In almost every moment of our lives, we have come to do our communication from the phones at hand. With the pandemic period, we once again understood how important it is to communicate as humanity and the phones that facilitate this communication. For communication, we either text or make a date phone call.
There are also people who cannot carry this communication beyond messaging. It’s actually a phobia, and it’s called phonophobia. If you also hesitate to make calls to order or to contact your family and friends, if this is a big problem for you, you may have a phobia of Telefonophobia.
Those with phoneophobia get nervous every time they call.
Telephonephobia is the reluctance, fear, and avoidance of making and receiving phone calls. It is common in people with social anxiety disorder. You may hate the phone, although this hate can be seen in connection with phoneophobia, it does not always mean that you have this phobia.
People with telephonophobia prefer texting and emailing rather than communicating via calls. Even the thought of ordering food over the phone can increase their nervousness, so they may call others on the phone to order and constantly look for alternative ways to avoid doing so.
It has also been observed that some people with telophobia do not use a phone and have never owned a phone before.
You may have been subjected to a bad joke or bullying on the phone.
As with any phobia, there may be a bad experience on the phone that the person had in his childhood. Examples of these bad experiences are being bullied on the phone, being tricked by phone pranks, and any event involving a phone. Even a horror story with a phone in it can affect a person’s subconscious.
If it is below the causes of telenophobia encountered in adulthood; What the other party will think of the person on the phone, how the person’s tone is, and the person’s placing too much emphasis on the quality of their sentences. Any person can have these thoughts, but when these thoughts go beyond obsession, they can cause problems for the person. In addition, it is thought that a bad news received from the phone may reveal this phobia.
Even the thought of ordering food over the phone makes them nervous.
Some emotional symptoms of phone anxiety; giving up making calls, not answering calls, being extremely nervous before and during a call, feeling like you don’t know what to say during a phone call, having thoughts of disturbing the other person, and not being able to order something from the phone. In addition to these emotional complaints, physical symptoms such as nausea, heart palpitations and dry mouth can also be seen.
If you have telophobia, you are not alone.
Thousands of people around the world have this phobia. In fact, a survey study was conducted in the United Kingdom on this subject. According to this survey conducted in the United Kingdom, office workers are 76% of millennials, 40% of the generation before millennials; it was found that they felt anxious when their phone rang, and 61% of Gen Z people avoided making and answering phone calls.
So, how to deal with telephobia?
First of all, the person should understand that the phone is a device that he will need throughout his life and that it is a communication tool that he should love. You can start tackling your phobia by identifying what worries you about the phone call. In addition, it is said that one of the most effective ways in telephonophobia is to make more calls. You can try to overcome your phobia by calling your loved ones on the phone and talking to customer representatives. Before doing these, we recommend that you get professional support and act with expert advice.
So, what do you think about contacting by phone? Are there people around you who hesitate to make calls?
Sources: The Conversation, Fear Of, Very Well Mind
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