"Do you like the sound of your own voice?”
A topic that I’ve heard many times throughout my life.
I remember times when I’d be speaking with one of my friends and I’d ask her, “How did your presentation go?”
She’d respond with, “... I hate the sound of my voice.”
I asked, “Why?”
She said, “I don’t know. I just don’t like the way I sound.”
It is moments like these that get me curious, “Why does one not like the sound of their voice?”
Does hearing your own voice portray a different version of whom you envision yourself as?
As I thought about my own experience of hearing my self speak, I realized that I don’t choose to distinguish between whether or not I like the sound of my voice.
I’ve accepted my voice as something that I don’t have much control over.
How I speak is how I speak.
I don’t give it the time or energy to analyze whether I like it or not.
However, I do believe that it is okay not to like something, even it is something that I can’t genuinely change.
All I’m saying is based on my experience, I feel indifferent when it comes to the sound of my own voice.
I don’t choose to like it or dislike it.
As you think about your own experience, “Do you like the sound of your voice? If so, why? If not, why not?”
