IcarusUnderWater
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Answering the phone
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For me it really depends whose calling. If it is someone that I have never met before in my life I have no problem talking to them at all really. They probably wouldn't suspect I had anythign like this. However, if it is someoen I know I get really really nervous about it. It's just really helpful to know who is calling before you answer the phone.
Infected_Malignity
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Answering the phone isn't so bad anymore for me, but I still put off making calls. It's funny, too... I'm fine with meeting people in person and introducing myself, but calling somebody I don't know in person makes me shake uncontrollably.
princess_haru
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I'm the same. I always get more nervous with people I know than with strangers. Greater potential for future embarrassment, I suppose! My house phone doesn't have caller ID so I never know who's calling till I pick up - it's a scary lottery! Or maybe Russian Roulette... 8OPsychedelicious said:
I don't even like the sound of it ringing. It's so demanding, like it's shouting "ANSWER ME! ANSWER ME NOWWW!!" Grrr :x
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silentangel
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im so scared to answer the phone but because i work in an office environment i dont have a choice. at home its ok coz only family and friends call to our home and the occasional sales person.
sketchy24
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Psychedelicious said:
Ya I'm like that too... I hate it when I get like some relative or something and especially have a problem if they feel like talking. I try to pass the phone on to whoever asap. Surveys, junk mail, or whatever, I have no problem with though but anyone I know even slightly I have a real problem with.
Calling people is worse though. I cannot call people period. Ever. Whether I know them or not I just can't call them unless I know them REALLY well.
toothpastekisses
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proudmummy
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I never make phonecalls to anyone other than usual like real close family, partner, etc. I'm fine with calls to services, work n things though but if say I have to phone a family member i don't speak to much I get so panicky that I ask someone else to do it, who bad is that?! i'm suprised nobody has picked up i'm different yet! well they probably have, they just keep it nice n quiet.
burner21
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I never answer the phone unless its my parents or brothers. if its someone else i know, i just know they'll ask me to go hang out or whatever and i'll just get nervous and say something stupid. i wont even answer for strangers because of the questions they might ask. And calling other people is out of the question.
HEYBRITTANYxx
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i used to be fine at picking up phones but then one time when i was in like 5th grade i didnt want to call my friend because i had lost something she let me borrow and i had my first panic attack before i was going to call. since then everytime i try to use the phone i have a panic attack and i just can't do it unless its a stranger. i can talk to any stranger. but if its someone i know except for my parents and my siblings then i just cant do it i go absolutely bonkers.
It's confusing for me cause sometimes it's this huge nerve racking ordeal and sometimes it's no big deal. If I know it's someone I'll never see in real life or never talk to again, I'm alright, sorta. Cause sometimes ordering a pizza is an ordeal, depends. But if it's someone I know or someone I'll have to talk to again or see them in real life later or someone I'll have to talk to for a long time and talk about myself to, forget it. Like calling in sick to work, I've never done it, I can't. I get nervous that they are gonna think I'm faking or something or I'll get stuck in a conversation and not be able to get out of it. I've called before and hung up when someone answered, actually I've done that with many things. I just avoid using the phone unless it's absolutely necessary.
villacjs
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I hate using the phone. I'm getting better though. Back when I was a kid I would never answer the phone if I was by myself. Even now I still hesitate to answer the phone everytime it rings. I hate when my relatives call and we have the usual 2min small talk because I have nothing to talk about.
Calling a restaurant was impossinble for me a few years ago, I was better at making the order there rather than over the phone, work that one out! :roll:
Calling a restaurant was impossinble for me a few years ago, I was better at making the order there rather than over the phone, work that one out! :roll:
princess_haru
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Does anyone else here loathe answerphones? If I get someone's answerphone I always hang up - I just can't bring myself to leave a message! It freaks me out to think of my voice being recorded... what if I say something really stupid?! 
princess_haru said:Does anyone else here loathe answerphones? If I get someone's answerphone I always hang up - I just can't bring myself to leave a message! It freaks me out to think of my voice being recorded... what if I say something really stupid?!
Me too. The thought of me being recorded freaks me out more than having to talk to someone. I've only left someone a message once or twice, just cause it was important and absolutely I had too.
PhantomPod
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I do alright answering the phone. It's having to make phone calls myself where I have major problems. I have to right a script out of what I want to say and then write out possible questions the other person may ask me and how I might answer those questions, and oh man, it's pathetic. Then, if I call and am all set for the person to answer and it ends up going to the person's voicemail instead, I freak out and hang up because sometimes I'm not prepared for that and didn't write up a script for the possible scenario of leaving a message. I have major phone issues. Yeah.