anyone else terrified of speaking on the phone? why does this happen?

>>39335216
Not terrified, but I really hate talking on phone, I always try to be as brief as possible.
What I am terrified of is if I have to speak to someone over paperwork and shit.

>>39335216
I try to pick a cherry ring tone to reduce the anxiety of receiving a phone call but it doesn't really help. I've been getting phone calls form a 1-800 number recently and I've been letting it go to voicemail but they don't leave a message. I never feel like answering and it's been weeks

I hate talk to people orally

>>39335216
>low sound quality
>chance of miscommunication as a result which is fucking awkward as shit
i have anxiety for even normal conversations so the added awkwardness that the phone adds just makes things even worse.

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I had one of those annoying friends in middle school who would constantly try to call me up at random times. Me being really antisocial did not help either. Now I get super anxious whenever a phone rings in my house

>>39335216
The only social cues you'll get are from the other person's voice. Much higher risk of spaghetti.

>>39335216
Yeah. Pretty much this >>39336214 for me. Talking to people makes me uneasy, the thought of doing so is kinda scary, but it's so much worse when you don't have most of the info you usually are getting. And texting is fucking shit for having a conversation. I don't know how normal people do that and stay sane.

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>>39335216
Yes, it's fucking terrible. It's less terrible now, that I've done it a couple of times, but it still is fucking horrible. The sound quality is so bad that I often misunderstand or am afraid to misunderstand what the other person is saying and I have to ask them to repeat themselves. I don't know when it's my turn to speak and I don't know how and when to end the call. Happens often that there are multiple seconds of silence before I say "ok thanks bye" and the other person starts talking about some other shit at the same time. Makes me wanna drown myself.

Only in front of other people

>>39335372
well where I lived there was no internet when I was in school so you had to call to know what was the homework if you were absent

>>39335216
My autism reaches maximum level when talking on phone. How can it be easier to talk in person than over phone or discord, skype etc. i wonder as well?

>>39335216
I work in retail, I dread having to use the pager

>>39339904
retail wagecuck here as well, we have to make hourly announcements and nothing makes me cringe harder than hearing my voice through the entire store