Do you guys ever feel a weird feeling or sensation when speaking with someone? A sensation that is triggered by looking someone directly in the eyes when speaking with them? I find it increasingly difficult to maintain correct eye contact when talking to another person. I get this strange, anxiety type feeling that is very uncomfortable. Sometimes having a conversation is brutal and exhausting. It isn’t pleasurable and relaxing like it used to be.
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Issues with maintaining eye contact? Unlikely to be due to Finasteride, more likely to due with personal behaviour.
I guess I’m not getting across what i want to get acrossed…It’s not that I can’t maintain eye contact, I can, in fact I could stare right at the other persons eyes and not even blink, this is more the problem I believe. I feel like when i am looking at them, I am just staring blankly right at them. There is no movement or emotional expression in my eyes. I can actually feel this sensation of nothingness. I know that on the other end of it I must come across as weird, or having a funny look. It doesn’t happen all the time, and I guess it depends on how my brain is functioning that day. Because of fin I’ve always had really bad neuro-symptoms. The in-ability to connect and/or relate with another person is one of them. I was always the social butterfly type who was never at a loss for words and could start and hold a conversation with anybody. Now, it is uncomfortable and I struggle to feel anything so I never have anything to say. This blankness comes across in my gaze.
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Maybe we should have discussed this in the blankness thread?
I think I know what you mean about this; you come to a loss for words and thoughts and thus, looking someone in the eyes is difficult to do when all you have is nothing. It’s, in my opinion, a defensive instinct I exhibit during this situation where I become passive due to my slow thinking, rather than engage in conversation.
Yes. This is exactly what I mean. Much better said.
I had this for a long time, where my pupils are always moving and cannot focus on someone’s eyes, but after I’ve started taking GABA supplements things started getting better. I still don’t feel like I used to be, I also cannot see well in dark places as I used to before start taking Propecia.
I have the same problem. My eyesight is bothered with static-like specks which can lightly interfere with what I’m looking at, especially in darkness.
Yes I’ve had this exact same problem.