I have like a phobia of phones. I don't know why but i HATE talking on the phone usually. It isn't actually the act of talking on the phone, but more so getting off. I always get paranoid that I'm being rude or something. I don't mind talking on the phone for a few minutes but eventually I wanna get off, you know? And I hate having to be like "Ok I'm getting off. See ya!" lol i get all tensed up and nervous =/ But even just talking on the phone, sometimes just talking i get all tensed up and paranoid that I'm acting weird...i dunno bottom line: i HATE phones but i'm trying to change that It sucks having to be like this cuz i dont call people back sometimes or sometimes i wont pick up the phone and they get upset Sometimes ill know i have to call someone back and i'll constantly have free time to do it and ill be like "ehh...i can do it later..." =/
Phone phobia is common. I can't make a call to anyone bar my family without getting nervous and I always hestitate before answering a call. You aren't alone.
i feel sorta the same way. i absolutely hate talking on phones, i can never hear what the hell the person is saying and i end up having to say "what?" "huh?" through the whole conversation. i also hate calling people back, especially if i don't know them.. or if a phone number calls me and i don't know who's number it is, i will just wait for them to leave a voicemail, cause i'm scared to pick it up.
I don't think I have a phone phobia more just a dislike for talking on it.. I do like talking to people (depending on who they are..) but after a certain amount of time (15 minutes) I just say "okay we're done here" they understand my dislike and we laugh about it... If you just tell people it's not them, you just don't like the phone and if they don't understand well poo on them... Viva-no-phone!
If throwing cell phones into the river was a felony Id be doing a life sentence.. I hate Phones. and Im beginning to hate the lap-top now just as much. Phobias no... Rage and violence toward crappy plastic electronic devices ....yes.
I have always hated talking on the phone. I don't like not being able to look at someone when I'm talking to them. It feels so impersonal.
When you want to hang up, say, "OK, I'm going to let you go now". It's like you're doing something FOR them, not being rude or dismissive.
I hate talking on the phone. I hate when people call me and try to just have a conversation. I only use the phone for calling people to make plans and stuff. I'll talk on the phone to a certain someone that's very close to me for hours at a time, but that is different because I never see him due to where he lives. I also get really nervous if I have to call someone I don't know very well, like work or a doctors office or insurance company, etc and talk about important things. It sucks because sometimes you have to do it.
Just out of curiousity, why did you pick 'telephone' as your username if you hate talking on the phone? It just seems like an unusual choice considering your circumstances.
I had a telephone phobia for a long time, then I went to work in a customer service call center and that pretty well cured me. Taking calls all day every day can do that. Just keep in mind, the people on the other end can't harm they can only speak words to you; and if you're on a call you're uncomfortable with you can always hang up (an advantage I didn't have in the call center, we had to talk to everybody that called in).
I was trying to think of a name for some message board so i just thought of a random word, that's what came to mind. It's really not an interesting story.
Cool. I picked my email address the same way, went with the fisrt thing that popped in my mind. It's as good of a method as any for picking a username.
