oh I have a massive phone phobia.... I'm at the stage that if my landline goes I just ignore it .... if anyone I know really needs me they know to call my mobile anyway.. and when it comes to making calls... oh my... unless it's uber important I put it off for days and days

I have a post phobia too.... but the mail kind..... I usually leave it for days before I open it.. I never open post over the weekend unless it's a letter from someone I'm expecting.... if it's something that needs addressing I know I can't do it over the weekend anyhow so it wait's until Monday morning..... I don't have bills coming in as they are all paid by direct debit so it's not like I'm avoiding bills... I've been like this since living on my own.... just a fear of getting bad news through the post I presume.. same with the phone calls..... both these things stress me to high heaven and I so wish I could just get over them... such simple things others take for granted but which fill me with dread :(

I have a curling iron phobia. I cut my hair really short so they can't even suggest it anymore.

I have a phone phobia too thank god for caller ID or l'd never answer it pre-meds l had a post/mail phobia too and would leave them unopened for weeks when l was very unwell...oh my bank loved me.

So having a posting phobia is not dumb its part of the joy of living with bp, hopefully it will get better for you over time.

I'm very agoraphobic here.....have trouble going to new places, hell or just leaving the house to go to place I have already been too.

It's getting worse as I get older the pdoc told me it would and that if I let if I will be a prisoner of my very own bedroom.....his exact words to me!

So I push outside my comfort zone and take my klonopin and breath alot............it's good that you posted and stepped outside your comfort zone!! That is a huge step in the right direction....kudos!! I hope to see you on the boards more now*hugs*

Captain,
I used to have a phobia of posting, being around people, talking to strangers and picking up the phone and found out it was social anxiety. Since being treated for anxiety I don't suffer from this anymore.

But let me add, your reply on my post regarding SSDI was very helpful!!! I hope you keep replying and sharing your experiences with us. It seems you have some good stuff to offer!

Thank you so much.

I have some agoraphobia as well and a social phobia.... I'm not shut down completely but have to really push myself to get out and once out I can hardly wait to get back
I do not like being out socially unless I'm just with one or two people that I know really well and I don't go far or for a very long period
I'm fortunate that the people that are closest to me are very understanding and accepting of my ways

It seems Phone Phobia is pretty common .

I also have a phone phobia !
And fear of flying
And fear of the future
And fear of public places
And And And .....

:)

I have a phobia of making phone calls too. It's very difficult for me to talk to some one over the phone. I think it makes me nervous because I can't read facial expressions.

When I first moved into my apartment, I was afraid that the wall mounted mirror was an iterrogation mirror/window where the neighbor could look into my apartment and was spying on me, and I worried that there were surveillance cameras hidden int he house, or that the landlord was secretly listening to me from the laundry room right next to my apartment. When I am driving down the streets, I used to worry that satellites were taking pictures of me, or that the street cameras were watching me, so I would put my visor down to cover my face. I also get very worried that people are judging me and gossiping about me behind my back and think bad things about me. I just chalk it up to my psychologically abusive childhood experiences where I was reprimanded and judged for even thinking a certain way, and the people around me actually WERE watching me and judging.

Living in the day and age where our telecommunications ARE being spied on doesn't help quell the phobia, either, only adds to it, because it is INDEED a reality!

And you know, all throughout my life, people have judged me and gossipped about me and rejected me, so it is a reality I've had to live with, so I don't think it's that unrealistic to have that fear.

Hahahahaha!!!!

I have such bad phone phobia, I have to write down everything I want to say and then read from it.
(This only concerns 'business calls', where I pretty much know what's going to be said.)
I have to have my name, address, and phone number written down and in front of me. Without it, I'm too anxious to think of the correct information.

I can talk to my mom and my daughter with just a little bit of anxiety, but with anyone else, it's high anxiety time, all the way!!!

My last phone bill was $4.82. LOL!!!

I have agoraphobia, but it's limited to being out side my house on my own property.

I pay to have my lawn cut and my gutters cleaned -- jobs I used to do myself.
When I'm out there, I feel like my neighbors are watching and judging me.
(The question is, why would I care, even if they WERE!!!!? LOL!!)

And I'm terrified of spiders.

But that's realistic.
Anyone who can't tell that spiders are evil and dangerous doesn't have two licks of sense!!!!

Euglen your neighbours are looking at you...They keep clicking that button to see ya naked!!!!!

Good Lord!!!!

Now that you mention it, I HAVE been naked every time I've stepped outside my door!!!!

Do you think that has anything to do with them looking at me!!!?

(Not to mention the 'passing judgement'!!! LOL!!!)

Eulen for Queen of the Block!!!