With you on the phones bronzeowl. I stress out sooooo much about making phone calls. Like... it's an achievement to book an appointment.

I always feel like I'm wasting someone's time or like they're going to be annoyed with me for calling (even for appointments, where that's their job!). I feel like I'm going to sound like an idiot, and I worry that I won't be able to hear someone clearly and piss them off by asking them to repeat themselves.

If I have to make an important call... I often have to work myself up for it for days and days. Sometimes I need to have a friend nearby to help me get through the call. In the past I have actually had friends call and pretend to be me because I couldn't do it. And kept friends around with all the information I needed to convey just in case I broke down and couldn't keep the conversation going.

Having had years of practice now, I can manage the phone. I haven't had anyone pretend to be me for years, even though there's been times that I've still asked someone to be ready for that.

Yeah. I hate them.