Telephonephobia

[angille]

I guess I'm not the only one...

Not ever having worked in a call-center, I've never found it a problem until this whole need-to-find-a-job-right-the-fuck-now situation. As I mentioned in this entry, it's incredibly physically stressful for me to make a call. Thankfully, most times I make a call, the number's being dialed from memory and I don't

Comments

[sylphbranching]

I can relate to that. I've always been afraid of making calls.
Also being home alone a lot makes it worse...it's like being a hermit makes you afriad of people somehow...strange but true.

But it's a good excuse to use my new icon which is for just such a situation!

Source? Having one doesn't help always......

[xinejaquette]

I learned to hate the sound of the phone ringing at Kinko's. I learned to dive for a phone at all costs at the 3rd ring even though I was pretty sure the caller didn't want to talk to me. The phone ringing was constant.

Did that wear on you?

My telephonephobia is bizarre and linked to my depression. I take strangers calls all day at work and I get freaked about calling friends and family.

I know why, and to be honest, it isn't as useful as you would think. Learning coping skills is much more useful then focusing on the why.

Re: Source? Having one doesn't help always......

[angille]

One of the reasons for working graveyard. Now, I don't have a problem answering, but I never ever had to call anyone when running graveyard.

[vajrabot]

I don't like making phonecalls either, but for some reason it's easier at work, because it's just part of the job. It's all about business.