Eye glancing.

I’ve always known that I didn’t like eye contact. But I figured I did it anyway and wondered if that meant I couldn’t be very autistic. But I had a realization today. I don’t ever do prolonged eye contact. Instead, I do quick glances at their eyes to maintain the illusion of eye contact. It seems to do alright. It’s less terribly painful than normal eye contact and I seem to have picked it up as part of masking. I’m wondering if that’s a normal common thing. I always assumed it was all or nothing. If you don’t like eye contact you just don’t do it. I guess that’s the black and white thinking for you.