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

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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  • OMG - What is it with Finland and the Finnish these days ? [I do understand your reference here, and for what its worth, I really like the song - rather oddly!]

    The worst thing, is that I started this (I think) purely my mentioning it once (I thought DayInTheLife might be Finnish - but they are actually Italian).......but now the country and it's people seem to be meriting a mention every other day ?

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