I agree a lot. You make eye contact to catch nuances in meaning of a socially laden topic, or when you want to gauge the other persons reaction to what you're s

I agree a lot. You make eye contact to catch nuances in meaning of a socially laden topic, or when you want to gauge the other persons reaction to what you're saying etc. Different topics just require different levels of eye contact. There are some people though, who are clearly very socially apt who almost stare at you while they keep talking, which actually seems weird to me. Firstly, what are they looking at? It seems kind of shameless to say it crassly. Secondly, they don't gesticulate with their eyes, which makes them harder to read. The entire idea that someone has a problem with "holding eye contact" is misguided in my opinion. It doesn't explain what you could do to fix it, and focusing on where you are looking is most certainly going to make it worse because your visual attention is a low-level function that is supposed to work unconsciously. What one might have a problem with is not caring about the person you're talking to, or whether you catch some vague implication, or that they understand exactly where you're coming from. And if that's the problem, it's at least possible to work out some kind of solution for oneself.