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[pedigoa]

I realized recently that I can't look people in the eyes. I just can't look at people's eyes if they're looking at me as well. When people speak, I look at their mouths. Whether they're my best friends or people who ask me questions at work. When girls walk past me, I meet their eyes for about three picoseconds before averting my eyes and

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[tinytotie]

I’ve only recently kind of gotten over that. For the longest time I would do the same thing. Matt could vouch for that... I would scamper about as quickly as possible averting my eyes to everything and make sure to focus on only my feet as I walked. I liked to think I was invisible even when I was not. It made everything easier for me but then I came to realize people could and did see me, so I started to try and have an attitude of just not caring anymore and so far it is working pretty ok. I still have to fight back my social anxiety from time to time, but I know how that is even though for you it's probably with different reasoning. For me I just didn’t like to be seen, ever.