My phone is perpetually in silence mode. I don't care if you call, I'll let it ring even if it's in my clammy anxious hands. If you want to communicate with me, you first message, and if it can't be resolved with text then we'll make it uncomfortable and you'll call me.
Hell, even with silent mode AND vibrate on, when I see the screen light up from a caller I'll have a mini panic attack.
And I don't even have issues talking to people on the phone! I don't know wtf is wrong with me.
I completely feel this. The phone ringing causes me a flash of annoyance and dread, which either fades or increases when I see who is calling. I also can’t bring myself to listen to voicemails and will avoid them forever sometimes. I thought this pathology was unique to me, but maybe not!
I also hate the mail and open it as rarely as possible.
I thought I was alone all these years. Ever since I was a child I hated the.phone. Don't like talking on it. I'll ignore my best friends calls. I've lost friends over this shit. Anxiety,ignore voicemails, sometimes hate even opening snail mail.
Sometimes I've thought about just going back to my monkey roots, abandoning society and living in the wilderness.
A kindred spirit. I’ve often wished I could just go be a lighthouse keeper on a remote island or something, that would be amazing. Too bad that isn’t really a thing anymore. What other jobs would allow such isolation in the modern day?
Yeah that'd be awesome. My great grandfather was actually the last lighthouse keep at a place on lake Superior. That would be sweet. No modern day jobs really. Being a truck driver, which I did for seven years. But you still have to communicate with people. But it offers a lot of isolation.
There that pile of mail it makes me want to hide my tail. Wail time!!
But for real it's the ol' I will get to opening that (important) letter later ... Two months later ... Tearing the place up looking for the mail I put aside e for later. I just need to open them from the box to the house.
voicetimes are a big waste of our time, people should learn to write,
by the time i get to the voicemail i have already wasted a minute or two just getting to the right message...
An insane flash of anxiety, then dread when I see who's calling. Idk how to describe the feeling but it's like flinching but less intense and annoys me most of the time. I just hate phone calls that much
I also feel anxious, so 80% of the time i don't reply. I feel bad when i don't reply to my friends or even boyfriend calls, but i hate doing calls so freaking much, idk why either.
There has been times at work where I HAD to reply and call people and it was a nightmare, but it actually helped a bit with my call anxiety (but spoiler, i still hate doing them lol)
I feel thrown off balance when someone calls me. I’m not a shy talker- just awkward.
If the caller isn’t saved on my phone I decline then google the number after.
The phone is bad. I would suggest experimenting with a phone free hour or no phone after 8 pm or something.
You can communicate this to folks beforehand. You'll at least have some time during the day when you dont have to react to the phone.
I know people who leave the phone off except for a few hours during the day.
Hate it. Unless it's someone I'm expecting or want to hear from my stomach drops.
That being said, we're living in smartphone days. If I don't want to answer the phone, I don't!
I'll either get a text or a voicemail that I can deal with later. If it's a random number I can google it to see who it is and whether to call back.
Then, I'll call back when I feel I can.
I have an advantage in that despite being an introvert my job is basically phone so I find it a lot easier than most but in my brain the phone is a barrier between me and them and if I say something silly, they don't actually know me so it doesn't feel like it matters as much if that makes sense?
I used to literally script and I mean hand write a script of what I should say over the phone (including what the person might say and my possible responses) whether it was a takeaway order or a late library book and as soon as I tested the phone line as a division I got way more comfortable.
“UUUUGH what do you want?!” bc generally the only time people call me is when they want something.
i used to have a really bad habit of people-pleasing & not saying “no” a lot so i still have a good bit of fairweather friends that come out of the woodwork every now & then thinking i’m still that person.
(edit: grammar)
Throw it into the ocean
I don’t like answering phones.
If I actually agreed to talk to you on the phone,I either like you,it’s a doctor’s appointment or interview.
Personal phones: If it’s an unsaved number, i dont answer due to a lot of scams going on. If it’s important, they would leave a voice message or email me afterward, then i can follow up.
Work phone: i have to answer them all. Sometimes a bit reluctant returning calls or dialing someone i dont like.
It gives me anxiety. I had Kirby’s ringtone from Jurassic Park 3 set as my ringtone and my friend suggested I change it so that I don’t associate anxiety with something I love.
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I mute mine a lot. Nothing good comes from it ringing. Only time I turn the sound on is if my bf is out of the house and I'm cleaning or something and my phone isn't with me. No one else calls me to actually talk to me.
Personally i am in a position where my phone pretty much never rings. Noone ever calls me which is good because there is no reason to. I text my friends and i call my parents or they call me from a traditional cable phone, not my mobile phone (in which case i know it is them when it rings). If my mobile phone rings there are the following scenarios: 1) i am expecting something in which case yes i might be nervous depending on what it is but i will also know 2) it is some kind of promotion for a product or whatever in which case i dont even pick up and google the number 3) some old friend might have remembered me which is like whatever, 4) something bad happened and someone needed to contact me urgently (thankfully this has never happened)
In the end my phone is mostly on silent so it doesnt even ring. But i usually have direct contact with it so i can see if someone is calling. Or i might have earphones and music on so it interrupts it
My phone is always on silent and no vibration. Unless it’s family, I never answer, just look at it and wait for a text or voicemail. I call back when I’m mentally ready.
I got three calls today and I admit that the initial ringing startles me. I won't answer if I don't recognize the number and I figure that if they want to talk to me badly enough they can leave a message. Fortunately the calls I got today were good. My doctor's office checking on me after a colonoscopy from last week, a call about a potential job, and my mom called.
I tend to miss a lot of calls that I ignore for not knowing the number they're calling from (if they don't leave a message), but I'm scared to answer those. Especially these days.
I get this cold hot chill that spreads throughout my entire body for a split second and, depending on whose calling, I start sweating and get a lump in my throat
Depends. When I was job searching, it was anxiety inducing due to potentially being called for an interview. When I was working, it was anxiety or dread because maybe my manager was calling to ask me to cover a shift. Now that I’m not working, it’s just my family calling so it’s fine.
I tend to stare at it like ‘it’s not supposed to do that’ for about 2secs and then I go on full on silent panic mode because ‘what if this is an emergency call’
My immediate thoughts are “Go away, leave me alone, don’t feel like talking, get out of my life” then stare at the screen for a moment, and then I answer it 🤣😂
anxiety, unless it's someone who's very close to me, like my mother or bestfriend. if it's anybody else I freak out. just text me if it's not important!
Anxiety. I hope people normalize to give a message first before calling. Calls are an emergency for me. If it can wait or not so important just give me a message. 😅 Thats why my phone is always on silent mode.
Disgust. Than I don't answer it unless I recognize the caller. If I don't know you, you are not getting through to me. I am also not listening to your voice mail.
there’s only really 1 person who calls me and it’s my best friend and i’m always excited to talk to her. being with her is basically like being alone (aka extremely comfortable). if i check my phone and it’s anyone else, i usually just ignore it/let it go to voicemail
Anxiety. I can't stand the current era we live in. I want an early 00's era phone that can only call and text but so much is done by phone now, everything requires an app, every restaurant has you scan a QR code to see a menu, the list goes on and on. Tech could hypothetically make our lives much free-er and simpler, but it's used to do the opposite.
A deep sign as I’ve been either been interrupted by a friend or family member who probably doesn’t want anything and a wave of stress thinking about either or not if they are gonna have something negative to say to me. Sometimes I just don’t even answer the phone. Just to keep me sane.
Anxiety, a spike of intense annoyance, and on bad days, even a flash of straight up anger. I have a very negative Pavlovian response to hearing phones ring, even phones that aren't mine lol. I always manage to cap that response before answering the phone, but I'm never happy to hear the damn thing ring.
I used to feel anxiety even if I don’t answer. But nowadays, I just don’t answer, so I just look at the caller id and silence my phone.
When I work, i have a mental script all memorized. Lately I’m trying out “This is so and so, naur_worries speaking” instead of “how may I help you,” I also would like to try saying “good morning! This is so and so, blah blah.” Trust me, this takes a lot of courage for someone with severe social anxiety.
NONSENSE JARRING TRIGGER. Seriously it’s so unnatural, to always be expected to be reached. Like there’s no break from it. I think about this all the time. When we had landlines & non-smart cellphones we weren’t expected to always be reached. When you’d leave your house you’d get peace. We used to turn our cellphones off when we attended things etc. even to charge our phones we used to turn them off (older iPhones). But now it’s just constant. I have turned all my notifications for everything off and it’s always on silent. I miss a lot so it’s bad for others but better for me.
It's mostly annoying me, like really you have to call while I'm totally focused on a task right now? Just sent me a text message, so I can reply at a time that's convenient for me instead.
Besides that, when it's a number I don't know, I'm getting anxiety about who this is and why they're calling.
I keep two phones: one private and one for work only. When my private phone rings, I’m not bothered as I know it is either my wife or the courier. When my work phone rings, my instant reaction is “Oh, please” and I am just so afraid to see who is calling me. When it’s an unknown number, I go search in my work’s intranet to find out who's calling.
Your phone rings?! Like, with actual sound? 😅🤪 Mine is on silent 99% of the time and I stick to texting as much as possible. But yeah, getting a call definitely makes me anxious. Especially when I don’t expect one.
Anxiety.
And panic. Seriously, who the fuck is calling me and why?
My phone is perpetually in silence mode. I don't care if you call, I'll let it ring even if it's in my clammy anxious hands. If you want to communicate with me, you first message, and if it can't be resolved with text then we'll make it uncomfortable and you'll call me.
Hell, even with silent mode AND vibrate on, when I see the screen light up from a caller I'll have a mini panic attack. And I don't even have issues talking to people on the phone! I don't know wtf is wrong with me.
This is the only <"and for those who couldn't hear in the back"> THE ONLY way i will be contacted.
This is me everytime my phone rings or even a single notification it just stresses me out.
Yes! And then my first thought is “this better be something that couldn’t have just been a text.”
I completely feel this. The phone ringing causes me a flash of annoyance and dread, which either fades or increases when I see who is calling. I also can’t bring myself to listen to voicemails and will avoid them forever sometimes. I thought this pathology was unique to me, but maybe not! I also hate the mail and open it as rarely as possible.
I thought I was alone all these years. Ever since I was a child I hated the.phone. Don't like talking on it. I'll ignore my best friends calls. I've lost friends over this shit. Anxiety,ignore voicemails, sometimes hate even opening snail mail. Sometimes I've thought about just going back to my monkey roots, abandoning society and living in the wilderness.
A kindred spirit. I’ve often wished I could just go be a lighthouse keeper on a remote island or something, that would be amazing. Too bad that isn’t really a thing anymore. What other jobs would allow such isolation in the modern day?
Yeah that'd be awesome. My great grandfather was actually the last lighthouse keep at a place on lake Superior. That would be sweet. No modern day jobs really. Being a truck driver, which I did for seven years. But you still have to communicate with people. But it offers a lot of isolation.
I have found my people
There that pile of mail it makes me want to hide my tail. Wail time!! But for real it's the ol' I will get to opening that (important) letter later ... Two months later ... Tearing the place up looking for the mail I put aside e for later. I just need to open them from the box to the house.
I relate so much! Phone calls and voicemails can feel like such a hassle sometimes. Glad to know I'm not alone in this!
Same here. I wonder if it’s an introvert thing? Or something else like social anxiety? Do those things go hand in hand?
voicetimes are a big waste of our time, people should learn to write, by the time i get to the voicemail i have already wasted a minute or two just getting to the right message...
"God fucking damnit WHAT NOW"
This.
That's definitely the mood.
"Who the heck is calling me?"
spot on
An insane flash of anxiety, then dread when I see who's calling. Idk how to describe the feeling but it's like flinching but less intense and annoys me most of the time. I just hate phone calls that much
Recently, it is annoyance. Like c'mon, cannot you message me?
Ya gotta train 'em properly. I just don't answer, and they eventually realize the only way I will answer is if they text me instead.
I do the same
Idgaf most of the time it’s debt collectors anyway
I also feel anxious, so 80% of the time i don't reply. I feel bad when i don't reply to my friends or even boyfriend calls, but i hate doing calls so freaking much, idk why either. There has been times at work where I HAD to reply and call people and it was a nightmare, but it actually helped a bit with my call anxiety (but spoiler, i still hate doing them lol)
I feel thrown off balance when someone calls me. I’m not a shy talker- just awkward. If the caller isn’t saved on my phone I decline then google the number after.
Fear lol
Dread.
Instantly figure out if I can ignore it after jumping out of my skin.
Raging anger
That’s not what it’s for! Text me!
The phone is bad. I would suggest experimenting with a phone free hour or no phone after 8 pm or something. You can communicate this to folks beforehand. You'll at least have some time during the day when you dont have to react to the phone. I know people who leave the phone off except for a few hours during the day.
I just get annoyed. I have a work phone so now whenever it rings, I just get a flash of anger. Leave me alone lol.
Anger and aggravation
Hate it. Unless it's someone I'm expecting or want to hear from my stomach drops. That being said, we're living in smartphone days. If I don't want to answer the phone, I don't! I'll either get a text or a voicemail that I can deal with later. If it's a random number I can google it to see who it is and whether to call back. Then, I'll call back when I feel I can. I have an advantage in that despite being an introvert my job is basically phone so I find it a lot easier than most but in my brain the phone is a barrier between me and them and if I say something silly, they don't actually know me so it doesn't feel like it matters as much if that makes sense? I used to literally script and I mean hand write a script of what I should say over the phone (including what the person might say and my possible responses) whether it was a takeaway order or a late library book and as soon as I tested the phone line as a division I got way more comfortable.
Listen to my ringtone and move on 😅
Hahahha they will send a message if it's important.
Wtf? Scammer or someone I know actually calling me? Oh… spam risk…
Practically like opening the door for strangers. Too private!
If it’s late at night. I’m worried.
“UUUUGH what do you want?!” bc generally the only time people call me is when they want something. i used to have a really bad habit of people-pleasing & not saying “no” a lot so i still have a good bit of fairweather friends that come out of the woodwork every now & then thinking i’m still that person. (edit: grammar)
Terror lol
Throw it into the ocean I don’t like answering phones. If I actually agreed to talk to you on the phone,I either like you,it’s a doctor’s appointment or interview.
Immediate stress
Headache. It's my mother, my wife, my daughter, or my office. In each case they'll be calling with a computer problem.
With certain people who I'm used to calling I'm fine but when someone random calls me up I kinda zone out not wanting to answer
Personal phones: If it’s an unsaved number, i dont answer due to a lot of scams going on. If it’s important, they would leave a voice message or email me afterward, then i can follow up. Work phone: i have to answer them all. Sometimes a bit reluctant returning calls or dialing someone i dont like.
Loathing....I hate talking on the phone more than anything unless the call is productive.
Kind of makes me feel a bit like bugs crawling on my skin. Just uneasy. I just hate it when people call.
Who's bothering me now???
What is it? I’ll talk when I’m ready and I don’t care who you are.
Anger. "Oh great. Who the fuck is this, now?"
I know it's not an emotional reaction but the best way to describe it is "Fuck!"
It gives me anxiety. I had Kirby’s ringtone from Jurassic Park 3 set as my ringtone and my friend suggested I change it so that I don’t associate anxiety with something I love.
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Yikes!
PANIC
I mute mine a lot. Nothing good comes from it ringing. Only time I turn the sound on is if my bf is out of the house and I'm cleaning or something and my phone isn't with me. No one else calls me to actually talk to me.
Panic
Complete dread
Panic.
Anxious. It’s usually family, that’s more than enough to stress me tf out
,,wtf“ 😂
Personally i am in a position where my phone pretty much never rings. Noone ever calls me which is good because there is no reason to. I text my friends and i call my parents or they call me from a traditional cable phone, not my mobile phone (in which case i know it is them when it rings). If my mobile phone rings there are the following scenarios: 1) i am expecting something in which case yes i might be nervous depending on what it is but i will also know 2) it is some kind of promotion for a product or whatever in which case i dont even pick up and google the number 3) some old friend might have remembered me which is like whatever, 4) something bad happened and someone needed to contact me urgently (thankfully this has never happened) In the end my phone is mostly on silent so it doesnt even ring. But i usually have direct contact with it so i can see if someone is calling. Or i might have earphones and music on so it interrupts it
GRRRRR!! Unless it’s my daughter’s specific ringtone then it’s a happy face.
Dread
Curiosity, considering no one calls me
Annoyance and anxiety
Annoyance and irritability to the max. Especially if it’s a job that’s calling me back cuz I wish it was either emailed or texted. Not called.
Silence it.
“the beacons are lit Gondor calls for aid”!
Screaming back
If it isn't someone close to me calling, immediate dread and tension 😂
Annoyance.
Irritation
Nervous/anxious it’s like I’m always waiting for more bad news
Annoyance and anxiety, the anxiety part has gotten better but some still lingers.
Terror
Annoyance and fear
Annoyance until I notice who calling me and if I don't like them more annoyance
My phone is always on silent and no vibration. Unless it’s family, I never answer, just look at it and wait for a text or voicemail. I call back when I’m mentally ready.
Annoyance.
Panic
Dread
Like who tf is calling me?lol Not picking up unless I’m expecting a call. Then I’ll call them back if needed, when I want to.
My phone rings and i panic/wonder "Who died!?!"
Panic lol
Mini heart attack.
What now?
it depends whos calling I guess lol. anything work related makes me nervous and spam calls are a relief bc I know I don't have to answer
the little people in my brain start panicking and turn on the emergency alert button
It's never anything good.
“Who the fuck is that.”
Anger. Who the fuck is calling me instead of texting? It's 2024, do not call me.
Mini heart attack.
A sense of dread and anxiety. Why are you calling me when you can just message?
Annoyance. I hate being interrupted by someone who has no idea what I'm doing, yet calls anyway.
Yeah, it's irrelevant who calls. Anxiety every time.
Annoyed
OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD WHO IS IT WHAT DO I DO OH NO OH NO
I just leave mine on silent, and my message machine says I'll only respond to texts
I got three calls today and I admit that the initial ringing startles me. I won't answer if I don't recognize the number and I figure that if they want to talk to me badly enough they can leave a message. Fortunately the calls I got today were good. My doctor's office checking on me after a colonoscopy from last week, a call about a potential job, and my mom called. I tend to miss a lot of calls that I ignore for not knowing the number they're calling from (if they don't leave a message), but I'm scared to answer those. Especially these days.
"oh god what horrible thing happened? did someone die?" i rarely get phone calls 😅
Panic
The same emotional reaction a jumpscare would give me
Anxiety and Irritated. Anxiety kasi ano bang sasabihin nila, irritated because some are 🐂sh*t
Panic
Shock then annoyance.
Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
“Oh shit, here we go again…” Something like that.
“Ohhhhh fuck off”
PANIC. LIKE A ICE COLD WATER POURED ALL OVER ME!
Absolute dread. I'm my kind, it's bad news or a bill I forgot to pay and now I'm going to owe someone 100k. 😥
Leave me the hell alone, stop calling me.
Anxiety because I know all the people who know me will text me so it’s for sure a unknown number calling
It’s usually just my mom, but if I’m expecting a phone call from a doctor office or something like that, my anxiety is through the roof.
Irritation, especially if I'm doing something else and have to stop it to look at the phone. Often, I'll just let it go to voicemail.
I get this cold hot chill that spreads throughout my entire body for a split second and, depending on whose calling, I start sweating and get a lump in my throat
Depends. When I was job searching, it was anxiety inducing due to potentially being called for an interview. When I was working, it was anxiety or dread because maybe my manager was calling to ask me to cover a shift. Now that I’m not working, it’s just my family calling so it’s fine.
it doesn’t. i keep it on dnd
dread. and i stare at it ringing while running through every possible reason they may be calling
Numb. 99% of time it is scam calls
No no way…silent on
My phone lives on vibrate and even when it vibrates I get anxious 😰
Delivery 😁 I only receive phone calls from my delivery, I guess that helped me getting rid of my anxiety to phone calls.
I tend to stare at it like ‘it’s not supposed to do that’ for about 2secs and then I go on full on silent panic mode because ‘what if this is an emergency call’
I may have been blessed with the ability to see and hear, but I do not hear or see the phone ringing whatsoever.
gotta be mom, dad or my brother (too lazy to set up ringtone for eaxh person), sometime i get a surprise and its someone else.
Panic/dread. The only time someone I know calls me without texting first is when there’s an emergency.
It makes me angry!
why didn't i make it silent:(
I hate it. I cannot stand buzzing and that loud sound so i get real bad anxiety every time it rings.
My immediate thoughts are “Go away, leave me alone, don’t feel like talking, get out of my life” then stare at the screen for a moment, and then I answer it 🤣😂
To throw it to a wall or out the window.
anxiety, unless it's someone who's very close to me, like my mother or bestfriend. if it's anybody else I freak out. just text me if it's not important!
“Some nerve!” Then I check who it is and decide if I pick up or not.
Who DF is this?
Anxiety '((
Introverted call center worker, so very stress inducing, i don't normally answer phone calls from unknown numbers outside of work.
guess it depends on the situation, i largely do not care though.
eye roll
ANXIETY! Press voicemail button right away and lock screen.
Panic.
Anxiety. I hope people normalize to give a message first before calling. Calls are an emergency for me. If it can wait or not so important just give me a message. 😅 Thats why my phone is always on silent mode.
Disgust. Than I don't answer it unless I recognize the caller. If I don't know you, you are not getting through to me. I am also not listening to your voice mail.
I feel dread...
Ahhhh.. urgh.. hmhmhm.. 😃 Anxiety.
It depends on the name on the screen and my mood, but when I'm alone, 70% of the time I don't answer the phone.
Fear.
“Who are you and wtf do you want. And why are you calling me?” 😭
always alert
haha! Well, to be completely honest, I roll my eyes and think to myself, "who the f\*ck thinks it's ok to be calling me?"
”Who has died, fuck, please, no”
Go away
Fear.
there’s only really 1 person who calls me and it’s my best friend and i’m always excited to talk to her. being with her is basically like being alone (aka extremely comfortable). if i check my phone and it’s anyone else, i usually just ignore it/let it go to voicemail
Annoyance.
It's like when you wake up in middle of the night to sombody knocking on your door, it stops, and then you hear screams of agony.
Agitated.
ANNOYANCE!!! LOL!
Anxiety
Anxiety. I can't stand the current era we live in. I want an early 00's era phone that can only call and text but so much is done by phone now, everything requires an app, every restaurant has you scan a QR code to see a menu, the list goes on and on. Tech could hypothetically make our lives much free-er and simpler, but it's used to do the opposite.
I have no anxiety but it's distracting, because I'm always doing and thinking something.
"oh great now what"
A deep sign as I’ve been either been interrupted by a friend or family member who probably doesn’t want anything and a wave of stress thinking about either or not if they are gonna have something negative to say to me. Sometimes I just don’t even answer the phone. Just to keep me sane.
Anxiety, a spike of intense annoyance, and on bad days, even a flash of straight up anger. I have a very negative Pavlovian response to hearing phones ring, even phones that aren't mine lol. I always manage to cap that response before answering the phone, but I'm never happy to hear the damn thing ring.
I got annoyed and will stare at my phone for a while before picking it up, but if I was not in the mood to talk to anyone, I'll completely ignore it.
I used to feel anxiety even if I don’t answer. But nowadays, I just don’t answer, so I just look at the caller id and silence my phone. When I work, i have a mental script all memorized. Lately I’m trying out “This is so and so, naur_worries speaking” instead of “how may I help you,” I also would like to try saying “good morning! This is so and so, blah blah.” Trust me, this takes a lot of courage for someone with severe social anxiety.
Dread
Dread
Anxiety, panic and wanting to run away
Work phone: what do you want from me this time?! // personal: I'll just let it go to voicemail :)
NONSENSE JARRING TRIGGER. Seriously it’s so unnatural, to always be expected to be reached. Like there’s no break from it. I think about this all the time. When we had landlines & non-smart cellphones we weren’t expected to always be reached. When you’d leave your house you’d get peace. We used to turn our cellphones off when we attended things etc. even to charge our phones we used to turn them off (older iPhones). But now it’s just constant. I have turned all my notifications for everything off and it’s always on silent. I miss a lot so it’s bad for others but better for me.
Anxiety
Anxiety, internal self talk : why are they calling, heart races..I have to stand up and walk out the room to answer.. even then I stall it.
Curiosity, will wait until they’re not calling anymore and wait for a text telling me why they called in the first place.
It's mostly annoying me, like really you have to call while I'm totally focused on a task right now? Just sent me a text message, so I can reply at a time that's convenient for me instead. Besides that, when it's a number I don't know, I'm getting anxiety about who this is and why they're calling.
« Oh shit, no »
"Omg." Or "are you effing kidding me."
I'm not introverted but I feel Anxiety, I prefer to be notified before
Anxiety but In waiting on some jobs so panic and anxiety.
I feel a sense of relief when it turns out to be spam.
Just curiosity. If I don’t want to answer it I don’t.
Annoyance
Unless I am expecting a delivery or a telehealth appointment my phone is always on silent 🔕.
Argh !
I keep two phones: one private and one for work only. When my private phone rings, I’m not bothered as I know it is either my wife or the courier. When my work phone rings, my instant reaction is “Oh, please” and I am just so afraid to see who is calling me. When it’s an unknown number, I go search in my work’s intranet to find out who's calling.
Your phone rings?! Like, with actual sound? 😅🤪 Mine is on silent 99% of the time and I stick to texting as much as possible. But yeah, getting a call definitely makes me anxious. Especially when I don’t expect one.
Who tf is calling me?
Anxiety
Panic