Hahahahahahaha! OMG, I can barely breathe!! This is so apt!!! I used to make my little sister call the taxi company for me whenever I needed one :) To this day, my husband laughs at my ridiculous aversion to phone calls. For me, conversation just flows easier when I have facial cues & body language to feed off of; the dead nothingness of a telephone does nothing to help me... I dread the idea of a stilted back & forth, or the inane babble to cover the awkward lulls. Even though by now I have learned to easily hold forth, that old feeling is still as strong as it used to be...
SPDR: "telephonophobia"? I was hoping for a cooler, Latin-er label.
nachaliele: "For me, conversation just flows easier when I have facial cues & body language to feed off of; the dead nothingness of a telephone does nothing to help me."
Golly, yes. I called someone recently (with shaking fingers and deep dread) and she urged me to stay in touch. I weakly said I would. But I can't bring myself to call her again. I desperately need facial cues & body language!
Ah, telephonophobia. Phone anxiety, it's a real thing.
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Hahahahahahaha! OMG, I can barely breathe!! This is so apt!!! I used to make my little sister call the taxi company for me whenever I needed one :) To this day, my husband laughs at my ridiculous aversion to phone calls. For me, conversation just flows easier when I have facial cues & body language to feed off of; the dead nothingness of a telephone does nothing to help me... I dread the idea of a stilted back & forth, or the inane babble to cover the awkward lulls. Even though by now I have learned to easily hold forth, that old feeling is still as strong as it used to be...
ReplyDeleteSPDR: "telephonophobia"? I was hoping for a cooler, Latin-er label.
ReplyDeletenachaliele: "For me, conversation just flows easier when I have facial cues & body language to feed off of; the dead nothingness of a telephone does nothing to help me."
Golly, yes. I called someone recently (with shaking fingers and deep dread) and she urged me to stay in touch. I weakly said I would. But I can't bring myself to call her again. I desperately need facial cues & body language!