Do you cringe when the phone rings?

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02 Jan 2011, 3:26 am

I hate calling places and I hate answering the phone.

I have found a few ways to reduce this anxiety. I make sure that every one who will call has my cell phone number. I have my cell phone ringer set to something relaxing, like enya. I can also see who is calling. I do not like mystery when answering the phone.

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02 Jan 2011, 4:00 am

Let's just explain it this way: I am not a slave to the phone.

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02 Jan 2011, 11:31 am

I have always disliked the phone...when someone calls me, it will be very rare that I answer on the first ring. I require considerable mental preparation to interact with people...even if they are my closest friends.

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Given a “tentative” diagnosis as a child as I needed services at school for what was later correctly discovered to be a major anxiety disorder.

This misdiagnosis caused me significant stress, which lessened upon finding out the truth about myself from my current and past long-term therapists - that I am an anxious and highly sensitive person but do not have an autism spectrum disorder.

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02 Jan 2011, 1:59 pm

mimsy123 wrote:

Oh yes. Like some others mentioned, I see it as an intrusion (unless I was expecting the call ahead of time). I also feel as though I'm intruding on others by calling them.

I had a telemarketing job once and was absolutely fine with reciting my script to strangers over the phone all day long. The only draw back was that, if I wasn't paying attention, I tended to start personal conversations off with the same script. (You don't know how many times I answered my personal phone with "Thanks for calling ____, this is....oh crap, I'm not at work...")

That happened to me, too. I used to work as a telemarketer many years ago.

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