Support for Minerva

Yeah @tyme for some reason i have huge anxiety around making phone calls. It’s bizarrew

Join the club @Minerva ! I don't like phones... I mean, I do it, but I don't like it. I also have a lot of anxiety around calls, so that's totally understandable.

Hence I'm here on text-based communication!

Now it's about finding what works for you if phones don't 🙂

@tyme it helps if I have someone with me if I have phone , and I am ok with making phone calls for other people and weirdly can do video conferencing if I have time to settle my head.

any tips?

Hey @Minerva ,

For me, I do a lot of self-talk. I literally take deep breaths before a call and just dial the number. After working on phone lines, including SANE, I still find I need to take deep breaths!

I recognise phones are not for everyone, and that's okay too.

When things moved from f2f to telehealth during covid, it took some time to get used to. Then once it moved to phone, it was awkward. After a few sessions (quite a few), it got easier... then my psychologist decided to start zoom f2f, so that was another step!

I seems like every new mode I use needs time to get used to, but I'm certainly most comfy via text.

Hello @Minerva , how are you doing today 😊

@tyme , @ArraDreaming , @MermaidHair

Hey @Minerva , what's been happening? Haven't heard from you for a while. Looking forward to hearing from you. (well... looking forward to reading your posts).