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Wow - I'm really glad to know I'm not the only one with phone-phobia (altho sorry anyone else has to live with it, too). I can feel my heart rate jump whenever the phone rings, even if I don't intend to answer it. Caller ID has been a blessing for me - most of the time, I don't answer the phone when it rings unless it's daughter or husband (my parents both died about 10 years ago, which meant I could stop answering those calls - but I wish they were still around even if it did mean I had to answer the phone).
Making a call is even worse - I've been known to sit with a phone in my hand and a number in front of me for at least an hour before getting up enough nerve to dial the number. It wasn't as bad before I had a horrid case of encephalitis about ten years ago - could hardly talk at all for months, and talking on the phone became a lot harder because it is harder for me to figure out what the appropriate response is and get it out in the right length of time. Odd thing was - it never had any effect on my ability to communicate using a keyboard. Humans just aren't made to run a fever of 104 for a month without damage.
My phobia got the better of me today and I didn't call - but I think that comment by montalex about the micro-switches may have pushed me over the edge into calling tomorrow. I'll have to take a Valium first - but that's one reason I have the things, so I guess it falls in the category of prescribed therapy.
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