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DopamineDevourment@lemmy.world to Autism@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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 · 1 year ago
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    1 year ago

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

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    Thanks, I truly hate it

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

    • Psaldorn@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      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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