Joe90 wrote:
...The reason why I can't seem to spot people I know is not because of faceblindness but because of struggling to meet everybody's eyes as I pass. I tend to look anywhere but at people's faces. I can even feel myself concentrating too much on avoiding eye contact with strangers, but I don't know how to stop myself. I'm just so afraid to catch somebody staring at me, and I'm sure people can pick up on that and accuse me of being either unfriendly or really nervous, which just makes things worse...
I can completely relate to this; I try to use my peripheral vision most of the time, in order to see the people around me. However, when this fails I end up not seeing every person in my environment, and they end up thinking I'm either purposely avoiding them or being rude.
05 Sep 2012, 1:30 am
