Published on 12, July, 2020
People have trouble hearing me because my voice can be low-toned. When people ask me to speak up, I tend to react defensively as if its a personal atttack. How should I react, and how do I practice speaking up?
We often misunderstand requests like that as criticism and get defensive because we find it hard to work out if someone is really angry. Take a breath and apologise (we find apologising difficult but it helps to keep a dialogue moving) and raise your voice. Would anything bad happen if you did that?