How People Are Judging You, Based on These 10 Subtle Traits

Avoiding eye contact

Maintaining eye contact when someone is talking will help build trust because it shows genuine interest. Not making eye contact can create feelings of rejection and dismay. “Some people refuse to make eye contact with you if they don’t know you,” says Tina Gilbertson, a psychotherapist in Denver and author of Constructive Wallowing. “It could be due to shyness, but the lack of eye contact conveys arrogance or low self-esteem.” Either way, withholding your direct gaze, you project personality cues of being unfriendly and unapproachable. These are subtle habits you have that make people trust you.