I get anxiety every time the phone rings. When i am depressed one of the very first things i stop is answering my phone. I feel that if it is an emergency or truly important (not that anything is actually important)they will leave a message, mostly they do not...and i know (especially if it's my family) that they are just going to ask me if i am ok...and i hate that. However...they also know me very well...and they all know that when i am depressed i NEVER answer....so they have started to trick me by leaving a message saying "TINA IT"S AN EMERGENCY CALL ME BACK"...and then i do...and then they ask me how i am..sneaky bastards.

Anyways...yes i understand anxiety when the phone rings and yes i understand the desire to not answer. I guess the difference is...you care it might be important...and i dont care.
You could always just turn the ringer off and have a blissfully ignorant day?