Making Eye Contact

The experts say that difficulty making eye contact is a requirement for a diagnosis of Aspergers. What aren’t they seeing?

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June 24-28, 2026 In Rewilding Together

This explains so much that I didn’t realize about myself

This is pretty much exactly what has happened with me. Luckily the person who was speaking with me and asking me those questions, was actually already seeing me for other concerns like, anxiety and depression and is a psychiatrist, so he had already had time to pick up on certain things about me. So, even though I answered ‘no’, he had already noticed that I did have difficulties with making eye contact. He was able to actually witness it. That allowed him to question more specifically regarding unfamiliar situations such as meeting people or going in public or during other similar situations. He noticed that I struggled with it immediately, and it wasn’t until this moment that I actually started to make eye contact somewhat consistently! I’d been trying to because I know you’re supposed to, but I wasn’t. I was struggling and forcing.
I love that this podcast makes me think of my own experiences and makes things really click for me and helps to explain them in a way that rally makes sense to me.