I hate the telephone. I never answer. For one, nobody ever calls me, so what's the point. If I want to contact someone I'll use email.
I also hate leaving messages. >.<
I'm afraid I'll say something really dumb from being nervous.

Hahaha oh god messages are the worst for me! I always end up getting nervous and start talking to much then I start going on about something completly unrelated and then I get tounge tied and make a complete fool out of myself LOL

Me too have this same problem before. Its not that I don't know the language, its because I don't know how to overcome this phobia that only develope since I migrate here in US. In my country I am always on the phone. Spending 2-3 hours talking non-sense. I know its crazy, but that was my elementary and highschool years. Anyways, yeah I hate answering the phone here in US coz I was thinking I might choke in words that I can't express exactly what I mean, and I was also afraid that the person on the other line won't understand what I'm talking about. But that was before though now I'm done with it.

the problem that I really facing in regard to phone is: "I really hate calling people, I preffer text message-ing them." I just don't want calling them in there busy sched. That is why before I call them I send a text message asking them if they are busy or not. But there are people I really know likes me to call them even though they are busy. They just like me bugging them and I don't know why.

And now since I have free night and weekeends. At night time, me and a friend of mine are always on the phone utill we fall asleep leaving the phone-line on 3-4 hours. Sometimes when I wake up I could hear his snore on the other line. *winkz*

Yep, I hate answering phones, especially if they're not mine... for example, in our music office, I won't know who's calling and I'll have to answer politely.... argh... I just let it ring

sometimes my mouth goes dry, and I have a hard time swallowing when I have to call someone unfamiliar.... it's weird. sometimes it's bad and I slur my words at first. Maybe performance anxiety? It's pathetic.

When I was young I thought I was the only one that had this kind of phobia! So I thought I was weird and it made me feel bad, until I found out later that I wasn't the only one uncomfortable with phone calls.. but my family makes fun of me not making phone calls a lot. People get mad at me for not picking up sometimes too. I guess because I'm so used to no one really calling me so I forget about my phone sometimes. I get nervous calling people I know or familiar with, than strangers(like business). Once I walked around my house for a whole hour deciding if I should call a friend of mine or not, and what should I talk about lol.. it was sooo bad, I was nervous and sweating. I think this phobia developed because I used to avoid phonecalls from certain people, and my friends used to say I was boring on the phone and other bad experiences like those big long silences(I'm always thinking that I'm boring the other person). I used to have a job at picking up the phone.. it was horrible! I think that made it worse. I still don't like the phone very much(anxiety about what to say,etc).. but I think by exposing myself to it more and slowly, the fear is lessening. I played an online game with a guy, and he tried to open me up and talked to me on a voice chat program(ventrilo)... so because of that I'm able to talk to him easily on the phone too after awhile. I'm kind of practicing with him lol, he knows I have a phone phobia A few days ago, I had my first phone convo that lasted for 4-5 hours wow. They usually only ever lasted 5min.

Already since I have been doing better I made one phone call to try to find out why internet service was down. I was fairly pushy, but thought I was pretty nice. The person who answered didn't know anything at all . Just that it was down.

I very comfortable talking on the phone. If I talk to a girl on the phone she will be able to tolerate me but if I see her in real life she'll walk away in no time.

hmm that's wierd. I'm kind of the opposite. I'd be more comfortable face to face with the other person and talking, then on the phone. On the phone I can't see them, whereas face to face I can see their reactions/body language. Like if they are smiling, sad, uncomfortable, etc.

Yes! I hate talking on the phone. >_<"

When it rings, my mother or father will say to me, "Quick! Get it!"
I never do. Instead, I'll grab the phone, press the button and run it to them.

When people ask for my phone number, I'll give them my email address. But, if they somehow manage to get it off me and tell me that they'll call me later, I'll leave it off on purpose.