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brainrot wrote

Reply to comment by CaptainACAB in Neurotypical people of raddle, what's it like not being autistic? by groovygardener42069

we should really stop with the eye contact thing. if you're looking in my general direction I know your talking to me, stop looking into my eyes like we're married

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CaptainACAB wrote

It's a cultural thing, to be fair to non-western neurotypicals.

Some cultures avoid eye contact because it comes off as too aggressive and others don't even have small talk as a concept.

The trick for me is focus on one specific part of the face near the eyes and occasionally go back to the eyes in 4 second intervals; sometimes I turn my head in another direction as if I noticed something for a few seconds of respite.

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brainrot wrote

yeah i make brief contact just to meet the societal expectation.

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