All my life I've been accused of mumbling. I've also despised my voice my whole life.
A lower voice is the change I'm most looking forward to with testosterone therapy.
I wonder if the mumbling is directly related to me hating my voice.
Do you have this experience? And if you now have a lower voice, do you still mumble or get accused of mumbling?
Quote from: MacG on March 22, 2015, 01:48:18 PM
All my life I've been accused of mumbling. I've also despised my voice my whole life.
A lower voice is the change in most looking forward to with testosterone therapy.
I wonder if the mumbling is directly related to me hating my voice.
Do you have this experience? And if you now have a lower voice, do you still mumble or get accused of mumbling?
I find myself having to repeat often because my voice is, according to most, very low.
I just tend to not say much bcos I hate my voice.
My voice is quite a bit lower, but has no resonance...so it always seems like I am mumbling or speaking too quietly. When I do need to amplify my voice for some reason, the pitch is uncomfortable and kind of gives me a sore throat. I try to avoid talking when I can ;D
I have been told I mumble but there are times when I think others are mumbling. It is hard to say if it is really my voice or just the people listening ear's not working to my voice frequency.
For a long time I mumbled because I thought it made my voice sound deeper, or at least made it less noticeable how high my voice was. Now that it's naturally lower, I think I still talk a little bit quiet, but not quite mumbling. And I think that's just from mumbling for so long anyways, so maybe it's just my way of gradually growing out of it.
Speak softly and carry a big stick. ;)
Seriously, though, I've spoken softly most of my life. People often ask me to repeat myself. Strangely, when I speak in an English accent, I speak louder and people understand me better. Then again, my mate Jan says I was born in the wrong body, the wrong country, and the wrong era. I should have been born in England around 1945-50, and as a man.
I know for me it's a confidence thing. I was emotionally abused [sometimes even physically abused] by my own family, so my self-esteem is...erm, non-existent. Should I ever obtain a small amount of it, I wonder if I'll speak a bit louder. Or at least at a normal volume.
Before my voice started to drop, I often had to repeat myself to people. I think it was a combination of volume and annunciation. Now, I feel much better about my voice so those aren't issues. Have not been asked to repeat myself in ages.