Four phone calls!

[hummingwolf]

Okay, two of the calls were to the same person because she was busy the first time. Still, managed to work around the panic problem enough to make four phone calls today!

It would've been good if I'd managed to make one more call before the end of the business day, but that's not happening since I'm about to collapse now. Here's hoping that I can do at least this well on Monday. Well, I'd prefer to do better on Monday because, as phobias go, phone fear seems pretty silly even to me.

Comments

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Go you! I have phone fear as well....

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

I normally don't have phone fear, at least not like this. I mean, I'm used to being a little bit anxious if I call a new person for the first time, or annoyed when I have to deal with voice mail; but I'm not used to my heart pounding and my stomach clenching when I simply think about picking up the phone. And this is the second (maybe third?) time this year this has happened to me this severely, so it's weird for me to deal with. But whether it's a new fear or an old fear, it sucks.

[windsparrow.livejournal.com]

HW, you did good. I don't think phone fear is all that silly. In a way it may be a focus for your anxieties, and the batch of tribulations you have been through.
I think you are a brave woman, and I wish there were more I could do to help.

Instead I'm just stuck sending purr-vibes. And huggles. Lots of huggles.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it probably is a focus for my anxieties. My brain doesn't want to deal with everything all at once, so it just decides "phone=bad" according to some logic of its own.

Thanks for the purr-vibes and the huggles. Much appreciated!

[sophy.livejournal.com]

Hey, good for you.
Making phone calls is hard. I have phone anxiety, too. I think a lot of people do.
Well, all of the people aren't constantly running around with their cells in their hands that is.

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I guess lots of people do have phone anxiety. It's frustrating, though, 'cos there's so much I need to get done, and I need to make phone calls to do it.

Gah. At least it's the weekend and most of the phone calls can't be made now anyway.

[sophy.livejournal.com]

That's the best part about weekends.