When approaching and talking to a girl for the first time, does body language, eye contact, and smiling really mean anything?

[MamaTBarron]

No these things do not matter as much as people say I suffer from ADHD and anxiety and I am not likely to look you in the eye or face you directly if I'm interested because I am too nervous.

Whereas the next girl could be completely stable mentally have perfect body confidence and look at you directly face you flirt with you touch you not be awkward and still not be as interested as the one that won't look at you.

[gemgem]

Eye contact is huge. It's hard to indicate interest in someone without it. Especially combined with a big smile or a sultry look. Eye contact will be more lingering if they are sexually interested in you and fleeting if they are just talking being friendly.

I find it hard to pau much attention to where people are facing unless they are doing something weird with their body language, like deliberately turning away from you. That is a definite sign of avoidance or shyness.