Aspie eyes

Post Reply New Topic

Is there something different about an aspie's eyes? I'm not talking about eye contact. Even when they're looking away, I can't help but feel there's something different about the way an aspie's eyes look. I think I've noticed it in some people's avatars on here too...Maybe I'm imagining it, but could it be because we all look at things differently? I've noticed it in myself too when I see videos or pictures of myself. Has anyone else noticed this?

Yes I have noticed this, and there have been many threads about this subject so you're not the only one who's noticed.
The aspie eyes tend to have a "daydreamy" or stoned look to them, or like they're just staring at nothing. My best friend has the aspie eyes, and I find it really attracteve heh heh.

yeah, people say i look high all the time lol. and i'm like no, it's just my eyes!

People have commented on the "stoned" look I have in most of my pics.
You know the popular NT saying that "eyes are the mirror of the soul"? Well, since people with Asperger's have a different way of thinking, I guess it is reflected in their eyes. It may also be the lack of expressiveness of emotions on the outside. Having to process a lot of stimuli at once leads the aspie mind to being very occupied, therefore the eyes would have that thougtful, daydreamy look to them.
But that's my theory.

YouTube vlogger, and fellow Aspie, Mia Sansom has posted several videos on the topic of Aspie eyes.

Aspie Eyes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztq2pXASxA

Aspie Eyes Project (send Mia a picture of your eyes -- she's compiling a scrapbook!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rdroZNt7iA

BTW, I highly recommend Mia's YouTube channel. Her videos have been very helpful to me as I've been going through the process of getting to know myself all over again within the framework of knowing that I am an Aspie.

People who don't know me and my aversion to all psychoactive drugs (legal and illegal) sometimes ask me if I'm stoned. My father (an undiagnosed Aspie) said that in college, everyone assumed that he was stoned all the time, dispite the fact that he only did pot once in college (even though it was the '60s).

I think there is some part of our neurology that affects our eyes -- be it our gaze, our eyelids, our eye sockets, or some combination of the three -- and makes us look "stoned" to neurotypicals.

My $0.02

~ Caterina

People have always said that i have pretty eyes, but i've also had a bunch of people ask me what i'm looking at or say that i have an unusual stare when i "zone out." I would guess it's because, unless i'm thinking about my facial expressions or i really get worked up about something, i have a tendency to have a blank look on my face.

Fascinating. I've had a variety of comments about my eyes, sometimes from people I hardly know. Apparently they are very memorable and distinctive, though when I ask for an explanation of what this means, I get nothing useful. My eyes are an unremarkable shade of medium brown, sitting in an unremarkable face. Yet people notice.

Also note that I always have sunglasses on when outside my home, and usually leave them on when in stores due to my light sensitivity. So not that many people actually get to see my eyes.

I've got them.
My gaze creeps people out, or prompts them to think that I am on drugs.
I get comments about how I'm "not there at all".

I'm just.... elsewhere...

Some women have said that I have nice eyes but others have accused me of looking weird.

Go figure.

Vanilla_Slice

i cant say i've noticed this before, but looking at the pictures, i think i see..i just dont know any other aspy irl lol

i guess i may have this quality...not sure, looking at my own pictures is hard to tell lol.

Oh yes. Some females (I'm a male) have said that I looked to them like I knew everything about them and I had experienced everything. They said it was somewhat frightening. And some males said that they thought I was aggressive towards them.

Of couse, aspie eyes are way more sexy, but i think mines the sexiest