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FYI: I ****LOATHE**** the telephone. So I procrastinate heavily on any and all calls I have to make. ::hugs fandom people:: sorry about that.

Part of it is that I think I have horrible phone voice, another is that I think I have a horrible voice, in general, and the sheer physical fact of a phone makes me all the more aware that I am *speaking*. Part of how I got over my fear of communicating badly is to be totally oblivious to the fact that I am possibly making a fool of myself; and thus part of what I'm making myself oblivious to is the fact that my voice is making sounds.

Dunno if I'm the only one like this.

Thoughts?

Comments

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

I think everyone hates their voice. I dislike mine moderately, but I just try to ignore it. Part of this, I think, is that we always sound different on a recording than what we hear in our heads, and when we hear ourselves in that context, it can be a bit surprising and unsettling. For instance, I never realized how high-pitched and squealy I can be over the phone until I heard myself on an answering machine.

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heh, yeah good point...though part of it's possibly also because I got transferred into a speech therapy class for disabled students because the teacher couldn't understand me in class.

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

Wow, seriously? Did you have a lisp or something? I can definitely see how that would give you a complex ...

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yeah, my tongue was abnormally connected to the bottom of my mouth. even now, I can't stick my tongue out super far.