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Does Anybody hate the sound of their own voice being played back to them?

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This follows on from the thread about looking in your own eyes or those of others.....and that thread also strayed into talk of photos of yourself too.

Personally, I absolutely hate to hear a playback of myself talking.  I sound like a man with a "punchable face" if you know what I mean.

It doesn't ever sound like me.....more like the ass-hat version of me (ie pointless and ridiculous and has no use or purpose.)

I wonder if this is plain old-fashioned self-loathing or whether there is something deeper going on.

I have a recording of myself aged 8 years old......and I sound MUCH nicer then !

Does anyone have firm thoughts on this subject?

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  • Never been a big fan. When I was a child we used to play with tape recordings though, which was fun after I got over disliking the sound of my voice and how it didn't sound how I expected, but my friends were the same. We used to do silly voices which was much preferable to using our own natural voices. I think realising that everyone I knew had issues with the sound of their own voice helped me mostly get over it.

    Now when I have online language lessons which get recorded, if I want to listen to the recordings which is a useful way to go over the material, I find myself cringing as much at the content of what I say as I do the actual voice. Not all the time, just if I ask a question I ought to have known the answer to or something.

    But I am increasingly finding that I have a strong dislike of sibilant sounds, including my own! I am trying to soften my S's as much as possible without actually lisping... Maybe I should learn Spanish, which doesn't have them.

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  • Never been a big fan. When I was a child we used to play with tape recordings though, which was fun after I got over disliking the sound of my voice and how it didn't sound how I expected, but my friends were the same. We used to do silly voices which was much preferable to using our own natural voices. I think realising that everyone I knew had issues with the sound of their own voice helped me mostly get over it.

    Now when I have online language lessons which get recorded, if I want to listen to the recordings which is a useful way to go over the material, I find myself cringing as much at the content of what I say as I do the actual voice. Not all the time, just if I ask a question I ought to have known the answer to or something.

    But I am increasingly finding that I have a strong dislike of sibilant sounds, including my own! I am trying to soften my S's as much as possible without actually lisping... Maybe I should learn Spanish, which doesn't have them.

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