Appearing intimidating when you don't mean to be

Be quite tall and well built . Add a loud voice that gets louder when you're passionate about something( my voice just seems normal to me in terms of loudness) .

Press one ear canal shut whilst speaking and become aware of how loud you are speaking as otherwise you may deafen not only yourself but also other people. It may also be worth checking that you are not becoming hard of hearing by sound checking with others or even by going for a hearing check.

If I'm honest the voice thing perplexes me . I've had quite a few times when I've been asked to repeat things or people have misheard what I've said . Were they all hard of hearing? Was I talking too softly ? Perhaps my diction is bad ?

It may be as is quite often the case that context blindness is involved, such as the "Being sent to Coventry!" expression that you used recently that alludes to 'being ignored' ~ that was not in general contextually understood by the Community. As such, the vast majority of people do not have anything close to the same experiential history and intellectual sensibilities as others, and the more removed someone is from a given culture the less likely they are to understand and therefor comprehend the inherent meanings of that culture.

Be quite tall and well built . Add a loud voice that gets louder when you're passionate about something( my voice just seems normal to me in terms of loudness) .

Press one ear canal shut whilst speaking and become aware of how loud you are speaking as otherwise you may deafen not only yourself but also other people. It may also be worth checking that you are not becoming hard of hearing by sound checking with others or even by going for a hearing check.

If I'm honest the voice thing perplexes me . I've had quite a few times when I've been asked to repeat things or people have misheard what I've said . Were they all hard of hearing? Was I talking too softly ? Perhaps my diction is bad ?

It may be as is quite often the case that context blindness is involved, such as the "Being sent to Coventry!" expression that you used recently that alludes to 'being ignored' ~ that was not in general contextually understood by the Community. As such, the vast majority of people do not have anything close to the same experiential history and intellectual sensibilities as others, and the more removed someone is from a given culture the less likely they are to understand and therefor comprehend the inherent meanings of that culture.

I've done a few online tests , and non flag up a hearing problem . I have the tv sound at  8-9 .