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Originally Posted by Mokey
Thanks for posting that. That is a huge complaint for me. I feel so bad when I realize that I'm looking away from the person's face. In my culture and probably many of yours, eye contact is so important in developing and maintaining relationships.
My vestibular therapist told me it was because heads move when you're looking at them and people with brain injury prefer to look at things that don't move such as the ground or wall.
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Thanks so much for the explanation.
I don't look away, consciously, it's just, sort of, a reflex. However, I do know that I don't like to look at moving object (no TV for this gal) - and heads do move.
This might also explain why the person I have the hardest time looking at, when he talks, is my poor husband. He's very animated when he speaks (plenty of bobble head gestures and flailing arms - that's his culture
) He shaved off his beard - and I didn't even notice. Yes, he does talk a lot.
