[Kate*]

YES, it's better since I've been on medication (for anxiety and depression in general, not just for this), but I still hate doing it. I'll try every other possible method of contact before calling, and put it off unless it HAS to be done. It's better with places I've called before, or if something happens like when my student loan payment was suddenly increased to more than I could afford for no reason... I immediately picked up the phone and called to figure it out. I guess because I was more anxious over the situation I was calling about than the call itself. And at work it's not as bad. There's a certain way we have to answer, and I only have to take calls I have answers to and there's no putting it off because you're scared.