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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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  • I'M EXACTLY LIKE THIS!!! And in my current and last job I have to call a lot. I'm fine if I can get onto a topic that I'm comfortable with or the call follows an obvious structure. But when I get a call I don't expect or want, or have to call someone it is exactly a dread. Ironically I'm fine and no one seems to pick up how awkward it makes me but its tiring!

    With that said I had to make calls on behalf of customers and in that situation it never bothered me. Not sure why, maybe because It wasn't about or concerning me. 

    And like others have said greeting and ending calls is a problem for me. This is the same for IRL conversations as well. 

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  • I'M EXACTLY LIKE THIS!!! And in my current and last job I have to call a lot. I'm fine if I can get onto a topic that I'm comfortable with or the call follows an obvious structure. But when I get a call I don't expect or want, or have to call someone it is exactly a dread. Ironically I'm fine and no one seems to pick up how awkward it makes me but its tiring!

    With that said I had to make calls on behalf of customers and in that situation it never bothered me. Not sure why, maybe because It wasn't about or concerning me. 

    And like others have said greeting and ending calls is a problem for me. This is the same for IRL conversations as well. 

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