Communication Anxiety
I hate talking on the phone. I especially hate calling people on the phone. I have to work up my courage to call even my best friends and I do so by rehearsing at least the beginning of the conversation in my head and making mental notes of things to talk about in order to fend off the silences that cannot, in phone conversations, be filled with food, drink, activities, or body language.
(This doesn't mean you shouldn't call me if you want to talk to me, by the way, just that I might be awkward while I negotiate my anxieties about talking on the phone and that I might not call you as often you think I should.)
(This doesn't mean you shouldn't call me if you want to talk to me, by the way, just that I might be awkward while I negotiate my anxieties about talking on the phone and that I might not call you as often you think I should.)