All of my adult life I have spoken with a monotone, no emotion and unconciously not moving my mouth. My speech is usually short sentences at a time and they don't flow very well, unless I am very familiar (like a best friend) with the person and have a lot to talk about
Speaking on the phone is one of my greatest weaknesses and recording my voice and listening back sounds even worse than it does in my head at the time. I can instantly tell that people feel sorry for me or think I have a disability when speaking on the phone and I have had comments to this effect before
I seem to have a weak voice which doesn't help but I think it's also a mental issue, I'm not sure if it's because autism makes me hyper self-concious of others opinions and my body does not allow me to show emotions by changing tone etc because of anxiety? Also I do not want to speak so loud that others hear the conversation which is what I often experience in public places. When I am drunk I feel more relaxed and it is not as bad
I have practised speaking normally on my own however for some reason I can rarely do this with other people, even those I know well like my parents. It's like my vocal cords seize up and cause me to mumble things
My diagnosis says: "speech was somewhat stilted and lacked spontaneity but was of a normal volume and rate."
Does anyone else have any advice on how to overcome this