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 

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.