Why am I afraid to use the telephone?!
Question:
Why am I afraid to use the telephone?
Since high school I've slowly developed this aversion to using the telephone. Whenever my cell phone rings, unless it's my Mom, boyfriend or best friend I get a sense of dread and don't want to answer it.
I also really hate talking to strangers over the phone unless it's something quick like ordering a pizza. The other day I had to call a realtor about a house I want and I was incredibly uncomfortable the entire time.
I prefer to email, im or talk in person. I tried to get over my fear by using the phone a lot, but each time is just as hard as the time before. It doesn't get any easier.
Answers:
Ha, I'm worse than you. I don't want to talk to anyone on the phone nor in person nor anywhere ever, except my wife and kid. Everyone else is scary to me, full of rejection and anger, and it turns out I embarrass everyone who knows me so the less I appear in public the better for everyone. I'm like the last human being in "I Am Legend" surrounded by the new race who's taken over the earth, and they're all vampires and they all hate me and they want to kill me because I'm not like them. And you know how that book ended?