{"id":1265,"date":"2023-02-15T18:08:58","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/?p=1265"},"modified":"2023-02-15T18:08:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:08:58","slug":"i-hate-talking-on-the-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/powerofmisfits.com\/communication\/i-hate-talking-on-the-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWhy Do I Hate Talking on the Phone?\u201d 10 Reasons from an Introvert"},"content":{"rendered":"
I hate talking on the phone. I always have and always will. We introverts are so lucky to live in the times when the Internet and texting are in wide use, so we can just send someone a text or an email instead of making that phone call. This makes life much easier, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n
Some of us go even further and are actually afraid <\/em>of talking on the phone. There is even a term for it\u2014it\u2019s called phone anxiety or phone phobia. And it\u2019s not just socially anxious people who suffer from this irrational fear. Some mentally healthy introverts have it too.<\/p>\n Whether you dread or hate talking on the phone, you may be wondering where this weird feeling comes from. What\u2019s so scary and annoying about a plain and simple phone call? Below are a few possible explanations.<\/p>\n