No exercises today — this is a lifestyle episode.

And today’s topic is one of the biggest enemies of Spasmodic Dysphonia:

The phone.

If you have a voice disorder, the phrase “give me a call” can feel like a threat.

In this episode, I tell a real-life story about dealing with eBay customer service, a missing Bar Bingo championship belt case, a mystery shipping company, forced callbacks, spam-call settings, and the kind of stressful phone conversation that can make a Spasmodic Dysphonia voice go completely sideways.

The bigger point is how phone calls affect people with Spasmodic Dysphonia, dysphonia, speech issues, or voice disorders — especially when we are already frustrated, emotional, misunderstood, or forced into a situation where texting or email would have worked better.

Sometimes the best sentence is: ...