Is it normal i hate answering emails?

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It's not just procrastination, putting things off as long as necessary. I just find the task of replying to emails so daunting, regardless of their length. Whether I have an answer in my head immediately or not, I read the message and then leave it. I click away and ignore it for as long as is socially acceptable... sometimes more. Sometimes I never answer at all.

It makes people quite mad, if they're not being polite and acting like it doesn't matter. It's very difficult to put a finger on how I feel, but when I'm confronted with an email, I feel so much dread to have to face it. When I have lots of messages, I get really nervous and agitated. But when I get to doing it its not difficult at all, and if I put it off for a very long time I feel a bit guilty.

I'm the kind of person who likes to understand the reason for all my reactions, behaviors and thoughts, so I psychoanalyze the heck put of myself, and I can usually get to the bottom of it. But with this, I just can't seem to understand why I find replying to emails so I'm quite an introvert and do prefer to be alone much of the time, which could be part of it.

If anyone has the same problem or has any ideas as to why such a simple task daunts me so much, I'd love to hear from you!
Thanks for reading :)

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  • Shrunk
    11 years ago

    I didn't know people still use emails that much heh... but I know what you mean, for formal emails it does take me forever to make it sound just right, not too formal as to be snippy and not too demanding... even when it's only like 3 lines long. I guess it's one of those things where the anticipation of what you'll have to go through is enough to block any motivation for writing it even if that is the easy part

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  • kittylitter101
    11 years ago

    I really only put off answering emails if the person is bothering me, if it's long, or if there's been a lot of them.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    Me too. The whole thing is just people trying to sell me stuff.

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    What about writing actual letters?

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    • Silivrin1
      11 years ago

      I don't usually write letters, or receive any either (shame, isn't it?). If I do sit down to write an initiating letter, I would have proper motivation behind it and therefore would make more of a conscious effort. If it comes to replying to a letter with a letter, then the effort is much bigger so the task becomes much more dreadful.

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      • Shackleford96
        11 years ago

        Yeah, writing letters is almost a lost art.

        So it seems like you would get the same sort of anxiousness then. That is why I asked, I just wondered if it would be any different.

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  • thanksforthefreecar
    11 years ago

    I like emailing though, it's so easy

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  • conviews
    11 years ago

    the cats will do it but the dogs they wont

    anyway someone is trying to steal my wife now

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  • dinz
    11 years ago

    Yeah I get so many emails and I struggle to keep track of them. It's go to a point where I made and use a couple of email templates and use the out of office function to buy me more time.

    I did once reply back to an email by sending a reply via snail post.

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    Same here, but sometimes depends on the person and subject. I once got a email in early/mid April and waited about one or two months to reply.

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  • BohemianBridgette
    11 years ago

    Oh God, I do the exact same thing. One of my friends moved and no longer lives in the states, so we email, but his are SOOOOOO long filled with videos, and pictures, and links that I usually stall for a few days. It's definitely something I avoid doing as well.

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