打电话恐惧

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I will happily send fifty text 我宁愿发五十条

messages to avoid making one phone call. 短信，也不想打一通电话。

If my phone rings and I don't know the number, 要是手机响了，还是个陌生号码，

my heart actually jumps a little. 我心里真的会咯噔一下。

For a long time I thought I was being silly. 有很长一段时间，我都觉得自己太小题大做了。

It's just a phone call. 不就是打个电话嘛。

But a lot of people my age feel exactly the same way. 但其实很多同龄人也完全是这种感觉。

With a text, you get to think, edit, choose your words. 发信息的话，你还能想想、改改、斟酌一下措辞。

A call is live, unscripted, 打电话却是即时的，没法打草稿，

with no delete button, and that's the scary part. 也没有撤回键，这才是最可怕的地方。

Still, I've noticed that the calls I dread the most 不过我也发现，那些我最害怕的电话，

are usually over in three minutes and completely fine. 通常三分钟就讲完了，而且完全没什么事。

The fear is almost always bigger than the thing itself. 那种恐惧感往往远大于事情本身。

So lately, when I really need 所以最近，每当我真有事情

to sort something out, I just call. 需要赶紧解决时，我就直接打过去。

It's faster, and the dread never lasts. 这样更快，而且那种害怕的感觉根本持续不了多久。