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[โ€“] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago (10 children)

I haven't pieced out why yet but I have recently realized that phone calls are a huge anxiety trigger for me.

[โ€“] Sconrad122@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

For me, I think it's the fact that I have to prepare for both a social interaction and a monologue depending on whether they answer or not. As someone with mild social anxiety, the uncertainty and the fact that I am unequivocally initiating the interaction messes with a lot of the ways I would cope with joining a normal social interaction and throws me off my game

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