The Phone...

Some people around here can't stand the thought of answering or speaking on a phone. I seem okay with it, Ill pick up the phone if someone rings, or I will speak on the phone if required. However if it is something really big, or calling up a semi stranger for a specific reason, Ill get nervous. Not many problems just ringing and saying I have got the wrong number.

So is the phone a common problem for all SP's? or is it only prevalent in certain people?

I hate the phone for anything if i'm the only one home and it rings i'll look who's calling and if i don't know the number i probably wont answer, i get nervous even to call my own grandma, and i'd rather text someone than call them

me too- HATE the phone. i cant even call the pizza guy! in the past- when faced with a particularly difficult phone conversation that i MUST have- i've even written out what i was going to say on a piece of paper first before i call. maybe even conversation ideas.

everyone who knows me knows i never answer the phone. they talk to me on facebook instead!

Wow, do I hate this. I haven't been so bad recently, but there was a time where the tought of having to ring up to order a takeaway really filled me with dread. I definitely could not do it with anyone else in the room, and I'd be panting and pacing around like a madman.
When there is a certain matter that needs to be rectified, e.g. something I have to talk to my landlady about, I will always email rather than call her- I feel that if I call, she would be able to hear the nervousness in my voice, and that I'd also either forget why I rang, or end up saying something that makes her think I'm a complete idiot.

I answer the phone and make phonecalls just fine. There's that jittery feeling whenever it happens but that's because I think too much and way too fast. I know that it's ridiculous to be afraid of something so trivial, which is how I try to deal with other things beyond phonecalls.

It depends who i'm phoning, where and when as to wether I get nervous about using the phone or not.
I usually don't like phoning to ask questions or to answer them.

I hate making phone calls. Answering the phone isn't as bad for me. It's embarrassing if your voice cracks or you stutter due to nervousness, and you have to repeat yourself more than once. That's happened to me a few times. Whenever I got a girl's phone number and I had to call her for the first time, That would make my heart practically beat out of my chest!

The phone is one of my worst areas when it comes to SA. 95% of the time it is extreamly hard to call anyone but my mom (and even that can be hard on a rare ocassion), I can't even call my sister most the time. If it is a phone call that is really important it takes days to months to work up the courage to call, and often it's by mistake when I do (when I'm trying to convince myself to call I usually pull up the number and stare at it and circle my finger around the call button but then just decided not to call and hang up but I tend to get distracted sometimes and my finger will slip and press call and once call is been hit I'm too afraid to hang up). I do a lot better if people call me but it still makes me really nervous if I know the person calling.

I hate talking on the phone. I avoid it as much as possible.

I hate speaking on the phone too. I don't have caller ID on my house phone, so it feels like Russian roulette when it rings - is it a salesman, a friend, family, work, someone I don't want to speak to...? I really need to get caller ID so I can at least pick up the phone to my family, lol :roll:

I work in customer service and we mainly deal with customers by email, but occasionally we're expected to ring them (and sometimes they find our number out from somewhere and start pestering us!) which makes me feel physically sick with nerves. The ones we ring are always "problem customers" and they can get really angry and insistent on the phone. It makes my brain go blank and I feel like a mumbling idiot The worst thing is that we make the calls in an office full of people, so everyone overhears me struggling to think of something to say and speaking in an ever-squeakier voice I hate it!!

The phone is a HUGE problem for me. It can take hours to days to work up the nerve to make a necessary call, and I will avoid it if at all possible. I will feel ill with nerves and will usually make several practice dial first, in which I'll just pick up the phone, dial all but the last number and then hang up. I often write out what I want to say beforehand, and just the sound of the phone ringing can send me into a minor panic. I also cannot tolerate the idea of talking on the phone in the presence of others.

I'm not too fond of the phone either. I hate answering it. Just having to hear it ring incessantly gets me so anxious. I don't know... just the thought of talking to someone makes me totally uncomfortable. :\ I still hesitate to answer it even if it's my mom or brother, lol.

ktea said:

I'm not too fond of the phone either. I hate answering it. Just having to hear it ring incessantly gets me so anxious.

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Ugh yeah, it's like it's shouting "ANSWER ME!! ANSWER ME!!!!" Sometimes I unplug it just to make it stop ringing :wink: