Posted on 01/24/2025 12:36:34 PM PST by DallasBiff
For many, it is a common occurrence to ignore phone calls, but for others, talking on the phone can become highly anxiety-inducing. Those who suffer from the effects of telephobia might have no issues with communication in person but might have difficulty with communication over the phone. For some, telephobia can negatively affect one’s personal or professional life. What is Telephobia?
Telephobia is reluctance or fear of making or taking phone calls. A fun fact that is a not-so-fun fact is that it can affect up to 76% of millennials and 40% of baby boomers. At least you know you are not alone now. This fear of phone calls can usually be associated with the fear of being criticized, judged, or rejected and can fall under the umbrella of social anxiety, affecting 15 million adults in the United States.
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Texting began the telephobia, I hate texting.
That said if I get a call that says scam I don't answer.
Have fun it's friday.
How low have we sunk?
Poor weedle snowflakes.
I always dread calling people on the phone, at least when you text, you know you’re not forcing them to stop what they are doing.
Almost every adult I know, who is 45 or younger, is bad at answering phone calls or responding to texts.
I don’t know what it is. They don’t even seem to feel guilty about ignoring messages.
Oh, I answer each one of the 6 or 7 robocalls I receive each day ... and I play one of several “special recordings” I have collected over the years when they come on the line. Depending on how many times they’ve called or at what time they call (some as early as 5 or 6 a.m.), they may be treated to one of my “special recordings.” (An ol’ man’s gotta have a little fun, ya know!) Cheers!
I’ll admit to having a phone phobia and I usually blame it on the night my brother died.
All my friends know not to call me unless it’s very important and I will always answer their calls but a lot of them will actually text me and ask if it’s okay for them to call.
When I was a teenager back in the dark ages I wouldn’t answer the phone unless I had to and unlike my brothers and sister I never chatted for hours with my friends or boyfriends.
Back in the day when long distance phone calls were special and expensive my parents would make calls to far away relatives, the whole family would be there and they would make you have your turn to Speak and I would ask if I had to and I would ask them to just tell them that I said hello.
I was thinking that skit!: “One ringy-dingy! Two Ringy...”
Yep, I was like “If you don’t here from me, I’m fine!”
Uggh, that’s “If you don’t hear from me, I’m fine!”
Another misnomer, like “homophobia” (literally “fear of the same”); this one means “fear of covering distances”.
Shouldn’t the term be something like “telephone phobia”? “Tele” in Greek means distant or far away, so “Telephobia” would mean fear of distance.
LOL, like Shery Crow put it:
Hello it’s me, I’m not at home
If you’d like to reach me, leave me alone
I had telephobia long before texting was invented. Always have hated making phone calls but can’t think of any reason for it, save perhaps one disgusting, vile prank caller when I was a kid.
At least when you’re on a phone call, you can yell “Chinese food!” in a Chinese accent and say “Gotta go, my Chinese food is here!”
Doesn’t work as well if they know you’re in a car driving.
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