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Phone calls dread

RuthTaylor

Hello All,

Does anyone else here dislike talking to the people on the phone and dread making or receiving phone calls?

I don't like speaking to people on the phone and would rather text, WhatsApp, Skype or email people.  If I do use the phone it is only to speak to my husband, my dad or for work.  I always like to keep telephone conversations short as well.

Does anyone else have this issue?  Talking to people on the phone seems to be making me more and more anxious the older I get.

Thanks for your time :-)

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  • Yes. And it's so annoying that so so so so so so so so so so much healthcare stuff require phone use. It has meant that I have avoided seeking help for a whole load of stuff until it got much worse. Often taking months to call for something that should have been called in after persisting for 2 weeks. 

    These can be mitigated if there is a set time someone will call me (which they actually follow), and I have information about what will happen so I can make a comprehensive plan to read out from when my words stop working. This is made worse by people phoning me out of the blue when I'm not expecting it and it's important.

    One mental health service had an email alternative. I was ecstatic. I sent an email with all the information, including detailing my exact issues with phone calls (exhausting, very hard to initiate, find it hard to articulate, find it hard to process what they're saying, leaves me in a very precarious mental state afterwards), and a request that if a phone conversation is really necessary can I get some more information about what I'll be asked in it and how long it will last and what possible topics will be. 

    They sent back an email just with the original number saying to call it.

    I haven't done so. I can't bring myself to do so and have just given up on that particular service. 

    Difficulty with phone calls doesn't sound debilitating, but it really can be.

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  • Yes. And it's so annoying that so so so so so so so so so so much healthcare stuff require phone use. It has meant that I have avoided seeking help for a whole load of stuff until it got much worse. Often taking months to call for something that should have been called in after persisting for 2 weeks. 

    These can be mitigated if there is a set time someone will call me (which they actually follow), and I have information about what will happen so I can make a comprehensive plan to read out from when my words stop working. This is made worse by people phoning me out of the blue when I'm not expecting it and it's important.

    One mental health service had an email alternative. I was ecstatic. I sent an email with all the information, including detailing my exact issues with phone calls (exhausting, very hard to initiate, find it hard to articulate, find it hard to process what they're saying, leaves me in a very precarious mental state afterwards), and a request that if a phone conversation is really necessary can I get some more information about what I'll be asked in it and how long it will last and what possible topics will be. 

    They sent back an email just with the original number saying to call it.

    I haven't done so. I can't bring myself to do so and have just given up on that particular service. 

    Difficulty with phone calls doesn't sound debilitating, but it really can be.

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