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FYI: I ****LOATHE**** the telephone. So I procrastinate heavily on any and all calls I have to make. ::hugs fandom people:: sorry about that.

Part of it is that I think I have horrible phone voice, another is that I think I have a horrible voice, in general, and the sheer physical fact of a phone makes me all the more aware that I am *speaking*. Part of how I got over my fear of communicating badly is to be totally oblivious to the fact that I am possibly making a fool of myself; and thus part of what I'm making myself oblivious to is the fact that my voice is making sounds.

Dunno if I'm the only one like this.

Thoughts?

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I used to hate talking on the phone because I never knew how to fill awkward silences. There's no escape and you can't key off of body language or anything. And then my job forced (and still forces) me to use the phone as my primary means of contact with people. So what I did, at least for work and a bit for friends and family, is plan out how I would start the conversation and have a very definite purpose in mind.

My only problem is that I still don't like just chatting on the phone, unless I actually have something to say. Heh.

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So what I did, at least for work and a bit for friends and family, is plan out how I would start the conversation and have a very definite purpose in mind.

YES! exactly! I have to do that too! With a list by me and everything (thing is, sometimes in lectures and stuff I have to do this anyway too before I speak up so I don't tangent horribly...)