I'm the same way. I'm thinking about ordering pizza right now but I don't want to call.

i can never leave messages it just makes me feel wierd

oh lol. I leave the most hilarious messages. Funny to the point where a few of my friends wouldn't answer the phone when I called until I'd left one of my rambling and fairly silly messages and then right when I'm like, oh yeah, and I had a real reason to call you but I forgot... and then they answer the phone. I have whole one-sided conversations with the machine until the time runs out sometimes. Like if I have a lot I want to talk about with that person, I'll discuss it with the machine. I've had people play back my phone messages to me sometimes and I even make myself laugh. And I totally don't do it on purpose either. I think I would die if I tried to leave a concise phone message. The best I can do is to say what I need to say and then rephrase it or repeat it twice. It's kind of a pain sometimes.

I don't really care for phones myself. That along with the fact that usually, when not typing, I tend to have super short conversations with people. Something like. Hi, and Bye...

If people don't ask me questions or something then that is usally the end of the conversation.

Yea am not a big phone person myself. If I call anyone its usually just a hallo, your in. ok all be there in a min.

and btw Skorian welcome hear also I did catch your other two posts from the other sight Glad you made an account hear

yay I thought I was one of the only ones who found phone calls not that great LOL I didn't realize it was an actual phobia though

I just get real nervous when I know that I have to call some and always put it off for as long as I can, it could even be my one good mate who I'm ringing by as the phone is ringing I'm like real nervous and I think I should just hang up

Its very strange ain't it? How you can talk so much on a forum but notbe able to say that much in person

Yea am not a big phone person myself. If I call anyone its usually just a hallo, your in. ok all be there in a min.

and btw Skorian welcome hear also I did catch your other two posts from the other sight Glad you made an account hear

Other site?

I actually have a very good history with phones, in spite of the fact that I've had lots of bad memories with them. But during the time when I only had online friends, when they began calling me, they really began to take on reality. One in particular, I ended up calling with all my problems and doubts, and tended to essentially report in to her on how I was doing socially. She gave me the courage to go ahead and try to be something different, and I could whine to her anytime I needed it.

I'm grateful. And it was all possible because of the telephone

I am so frightened of phones. My family thinks I'm crazy. I almost always refuse to pick up unless I'm in a really good mood. I had no way to get to school one day, so I figured I'd call one of my classmates that lived nearby for a ride. I couldn't hit send, and I ended up not going to class that day. It's pretty lame. The thought of awkward silences, wrong numbers, and the lack of body language is simply way too much for me to handle. Oddly enough, instant messages don't bother me at all.

I was soo frightened of the phone or any kind of social interaction a few years ago, but as i started my job answering the phone was part of it... it took me a good month or so before i could properly take a call.. but even now i dont like gabbing on the phone, try and keep it short n sweet. Also I too cannot abide talking to an answer-machine and refuse to leave messages even when im at work.