How to overcome phone shyness..

What Causes Phone Shyness?

There may be as many reasons for phone shyness as there are people who suffer from it. Maybe you had a bad experience with receiving harassing phone calls from a significant other, or got yelled at a lot over the phone at a customer service job, and the thought of being on the phone has become associated with stress and negativity.

Most commonly, though, phone shyness simply comes down to how limited it is as a form of communication. When we speak to people face-to-face, our gestures, body language, and especially our facial expressions play a huge role in getting across what we have to say. On the phone, however, we are forced to communicate through our voices alone. This can create a lot of pressure: Will I remember what I want to say? Will I speak clearly and will they understand what I’m trying to get across or find out? This is especially the case if there’s something about your voice you don’t like or that makes you hard to understand; maybe you mumble, have a speech impediment, talk too fast, speak too softly, or sound like a woman or a prepubescent teen when in fact you’re a grown man.