Eye Contact

Ashley, 11th- Oakland, CA
​It’s hard for me to look at people. I can’t seem to hold eye contact with them. I’m only a high schooler and I have to look at people when I’m talking to succeed. I’m scared, it’s hard for me. I get anxious and start to press my finger and fidget while playing around with the pencil in my hand. Walking through the hallway I always look down, never looking up, because I’m scared to look at people's faces. I wonder if my friends think I'm being disrespectful but I just feel so uncomfortable that I look away. I hate myself for making them feel like that. I wish I could look at people’s faces without feeling nervous. I wish.