Direct gaze - that is, eye contact with another person - causes the subcortical system to overload, and the parts of the brain that deal with arousal and calming are failing to strike a balance. The end result is that direct eye contact triggers a physiological response which makes it physically uncomfortable to maintain eye contact.

  • Lunyan@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know if I would describe it for myself as ‘burning’. Making eye contact to me feels overly intimate in a way that feels uncomfortable with people I’m not close to