When I smoke I feel more in touch with my enviornment, my brain recognizes reality and what im doing is different/wrong
Anyone else going thru the same thing
Answer:
Eye contact is uncomfortable for me too. Prolonged contact saps me of my energy, you know the feeling. Eyes being the window to our soul are very powerful body parts and can never be underestimated.
But you can adopt a few seconds fleeting eye contact to show interest in the other party. Especially when they are talking.
When you are the one speaking, it ain't necessary to maintain eye contact though. Occasionally looking at their forehead is helpful though to show you are still engaging in their company.
I have the same problem with eye contact. I was neglected when I was a small child, and a psychologist suggested that because I wasn't around people enough at the stage when I was supposed to be learning things like eye contact, I never developed the habit properly.
However, I haven't found any substances that fix the problem when I use them. Or maybe I just didn't notice at the time.
I too have the tendency to avoid eye contact. I think it's because eye contact makes it harder for me to truly listen to what the person is saying because I get distracted by their changes in facial expression.
Making eye contact is a typically 'western' thing. In Asia, especially very traditional Asian societies like Japan, eye contact is rude. Also, we do not touch the bodies of other humans, it's lewd behavior.
You should move to Asia.