Is it normal, to despise the sound of your voice?

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When I talk to myself, my voice sounds soft and a little deep, which I like. However, I've heard my voice on recordings and I fucking hate it. Apparently, your recorded voice is your real voice. I wish this wasn't so. No joke, but it sounds as if someone was hitting a fucking bell. It is high pitched, feminine, loud, could be likened to a stereotypical gay man, and is extremely annoying. There used to be home audio recordings of me screaming/yelling. The sheer decibels and texture to my voice were deeply unnerving and upsetting to me. Absolutely godawful. If the military wanted to invest in sound warfare, they could use my voice as it would lay waste to everything that heard it.

Keeping this in mind, it surprises me that I have even been the object of admirer's affections. How could my voice not deter them?

Anyway, I wish that I could change my voice and get something more gender-neutral and a lot less annoying. Is it normal that I despise my voice so?

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Based on 34 votes (29 yes)
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  • Tommythecat.
    9 years ago

    My voice is smooth like a purrrrrr.

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  • plainsight90
    9 years ago

    Normal. I've heard a lot of people say the same things as everyone here.

    I'm a female and my voice sounds sorta deep. I've gotten over it. It is what it is.

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  • donotmockme
    9 years ago

    I usually hate my voice too but I get compliments on it. It's really odd to receive compliments on a voice but many have said it's sexy. I don't personally see it but hey.

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  • Cuntsiclestick
    9 years ago

    I dislike mine as well. I usually just talk with a slightly higher pitch when I'm at work.

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  • gorillaphant
    9 years ago

    How is this not common knowledge? Most people hate their recorded voices as they sound different to us from what we think we sound like.

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  • RoseIsabella
    9 years ago

    It's normal for most people to be uncomfortable with the sound of their recorded voice. I used to be uncomfortable with the sound of my voice as well because it was always so deep, even as a little girl. However, I got used to and eventually learned to love the sound of my voice of my recorded voice because I used to work in radio broadcasting.

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  • Aliceee93
    9 years ago

    I hate my voice over recordings too, but tbh I trust what my ears hear my voice as, not recordings ;).

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