Also the desire to regard himself as an otherwise confident person (even superior to the majority!) seems to be very strong:
> In many polls, people list their number one fear as “public speaking”, beating out “death” by some margin. Not me.
Perhaps for this reason the fear of talking to a stranger must be so strongly suppressed.
Personally, I also often feel uncomfortable when accepting a call from an unknown number, but I try to lean into the pain and pick up nevertheless. I actually think of my phone as something like a therapeutic device that allows me to practice talking to strangers and little by little the feeling of uncomfortableness will fade away...
> In many polls, people list their number one fear as “public speaking”, beating out “death” by some margin. Not me.
Perhaps for this reason the fear of talking to a stranger must be so strongly suppressed.
Personally, I also often feel uncomfortable when accepting a call from an unknown number, but I try to lean into the pain and pick up nevertheless. I actually think of my phone as something like a therapeutic device that allows me to practice talking to strangers and little by little the feeling of uncomfortableness will fade away...