Yeah, I avoid it whenever possible. I don't think I'm entirely unjustified in my worries - I have no friends and my experience is that when someone comes looking or calling for me personally, it's not going to be benign.

 

lol i don't like opening doors, at least your from Cornwall its beautiful over there compared to polluted London lol.

 

Nah the door offers me sufficient enough protection from the person while I have a look at who's there through the peephole. What are you hiding from exactly? Just curious if you think the person will hurt you or what..

 

Yeah that's exactly how I used to feel and react to the door bell. And it was exactly the same when the phone rang. When I didn't expect a visit or a phone call I just couldn't answer.

 

Before today I would have answered "no" to this and yet while I was walking passed the door this-morning, my housemate came home and tried to open the door but it was locked. I was right there, all I had to do was open if for him and instead I bolted upstairs. I got about 3/4 of the way up then stopped, realising what I was doing and realising how ridiculous it was but he had unlocked it by then so I had to make sure he didn't see me and realise how rude I had been.

It was an almost subconscious decision to not unlock it for him and it worries me.

 

I used to be like this when i was younger like 5 years ago but then i grew out of it

 

I used to do this when I had my own apartment and lived in a town where I didn't knew anyone. Now I don't have one.

 

I grew up doing this, since my mother was also afraid to answer the door. Needless to say I'm still the same... I'm not as bad now though since it's typically just parcel deliveries or one of my housemates friends.

 

I sometimes do this. A few years ago my landlord came to the door when I was not expecting or wanting to see any people, so I hid out of sight of the front window. He circled around to the back door and I adjusted to hide in the blind spots of each window as he passed them like it was some sort of stealth video game. I felt so ashamed and pathetic, I knew I'd hit a new low.

 

if I'm not expecting someone then I can't answer the door.

That's me.

 

When it knocks unexpectedly on my door, my heart starts beating really fast and I get flushed. I usually open it, though. My hands often shake a bit afterwards.

 

No I outright ignore it
Usually
Unless my parents make me answer it
But if I'm by myself I will not answer it generally becauase I am terrified.

 

Yeah, I hide sometimes. I never open it either. I think it's from hearing stories of people's houses getting broken into in the city I live in. Odds are small, but still. Plus no one legitimate that I know ever comes over.

 

Talking to the majority of people makes me nervous so, naturally, not answering the door to them is one of my many aversive behaviours. The phone is a greater enemy though!! Hearing/picking up the phone -> stress response -> scrambled brains & decreased attention + bad hearing + dodgy phone line -> looking like a ****. Unless it's someone I'm comfortable with ofc.

 

yeah it happened to me two days ago when my mum's friend came over, mum didn't let me hide so i had to go into the kitchen and meet her, i hate talking to people because they always ask questions - she asked about school and stuff, it was really awkward at first because i just stood there and she stared at me and i didnt know how to act but i survived it. apparently she turned red when she saw me i couldn't see properly,

 

This happens to me all the time o.o In fact I won't even answer the door if I see it's someone I don't know. Could be the mail main, police officer, anyone and I wouldn't answer it.

 

I generally answer the door, tbh it very rarely happens anyway. However when I can hear my neighbours in the communal area outside my flat I'm petrified of stepping out in case I have to chat to them.

 

I just did this about an hour ago. Someone rang the doorbell and I am sitting right there with the tv on so obviously I am home. But I froze and then snuck upstairs to peek out. It was two people with a clipboard and when they left they looked at the house and wrote something down. Now I will wonder forever who they were and what they wanted, and what they wrote down, and will they come back. Ahhh!

 

Same here, especially if it's a stranger with a parcel because I hate signing for things. Window cleaners are even worse, I hid in the toilet for 2 hours one time just so they didn't see me. Sounds so pathetic.

 

No you are not. I don't answer it either.

 

I'm the same. I drop to the floor and hide, or tip toe away and stand there panicking. If my windows were wide open and I feel they saw me, I suck it up and open it.

 

lol it depends if I know what it is then I will answer. Like if I'm expecting a package or something. Otherwise I stand completely motionless till they go away. Or tiptoe away to where I'm sure they won't see me and stand completely motionless. But if there are other people around then I answer it. I can't hide from the door with other people watching. =(

 

If it's a package I know has got to be signed, then I man up and answer the door. Otherwise, I'll just retreat from the window and stand around until I think they're gone.

 

I never answer the door to strangers, but I'm usually always in my room at the back of the house so I check out my dad's bedroom window to make sure whoever it is has gone. I'll hide if they can see I'm inside, like hide round the corner of our kitchen from the view of the front door, or hide behind the living room door if I'm downstairs. If I know I'm expecting something in the post (that has actually sort of helped), then I'll sign for it, but usually I wait until it's left in the porch.

If it's my uncle (who I'm not very close to) visiting, I'll answer to him. Or my brother (again, who I'm not very close to) when he visits at Christmas.

I don't like if when I get a knock on my bedroom door from my family however, as I hate being disturbed in my room. I don't mind being spoken to if the door is open or I'm not in here, but in my room, I get tetchy and shout at them to get out if they try to open the door. Old teenage habit I still have...

 

I always make my brother open the door!