Maintaining eye contact has been associated with being attentive, being honest and transparent as well as exuding confidence.
However some times it becomes difficult for some people to maintain it. When someone keeps an eye contact with you, they have you in their minds and are enjoying that moment.
This also means you caught their attention especially when sharing out ideas and sharing out different life aspects.
One may find it difficult to keep the eye contact while on a conversation if they feel sorry about what the other person went through.
This shows empathy and expression of how the situation is hurting and this helps the victim realize their feelings have attracted the attention of the other person and in turn take heart to move on.
Some people feel uncomfortable maintaining eye contact due to disagreeing or feeling threatened by a discussion going on.
This makes one lose interest and failing to maintain the eye contact expresses disagreement to the point of concern and also their firm stand on their beliefs.
Others fail to keep eye contact since they might be feeling depressed, anxious, conscious about their point of view towards a certain point and also vulnerable on expressing what they think is right.
This is also a proof that they are afraid of what others will think about their stand and their self confidence is very low.