheap-Arse Film Critic]

I don't even know what this means.

[WillieLee]

Stop looking away.

[The Cheap-Arse Film Critic]

Stop looking away.

I can't. I mean I physically can't.

[Ray G.]

In Soviet Union, eyes contact YOU.

[Brad N.]

You know what that means...usually?

[Robert A.]

I've always had it, I think, but I've only just recently noticed that it's really not normal. I just hate it, especially with women. Even with people I've known for years and family members, when I'm making eye contact with them, there's always this nagging voice at the back of my head telling me to look away.

I know how you feel. I can't look anybody in the eyes for more than 5 seconds, just something about it makes me very uncomfortable.

[PhilipClark]

You should always make eye contact:

1) When you toast a drink with someone
2) When you shake someone's hand
3) When saying something important, like a thank you or an apology

If looking someone directly in the eye seems to be a problem, try focusing on the bridge of the nose between the eyebrows of the person in question.

Hope that helps.

[WillieLee]

I can't. I mean I physically can't.

There is no behaviour that cannot be changed.