Calling people

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Yep. I think that many of us share your discomfort with phone calls. I really find it difficult to call someone and rarely do unless I have information that I need to pass on to them.

So when someone calls me, I really make an effort to spend the time with them that they need. And I always try to thank them for calling and let them know that I appreciate it.

Yep. I've been meaning to call an old friend so that we can see each other while we're both home over winter break, and I've been home 2+ weeks now and haven't done it. I'm leaving on Thursday, so if I don't call today, I'm kind of out of time.

The only people I really feel comfortable calling are my parents. I don't even call my girlfriend - I wouldn't want to interrupt or call at a bad time or make her feel like she's obligated to talk to me. Plus, I'm terrible at phone conversations.

Yes i get very nervous and i am quiet when i have to call to someone else and i have to keep repeating myself cause that person doesnt hear me. I avoid it as much as possible to call places or to call other people unless i really need to.

I can sympathize. I used to have great difficulty with phones, even to the point of "phone phobia". But I managed to get over it to a large degree with some work with an occupational therapist. Now, I can phone people if I want, but don't do it more than a few times a day.

I avoid social calls like the plague but I'm ok if it's work related or ordering food. But if I can order it online I will always do that over using the phone

I have this same problem. Phone conversations are very awkward and anxiety-provoking for me. Aside from my mom and brother, I can never talk to anyone without misperceiving when it is my turn to speak, or without drawing a mental blank when it is my turn to speak, or slurring my speech due to anxiety.

This is apparently a common problem for people with social anxiety neurosis.

I don't necessarly have phobias toward making and receiving telephone calls. I have more problems with the nature of the of call or the person that I am talking to.

I hate it when people call me and want to try and sell me something, or when someone calls asking for a donation. I kow that NTs also have problems with this as well, but I also hate it when the boss calls unexpectedly to work extra hours.

Where my phone anxeity comes in to place is when I try to call a person that I have had been obsessed with at some point in my life. Making a phone call to them is almost a big event to me, sometimes I never make the call due to the fact that the mood the atmosphere is never right.

Absolutely. I hate phones. I don't mind for some family and close friends. But I hate it otherwise. i put it off. I miss things. I forget things. I do much better than in the past because I HAD to talk on the phone for a restaurant job and even got quite good at it. but that is different. THEY did most of the talking. I just did the greeting and asked a few order related questions.

I have told most people it is better to text or message me online. I can SEE what you are saying and I will remember it better and also not have a problem with my delayed speech interpretation problem I have sometimes. I don't answer the phone if I don't know who it is. Maybe due to years of doing the same in my childhood home so as to avoid bill collectors. but now it is an anxiety thing. I sometimes don't answer or call back people I know. I get so anxious that I can't breathe.

Often I write a few key words down if I need to make a phone call. But if possible I have someone else do it.

This used to be a huge problem for me. I would have rather drank my own urine. I've gotten better tho.

Oh, I have always hated talking on the phone! My friends wanted to do this when we were teenagers. But I always zoned out and wound up being a poor conversationalist. I just don't see a point to it unless the person you're talking to lives 1000 miles away. Even then, it's more fun to just Skype.