Do you get/have phone anxiety?

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I've been dealing with this for as long as I can remember. 😭 I'll avoid phone calls as much as possible.

MasseurDeMojo · Accepted Answer

Not everyone has phone anxiety. Those who do can learn to control it through deep meditation and breath control. Note: the anxiety will still be there, but once you understand its triggers, you can learn to control and cope with it better. It may take years before you are comfortable on a phone. Using word practices where you recite phrases while speaking into a recording device can also help you with your phone issue.

Do understand that not everyone can overcome this, but they can build up some residual to help them when on the phone to slip into a better mind set. Also, you must find the method that fits you for the help you need. No one method is good for all.

Still-alive · Accepted Answer

Well i wouldn't say 'anxiety' but more like 'annoyed' especially if im in the middle of something else. because talking on the phone takes up most of my concentration and i have a hard time multitasking. so if i gotta call someone i'd rather i not be doing other things at the time.

petitedollbabee · Accepted Answer

I have social anxiety so I always just put it in the same category as that. I don’t have anxiety when receiving calls but I have anxiety when making calls. I’m always scared that I’ll say the wrong thing or that I’ll sound stupid.

siseñor · Accepted Answer

I get scared to message people They get upset when I take too long But that makes it more scary the next time, so I end up airing them for longer

Iron_Man · Answer

No I don’t at all. But if it’s a business call I’d like to be prepared if I’m doing business on the phone. I just don’t like to answer the phone in five seconds being caught off guard like that unless I get my thoughts together for the business call first

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

Times as we know it have changed & times are changing as well. As for me growing up I grew up in a time where people actually talked face to face & if you did have to use the phone it was on a landline because we didn’t have cellphones & we didn’t have anxiety over every little thing like people have today.

Nikki1989 · Answer

I hate phones so much that I have messages disabled to avoid that BS and my phone is switched off outside work hours. Nobody needs a phone 24/7 anyway.

SotiCoto · Answer

Probably... but given how many voice calls I've had to make for work over the years, particularly since Covid, I'm kinda used to it by now. I mean I still hate them, but I'm resigned to the fact that I can't get away from them.

NathanDavis · Answer

I did have that as a kid... lmao but not anymore, nowadays it's an essential part of my work, lol

BoopBoopBeep · Answer

I don't particularly enjoy talking on the phone, but not because it causes anxiety, I just have better things to do.

Bethany22 · Answer

I have phone anxiety when I have to make calls. I have phone anxiety when I have to answer the phone at work.

4ngelic · Answer

yea i'm scared i'll come accross bad, and unless i know the person i kinda rehearse what i'm gonna say before i call

DeeDeeDeVour · Answer

I can't I say I ever experienced phone anxiety.

Daniela1982 · Answer

No problem on the phone, just in real life with a tad of social anxiety.

Simslover92 · Answer

I do but my boyfriend has helped me get out of it a bit.

BCRanger10 · Answer

Accidentally voted B. I meant to vote C. I don't mind talking on the phone at all.

exitseven · Answer

I don't know if it is phone anxiety but if I have something sensitive or important to tell someone I usually want to do it in person.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

I do have phone anxiety, when someone calls I get anxiety

Fuentes · Answer

I do not. Ut I don't answer to random numbers so. if important they'll leave a message and illl call back

AydenHazor · Answer

Absolutely, I get extremely anxious around making/receiving phone calls.

clampfan101 · Answer

I’m very shy on the phone, but I wouldn’t call it a phobia.

TiaNour · Answer

Tbh I pick up calls with no hesitation, but I’m starting to think I should stop

Worst · Answer

Yeah lol I gotta write a script before I call someone

spartan55 · Answer

Like talking on the phone anxiety?

DizzyDesii · Answer

Nah i love to talk

NYCQuestions1976 · Answer

Not sure. Call me and find out. lol

strateguy632 · Answer

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Starrrboy · Answer

REAL lol..

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I do have phone anxiety, when someone calls I get anxiety

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