Too much or not enough is wrong so deduct from your personal score accordingly

If this is one of your Mind War Accounts then don’t answer, it could show weakness

  • daggermoon@lemmy.world
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    13 hours ago

    Not very. I’m autistic. I’m usually okay with people I know but it’s hard with new people. At my job we had a secret shopper and I got marked down for not making eye contact. I wanted to inflict violence upon that person. Wish I knew who they were. Also, I don’t owe them shit. No one is entitled to eye contact from me or anyone else.

  • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.org
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    3 days ago

    The fuck is a mind war account

    I’m terrible at eye contact I can either have awful eye contact and actually hear the conversation or I can have perfect eye contact and not hear a word the person says

  • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.ml
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    3 days ago

    I have to force myself to look at the person I’m talking to because some people want eye contact. I find it distracting and I find it easier to focus on what we’re talking about if I look aside from them.

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    3 days ago

    I’m generally pretty good at it when I am comfortable with someone. But when I am anxious or sad I cannot for the life of me make eye contact with anyone.

  • fluxion@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Horrible. I’m in my own little world usually. Sometimes if I’m in a super good mood I’ll acknowledge people and nod etc. but otherwise it’s just a glance to make sure we’re not on a collision course and im not walking toward an axe murderer.

  • electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    I don’t really have a problem with it. If you do (and you haven’t already heard this tip), try focusing right between their eyes. From their perspective you are making eye contact, and from yours it may be enough to lessen the discomfort.

  • Kevo@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Good when I’m listening, bad when I’m talking. Ive been trained by years of online gaming to not look at people while I talk

  • proudblond@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I’m good at it. But, at the same time, I live in a pretty diverse area and I’ve met plenty of people who are clearly not super comfortable with it. So it’s an interesting balancing act to do it enough to be showing respect but not so much that I creep them out. Mostly I take my cues from their own eye contact levels.