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Children must be reminded, gently but firmly, to look at people when they talk to them. This lesson must not be forced – that’s abuse. Children should also not be singled out for ‘treatment’ as it is stigmatizing. (I heard of a case where a father demanded his son record the eye color of each child in the class – that is wrong.) Nevertheless, children must be reminded to look at people if they are not doing it. Our failure to teach eye contact results in mental illness, drug addiction, homelessness, suicide and other scourges.

If you’ve been to doctors and it hasn’t helped, and you’ve scoured the internet and it tells you what NOT to do but never how to feel better, then talk to me. I can help you.

Mental illness is caused by guilt and shame, and so religion, by relieving us of these burdens, can cure mental illness.

As children we play a game: the first one to look away loses. Thus children develop strategies to ‘win’ such as staring intently into the eyes. But of course, this is just a cheat and will only serve to stigmatize the child for life. People who do this should be identified so they are aware of this behavior. Even if they can’t change it, at least it can explain their social isolation and rejection.

Poor eye contact skills as a child leads to mental disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. It works like this:

These young men were all described as ‘quiet’ and ‘shy’ and some were diagnosed with autism. They were likely bullied for antisocial traits.

The purpose of this site is to explain the importance of eye contact.