Do Telephone Calls Make You Anxious? You’re Not Alone

Psychology Today | 29.06.2026 19:08
We’re all busy and have trouble keeping up with calls and voicemails. But a phenomenon called telephobia shifts phone call anxiety to a much higher order of magnitude. We’re familiar with phobias of heights, spiders, crowded rooms, airplanes, and so on, but “fear of phones”? You may have never heard of it, but it’s real, and growing.