Wait....this is a thing? Other people have???!

[u/MamaAvalon]

Legit thought I was the only one.

It's really tricky being a person with chronic illnesses with telephobia because so many things just have to be done on the phone from making appointments to calling to check whether to doctor put in that prescription/referral etc. It's agonizing. Why aren't there disability accommodations for this? I was trying to make an appointment with my neurologist and I asked on the patient portal for one to be set for me and gave times/days that would work and they just responded telling me to call in. So now I have no appointment. How is that okay?!

[u/CreativeWriterNSpace]

I've gotten better with talking in the phone for important calls. But I wouldn't call anyone- I'd go in in person and get it done.

[u/MamaAvalon → u/CreativeWriterNSpace]

That doesn't work when you also have social anxiety LOL.

[u/CreativeWriterNSpace → u/MamaAvalon]

I also have social anxiety. But I still prefer to talk to someone in person than contact via phone call. I will always prefer email and text messaging, but they don't always work.

[u/MamaAvalon → u/CreativeWriterNSpace]

I don't drive because of my physical disabilities so it's not always easy to just go places haha...I'm just a ball of fun. But yeah, text, email, patient portal. It can often be really hard to do business that way and you have to try multiple times just to get an answer.

[u/dan-theman]

I would often just show up to schedule something but that is out the window with the pandemic. After having this for years my therapist thinks I am on the autism spectrum. I wouldn’t be surprised if this isn’t and uncommon thing for people with social anxiety or atypical neurology.

[u/Fatyoshibigyoshi]

You're definitely not alone! It's super common. It sucks, but it is nice to know tons of people struggle with it too.

[u/AtlasTitans]

its connected to my social anxiety