i struggle with maintaining eye contact.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Eye contact occurs when two people look at each other's eyes at the same time. In human beings, eye contact is a form of nonverbal communication and is thought to have a large influence on social behavior. Coined in the early to mid-1960s, the term came from the West to often define the act as a meaningful and important sign of confidence, respect, and social communication. The customs and significance of eye contact vary between societies, with religious and social differences often altering its meaning greatly. The study of eye contact is sometimes known as \"oculesics\". Eye contact and facial expressions provide important social and emotional information. People, perhaps without consciously doing so, search other's eyes and faces for positive or negative mood signs. In some contexts, the meeting of eyes arouses strong emotions. Eye contact is also an important element in flirting, where it may serve to establish and gauge the other's interest in some situations. Mutual eye contact that signals attraction initially begins as a brief glance and progresses into a repeated volleying of eye contact. In the process of civil inattention, strangers in close proximity, such as a crowd, avoid eye contact in order to help maintain their privacy.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hi! I struggle with maintaining eye contact."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It is an important skill to have as it has a huge influence on our behavior socially."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am a very sociable person but eye contact is hard to maintain when I am speaking to unfamiliar people."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "What is expected really varies between societies, especially when you think about religious context."}, {"role": "user", "content": "In what terms would eye contact not be appropriate? "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "When people want to maintain their privacy around strangers, especially in crowded places, they avoid eye contact."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Understandable, what are good tips on maintaining eye contact when you're just nervous?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I think it's easiest when you do it as a way to flirt in order to see how interested they are."}]