ADHD Giving Me Voice Training Trouble

[Reyes]

Okay so I have ADHD, one aspect of which is my mind takes things too literally a good portion of the time. An example of which is my dad constantly jokes around and more then half the time I don't realize that till my sister calls me an idiot.

Anyway, because of this little issue, whenever I watch any of these voice training videos, or read anything, they always go on about feeling your voice and imagine moving it to the back of your throat. And I just sit here going, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT MEANS. lol

But yeah, I'm almost 6 months into taking hrt and I still have no idea how to change my voice. So I finally realized I could ask on here today, so I am.

If anyone on this site maybe has ADHD as well and deals with the same literal problem, how did you manage to get voice training done?

[Complete]

So l don't have ADHD, so maybe what l have to say won't help. But....when I watch those voice training videos l have no idea what they are talking about either. When l was first attempting to alter my voice there was no internet,  no voice therapy that l could find and l was essentially on my own.
What l did was pick a celebrity on tv. I happened to choose Dolly Parton.
Pick some one you like and copy them.

[Dena]

What they are attempting to describe is tensing the muscles between your larynx and your jaw. The are the same muscles in you neck that you use when you swallow. You can check this by lightly feeling your larynx and it will move up when you do either of these actions. Then it becomes a matter of matching the speech patterns of a woman. News announcers are a often a good source of examples.

[OU812]

I'm not in this category either, but you want to work by mimicry. I've seen many cases where someone tried to produce a specific sound, and just couldn't, unless someone was modelling it for them - then their brain made the connection, and they were able to. Eventually, with practice, their brain remembers how do it without the sound being modelled.

Zhea Rose on youtube is a good example. She has a 2 minute video where she gradually models the shift vowel placement and larynx adjustment. If you have nobody IRL to work with, try her.