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Re: Telephone anxiety

Posted by lissy on June 28, 2001, at 12:18:11

In reply to Re: Telephone anxiety, posted by Maisy on June 28, 2001, at 7:09:03

> I agree with dana. This is the way that phobias develop. Say you had a panic attack while driving. Afterwards, you become tense whenever driving. Pretty soon a phobia develops about driving. Try to think of a reason why the phone triggers this response in you. Are you afraid of having an attack while talking with someone? What is the worse thing that can happen? These are the type of things that cognitive behavioral therapy may help you with. I don't see a pdoc but I read a lot of things about how to help myself. There are a lot of books out there on how to stop the cycle of negative thinking in depressives. Good luck to you.

I also had and still have a bit of phone anxiety.
I used to be a receptionist at a bank whose phone rang off the hook! I was expected to pretty much single-handedly manage all the phones plus get a ton of work done also. I would never get caught up and alot of the phone calls were abusive ie: people yelling at me because they were late on their payments or bounced checks, as if it were my fault they did it. I always and still feel that the phone interrupts everything I am in the middle of and get alot of telemarketers. I guess I can't disconnect the feeling that my home phone does not have abusive people calling like at the bank. Also while working at the bank I could never answer my phone at home after listening to the ringing all day I would tense up when it would ring at home and my husband would have to answer every time. That job was 10 years ago but I still get tense a little when it rings. Caller I.D. has helped alot. (Calls from my mother in law would stress me sometimes) so now I can choose to talk to her at times when I can handle her better. It is It may be worth the extra money for caller I.D. if you don't have it. I like being more in control of knowing who is calling and deciding if I want to answer or not. Alot of family and friends would hang up on my answering machine so that wasn't the answer for me.


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