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DopamineDevourment@lemmy.world to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Eye Contact, this is what it feels like.

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Eye Contact, this is what it feels like.

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DopamineDevourment@lemmy.world to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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    2 years ago

    Thanks, I truly hate it

    • nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml
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      I agree enough to upvote twice.

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    Thank you, this was so viscerally uncomfortable I feel like I have better understanding for people with ASD.

  • Psaldorn@lemmy.world
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    Thanks, I truly hate it

    • nekat_emanresu@lemmy.ml
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      I agree enough to upvote twice.

    • Psaldorn@lemmy.world
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      I went out of my way to check it hasn’t posted the comment twice… and in the end, it didn’t even matter

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    What a terrible day to have eyes [contact].

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    Seriously what it felt like for me today.

    One of my co workers was asking me a question and I just felt like they were laser focused, locked on to my eyes.

    Bro, please stop 🫣

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      but iris looks so cool 👁️‿👁️

      U can’t tell me this isn’t even a little cool…

      NSFW SPOILER

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    That’s how close it feels like my coworkers wanna talk to me. Like guys, we’re already having a conversation sharing words with each other…we don’t need to share oxygen too

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    That makes me so uncomfortable.

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    Yes officer, this post right here

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    People who never break eye contact just seem like they want to sell me something

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    I somehow usually manage to maintain eye contact, because it is socially unacceptable to look at the floor, but it doesn’t mean, that I am confortable doing it.

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