I don't know why but i Also hate having to make them, mostly to strange people, which is wierd because Im not introverted, i can be and i am shy, but if anything Im an extroverted person.

I hate phone calls even to old friends

I'd much rather make a call than answer one. I can be prepared for a call I make, not so much the other way around

The service that automatically transcribes my voicemail to email is the greatest achievement of civilization since indoor plumbing.

It's worse when you were trying to send the person a text (very simply put, only a yes/no answer needed) and they CALL YOU ANYWAY

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I ignore all phone calls and wait as long as I can to make one. The anxiety actually gives me heart palpitations.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who dreads phone calls. Most people I know are like "just call, what could happen?", but it really induces my anxiety. In many cases I eventually do it when it's absolutely necessary, but it really costs me.

I haven't answered my phone in years! I'm always afraid I will forget what has been said. If it is in an email I have got a record of it.

It's impossible for me to call and make appointments...

I hate that I don't see that person, I don't know if they still can hear me and when to speak, as autistic I'm bad in communication and this is even worse. And I don't know why there is often so bad quality of it that I can't understand every word, in 2022 when we have streamings of home videos where you can see inside person's pores, but phone calls have horrible quality even with good connection and phone.

This! Plus I worked reception.... Why would I do that to myself???

When I was a teen, I couldn't ever call a place to ask for information - I was terrified of doing it. I ended up working in business, where I did have to call, and finally did get over a lot of that, and thankful, because even ordering a pizza was traumatizing.

It's funny because I don't mind talking on the phone for my job, but I can't even recall the last time I actually spoke with friends or family that way. I guess because they all know to just text me. :)

ditto

I have depression and anxiety and live alone. The depression calls out for someone to talk to and anxiety stops you phoning someone to talk too

Can I partner with my invisible friend Twinkle?

Hello I am Nathaniel and merely saying this in front of everyone makes me want to curl up and cry.

If the party is at someone’s house, find out if they have a dog or cat, and spend your time with them instead of draining your social battery on a bunch of people who are probably already, or are well on the way to being, sloppy drunk, and highly gross and annoying, anyway.

Why are YOU being so annoying?

The knock on the door, the ring of the doorbell, unless you have pre announced your visit, I am not in.

No. Audience participation is Hell.

This!!! I hate this so much! I‘m always convinced this person will hate me.

Yes, you finally try to ninja your way to the fridge and one of them see you and alert the rest like a chimpanzee

No. I was never interested in being a cheerleader for my school, and still not interested in becoming one for the company. So f**k no. Besides, it’s all fake b******t anyway, like Potemkin Villages (just look it up) for corporate. F**k them.

Especially when you have earbuds/headphones in/on or are actively reading a book.

When anyone says this i just go back

We rent the basement from my in-laws and every Summer they invite the whole huge family. Guess who has to give up all of her space without any complaints if I don't want to lose the only affordable housing in my small expensive town?

If I have to be the focus of attention like that, I will start blushing. Then, I will think "people can see me blushing" and I will just get redder and redder until basically ALL of my blood is in my face. 🤬

Some people get off on being a part of a big and boisterous crowd. I just get claustrophobic and want to get the f**k out of there. Especially if people have been drinking. Cannot stand sloppy drunks individually, totally despise them collectively as a crowd.

They should be banned. I have one coming up soon. ;-;

Yeah, I have that to look forward to tonight. When you ask them in the most serious tone you can muster not to have them sing for you, they will ALWAYS SNEAK OFF TO THE "BATHROOM" TO ASK THEM TO SING..I SAID NO FOR GODSAKE THAT MEANS NO!

When we get back home we need a 3-hour nap just to recuperate.

My college roommate and I bunked our beds. She took the bottom and put a curtain up around her space, and my top bunk was above eye level. Voilà, semi-privacy.

I have a problem associating names with faces, unless I spend a lot of time with people—-and even then, if I haven’t seen them in years, chances are good I don’t remember their names, or don’t want to anyway, if they were assholes to me. So situations like this are extremely awkward for me, and I usually try not to let them see me.

interviews are the worst! Having someone stare at you while you're having to "sell" yourself and your skills

Is this man squatting and drinking milk out of a bag with a straw???

You mean talking a lot of b******t and acting like you like people you actually can’t stand, just to get ahead.

I have agoraphobia, I never WANT to leave my house

If they’re natural and spontaneous they’re not a problem, especially if the conversation then flows organically. If they’re forced and fake, f**k no.

I’m glad my husband proposed to me in private. If he’d ever publicly put me on the spot like that, I would never have married him. Respect the other person’s sense of privacy and never put them in such an uncomfortable position, ever. If you can’t do that, you don’t deserve to be married, because marriage is based on trust. That includes trusting the other person to never make you uncomfortable or embarrass you, ESPECIALLY in public.

My spoons are depleted! Let me gooooooo!

Do that to me, and i'l be exiting the same door i entered 10 seconds later, i really really don't like surprise parties to me, or any other type of party for that matter.

Literally my worst nightmare. Been in a relationship for 27 years. But I will not ever ever EVER get married. Mostly for this reason.