Replying to How important is eye contact when establishing people skills

I'm done trolling everyone, this is a serious thread.
Trolling days are over for me.

On topic.

I have a problem of not giving much eye contact to people I'm around or meet, and it has hindered my people skills and disabled me from having as many friends as I could have.
(Atleast this is my philosophy)

I think when eye contact is given, a subliminal message is sent to the other person, telling them you approve of them and respect them. Without the right amount of held eye contact, people may think you don't respect them, are too nervous, or other reasons, and choose not to be friends with you.
These are just my findings, and lately I had an epiphany to why people didn't really like me that much (in real life).

My goal in my life right now is to improve my people skills, learn how to hold eye contact without feeling anxiety or like looking someone in the eyes is a bad thing, and is a threat, which for some reason I've come to associate it as.

It's going to be a long and hard process for me to overcome these habits but I want to become a better, more well-liked, and enjoyable person to be around. These are my first steps, in a long learning process.

no_steeze, big_spence, mrstskier, anyone else i was retarded and trolling and being stupid to, i apologize.

Some of you may not think this is thread worthy, but I would like to see this as a reminder so that everytime I log onto NS, it will be in my threads and I can remember what I need to be working on, and doing in my life.



Now is your turn.. discuss the topic