Seven key points to easily say goodbye to eye contact phobia

Due to the influence of different environments, many people have phobias to varying degrees. The main causes of phobias are closely related to psychological factors. Some people dare not look into the other person's eyes or look directly at the other person when chatting with others. This is a typical fear of looking at each other. It has had a great impact on everyone’s social life. So how can we overcome this fear? Experts have summarized seven tips for saying goodbye to eye contact phobia, hoping that it will be helpful to everyone.

Many phobias are actually caused by psychological reasons, such as some pre-marital phobia, social phobia, and closed-minded phobia. In fact, they are all caused by one's own psychological reasons. If you think about it, you will think it is nothing. So what is eye contact phobia? How to treat eye contact phobia? How do we overcome eye contact phobia in life? The following content will answer your questions one by one.

Eye contact phobia

Gaze phobia, as the name suggests, means that one cannot look into the other person's eyes, otherwise one will not know what to say or do. Generally, people suffering from this disease are teenagers between the ages of 15.6 and 20. What they fear most is being stared into other people's eyes. They dare not speak in crowded places, and always think that others are staring at them, or talking about them behind their backs. This is called gaze phobia.

How to overcome eye contact phobia

Enhance your self-confidence

Some friends get sick because they lack self-confidence. You can spend more time with friends and participate in more activities. In short, you must have self-confidence.

1. Don’t dwell on it

As time goes by, you will slowly forget it. It's just time. Don't keep thinking about it.

2. Try to look at others when you speak

I used to have a fear of looking at other people. I tried some methods online, but they didn't seem to work. If you really want to overcome it, you must get used to looking at other people when you talk. In fact, if you look at the other person while talking, relax and smile, you will find that this is actually not a big deal.

3. Accept your shortcomings

No gold is pure, no one is perfect, everyone has shortcomings, so you must not magnify your shortcomings infinitely and think that you have no advantages at all. As long as you think positively, you don't have to worry too much about your shortcomings, build up your self-confidence appropriately, and learn to accept your shortcomings.

4. Be grateful

Be a person who knows how to be grateful. At least you are still alive, you are not blind, life is still long, and there are still many unknowns and aspirations. Why should you be sad?

5. Participate in more social activities

Communicate more with friends, this can exercise your courage. When talking, you can look directly into the other person's eyes, don't deliberately avoid or dodge, your expression must be relaxed, and you must smile. After a long time, you naturally don't have to be afraid of other people's eyes anymore.

6. Practice your public speaking skills

When giving a speech, focus on what you are saying rather than your own line of sight and expression. You will then find that your performance is very natural and you have overcome a lot of your fear of eye contact.

7. Exercise to overcome fear of eye contact

Experimental studies have shown that when people are fearful and nervous, they will secrete too much adrenaline. Running, ball games, swimming, mountain climbing, etc. can effectively consume excess adrenaline, achieve metabolic balance in the body, and more effectively overcome eye contact fear.