tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post3358608574301671423..comments2023-09-09T08:58:16.226-05:00Comments on Deepest Darkest Thoughts: Just Another DayTrueselfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04376379968984585345noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-26990270730542362012007-08-10T16:51:00.000-05:002007-08-10T16:51:00.000-05:00I get the same way on the phone, but it's not as b...I get the same way on the phone, but it's not as bad as yours. I am SUPER shy too...so that does not help. I wonder what does cause it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-19106485648004489682007-08-10T11:55:00.000-05:002007-08-10T11:55:00.000-05:00I know all about the vagaries of name-pronunciatio...I know all about the vagaries of name-pronunciation. My 'real' surname is really quite simple - 5 letters, Anglo-Saxon, but something like 90% of the people who call us 'cold' on the phone pronounce it wrong.<BR/><BR/>And, when I say my name to people, I always spell it for them, and 3/4 of them have already written the standard spelling error (our name has a long 'a', and they invariably want Desmond Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829959101276150279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-53590340330909530342007-08-10T07:26:00.000-05:002007-08-10T07:26:00.000-05:00Al - Yes he is a great man, and it's good advice. ...Al - Yes he is a great man, and it's good advice. I took all of it last night except the chocolate part.<BR/><BR/>Fiona - It is intriguing to me too. I would much rather talk to someone face to face than on the phone. That's part of it, but only part. Meeting a group of women I've never met before is okay because 1) we're all there for the same reason, 2) I can choose to speak up when I want Trueselfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376379968984585345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-21877468997848933652007-08-10T00:28:00.000-05:002007-08-10T00:28:00.000-05:00TS, I used to be like you with the phone thing. I...TS, I used to be like you with the phone thing. I based it on my crippling shyness. But it's truly intriguing to me how you can so easily go to meetings with a group of women you have never met before and have no problem with all that entails, and yet can't handle a routine and non-threatening phone call. Have you ever explored what's behind this?Fionahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00727596416170770024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964040.post-87592343141150271982007-08-09T20:12:00.000-05:002007-08-09T20:12:00.000-05:00A GREAT Man (**snort**) wrote this in the comments...A GREAT Man (**snort**) wrote this in the comments a couple posts ago...and I quote:<BR/><BR/>"Stop. Breathe. Masturbate (always works for me!!!). Chocolate helps.<BR/><BR/>Everything will be there when you get back. Then choose ONE thing. Do just THAT! (I don't CARE how many things you have to do. Only do ONE!) Call it good. Heavily reward yourself. Repeat tomorrow and successive days until Al Laddinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394348512930627089noreply@blogger.com