@call_me_atoussa: Eye contact adds more visual and social information for the brain to process. Looking away can reduce that input and free up cognitive resources for listening, thinking, remembering, and forming a response. That doesn’t mean every ADHD person listens better without eye contact, or that making eye contact means we’re daydreaming. That part would be an oversimplification. But the science does support this: sometimes gaze aversion is a way of reducing cognitive load so the brain can focus better. So maybe stop measuring attention by eye contact alone. #ADHD #ADHDHelp #Neurodivergent #ADHDAwarness

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winking.witch
Winking Witch :
If I’m looking directly at you, I’m bored.
2026-08-27 22:12:33
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im_baymax08
bymx :
my face the whole conversation
2026-08-28 10:20:28
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vuyiswamcusi
VuyiswaMcusi :
If I'm looking at you,i forget what you said in the beginning 😂
2026-08-28 00:29:57
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elngar006
abe :
did you really have to tell them?
2026-08-27 23:40:39
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osirus9180
Osirus9180 :
Unfortunately, most Neurotypical are unaware of this and can’t recognize it. They see it as the opposite. That you’re not paying attention.
2026-08-27 22:38:00
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borikenstudio
Joseph Cori Garcia :
Bro…. The more I research ADHD, the more i realize I have ADHD
2026-08-28 18:01:51
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mazi_thoughts
Mazi :
Yes, I naturally don’t hold eye contact when I’m focused on the conversation. If I’m looking in your eyes, it’s because I’m actively trying to represent myself as paying attention.
2026-08-27 23:25:44
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theway2391
nikkiredfive :
I will be looking dead at you and not hear a thing youre saying
2026-08-28 18:33:56
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sonny_murray
Sonny Murray :
Sometime I’m just having conversations in my head
2026-08-28 00:43:27
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harrison_ogbonnaya
28 August 🤤🎊🥳 :
it's my birthday today if anyone cares 😁
2026-08-28 11:37:39
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wmrlabdj
🅜🅔🅞🆆 :
Omg so i have ADHD??
2026-08-28 01:25:36
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jonporter0
Jon :
Eye contact make me feel uncomfortable most of the time. If im staring ive probably gone full space cadet.
2026-08-28 01:08:31
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thvgyuuuu
jem⁷ :
if I'm looking at you AND fidgeting I'm listening
2026-08-28 00:00:39
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fermented_enderman
Teá Evard :
Im so focused on appearing to be engaged that I forget to listen
2026-08-28 19:10:55
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flordelacanela99
flordelacanela99 :
If im looking at you, I’m thinking about how I need to focus on listening to you
2026-08-28 16:13:56
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coolnsexychick
coolnsexychick :
I do not do this lol i stare intently into someone’s eyes or mouth when they speak. I think it makes ppl uncomfy idk
2026-08-28 22:51:31
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adriennenicoleedwards
Adrienne Nicole :
Or we be assessing what we are looking at lol
2026-08-28 19:03:18
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armin.rezaei7
Armin Rezaei :
آتوسا ببخشید
2026-08-27 22:08:52
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belle_xox_
Belle :
If i'm looking at you, i'm actually talking to myself about makin sure I hold eye contact, and then ask myself am I holding too much eye contact so I only hear a few words you're saying, then I have to try piece those words together to understand what you're saying... but if I don't look at you I hear everything you say but usually get the sentence "Are you even listening to me" 🤨
2026-08-28 09:36:17
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d.q4520
D Q :
we dont multiply task anything
2026-08-27 22:06:47
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aldomeda2
aldomeda :
Thats soooooooo fking true
2026-08-27 22:42:27
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beth_champs
Beth Evans :
Yeah if I’m looking at you when you’re talking I’ve likely got bored, zoned out, thinking about something else completely and not hearing a single thing that’s coming out of your mouth 😅 My Dad who also has ADHD has watched me do it and he said he can physically see when my eyes glaze over 🤣
2026-08-27 22:21:24
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hi_its_ana
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they think that I'm not focusing when I look around 😭
2026-08-27 22:35:08
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