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I am still working on my telephonophobia. I just can’t get past it sometimes, even to the point that I’m paralyzed in the silly irrationality of the whole thing, thinking “what is there to be afraid of?” but still not convincing myself that’s ok. It’s a challenge for me even when it’s a complete stranger who would have no idea who I was. I would rather leave a message on a machine and even that is hard sometimes.
Today I had a conference call with my business partner and our lawyer. It was scheduled and unavoidable which is not a bad thing sometimes, especially versus just having to call someone “anytime”.
Anyway, it went well. Well enough that I didn’t embarrass myself too badly and I felt confident enough afterward to pick up the phone and make a second call that I’ve been putting off.
After the first call my telephonophobia was not as present, so I made the next call without thinking much about it.
I still stumbled my words a few times proving myself to still be nervously defective, but I still consider it progress having made the call in the first place.
