eyes on the ground while walking

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Well, that's ridiculous. When the world is a perfectly smooth ball and it suddenly becomes impossible to trip and fall, then I can walk without looking down. That's just stupid. How can anyone walk without ever looking down? Yeah, maybe not looking down all the time, but you have to look down sometimes or you're going to end up flat on the ground.

This smacks of the smug over-confidence frequently seen in the common garden NT. They think they have perfect memories too.

When I was growing up, if I didn't look down when I walked, it would have gone badly. There were not a lot of sidewalks in Louisiana, and what there were often were broken and muddy.

I do sometimes walk without constantly looking down now, if I'm pushing a shopping cart, for example. But you do have to look down sometimes as there are often little kids in grocery stores.

This explains a lot, though, this discovery. I have had on several occasions adults practically plow down my little children because they are looking straight ahead of them. Last week, my toddler almost got a shopping bag in the face from some twit in the mall.

I usually look to the sides or into the clouds. People have commented on me looking around at things. I only look straight ahead if they are people in front or behind me. Oh, and if there are cars too.

When I was younger I used to walk with my head low, and I used to barely lift my feet, which my mother hated.

I look around and at the ground when nobody's around. When people or cars walk or drive towards me I'll look straight ahead; I'll usually not make eye contact. As a child I used to always look down just ahead of my feet.

I always look at the ground will ascending or descending stairs. Does everybody do this? It's something I'll have to observe.

I look everywhere but in front of me, and have quite a reputation for running into things...

I do it so I won't bump into anyone. I used to bump into things all the time including little kids so I started to look at the ground and my mother tried to get me to look up but I told her then I will bump into things if I don't look down.

I purposely walk with my head pointing up to simulate confidence... working in my profession has also made me more prone to falls and trips so I've learned to catch my balance well. Otherwise I'd walk with my head down - but basically I've noticed people are less likely to talk/bother you if you walk with your head up since it seems as if your the "big bear" of sorts... rather than the easily hit seal cub.

I do, but it's mainly to pick up loose change... Actually I look at people at a certain distance, to determine where they'll be when I pass them (and not bump into them).

And yes, I do pick up pennies...they add up...slowly..but they do add up...

In any sort of crowded area I walk head-down to avoid eye contact.

Otherwise, I'm fine walking facing straight ahead- I avoid falling, by noticing what's ahead of me before I get there. Unless someone sticks out a leg to trip me at the last second, I'm usually ok.

I look down when I walk also. It was always a natural thing for me and I never noticed it as anything different until a few years ago. I became aware of it when I saw my reflection in a mirror from the corner of my eye. Oh, and also, I notice details on the ground...like shapes in ashphalt.

Very interesting topic.

For me, it depends on where I am.
If there are any people around, I always look down, usually counting.... cracks in the sidewalk or street, sticks or leaves on the ground.
If I am in a solitary place, then my gaze seeks out detailed information about the environment I am in, and I look everywhere.

maybe the reason aspies look down so not to trip, is because aspies dont know how to use their peripheral vision as good as NTs........ does this make sense???

I thought I was the only would did this. I do it because I hate looking in to people's eyes when I pass them. I've been doing this since elementary school. The ground is a security blank for me. However, in the summer I look up to see the girls in their summer clothes.

Yep I do this a lot, especially when walking on pavements eg. when walking home from school.