I hate my monotone voice!

People make a lot of judgements about your personality based on extrernal stuff like the way you speak and your voice.

If you listened to my low, monotone voice you might conclude that I am a neat person who is logical and not very emotional.

The funny thing is that what I just said doesn't describe my personality at all. It's just what my voice suggests. I don't know if everyone would get those ideas from my voice, but I know I did when I heard it recorded.

It's annoying because it makes me self concious and I feel like nobody I meet will get to know me.

It also sounds really dorky when I sing or rap (I just tried it for fun a couple times).

One interesting thing I realized is that it sounds ok when I talk in a fake voice...usually with a fake accent or something. It also sounds normal if I say things quietly. Another thing to note is that I don't hear it like it is. It sounds different when I listen to it recorded. It still sounds like me...except way more monotone and annoying than how it sounded to me when I siad it.

So what do you think this means? Is it some kind of actual problem? Is anyone else having this same issue?

EDIT: Btw this doesn't mean I don't talk loud enough. We're talkin' tone not volume.

Talk louder?Nerd_Man

I would love to have such a deep voice! Grr, why do only people who hate their voices get it? :cry:Rikardur

People make a lot of judgements about your personality based on extrernal stuff like the way you speak and your voice.

If you listened to my low, monotone voice you might conclude that I am a neat person who is logical and not very emotional.

The funny thing is that what I just said doesn't describe my personality at all. It's just what my voice suggests. I don't know if everyone would get those ideas from my voice, but I know I did when I heard it recorded.

It's annoying because it makes me self concious and I feel like nobody I meet will get to know me.

It also sounds really dorky when I sing or rap (I just tried it for fun a couple times).

One interesting thing I realized is that it sounds ok when I talk in a fake voice...usually with a fake accent or something. It also sounds normal if I say things quietly. Another thing to note is that I don't hear it like it is. It sounds different when I listen to it recorded. It still sounds like me...except way more monotone and annoying than how it sounded to me when I siad it.

So what do you think this means? Is it some kind of actual problem? Is anyone else having this same issue?

EDIT: Btw this doesn't mean I don't talk loud enough. We're talkin' tone not volume.

mark00009

[QUOTE="Nerd_Man"]Talk louder?mark00009

Hmm. Guess I don't really understand what it's like for people who have a monotone voice then.
I used to be quite shy at one point in my life, and so I kinda kept my voice at a certain tone. I was never monotone, but you probably know what it's like for people who are not expressive and lack enthusiasm. Over the years I have just become much more outgoing and expressive with the way I talk and move and it really changed who I am completely. So you think you are incapable of doing the same?

How old are you? I had that problem when I was younger. Maybe try to sound a little more enthusiastic sometimeshorgen123

[QUOTE="Rikardur"]I would love to have such a deep voice! Grr, why do only people who hate their voices get it? :cry:mark00009

I guess i'm kinda monotone, but I've been told i have a very nice voice.AAllxxjjnn

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]I guess i'm kinda monotone, but I've been told i have a very nice voice.mark00009

[QUOTE="horgen123"]How old are you? I had that problem when I was younger. Maybe try to sound a little more enthusiastic sometimesmark00009

[QUOTE="mark00009"][QUOTE="Nerd_Man"]Talk louder?Nerd_Man

Hmm. Guess I don't really understand what it's like for people who have a monotone voice then.
I used to be quite shy at one point in my life, and so I kinda kept my voice at a certain tone. I was never monotone, but you probably know what it's like for people who are not expressive and lack enthusiasm. Over the years I have just become much more outgoing and expressive with the way I talk and move and it really changed who I am completely. So you think you are incapable of doing the same?

Ok I'm confused about some things. For one, what do you mean lack enthusiasm? I already explained I have plenty of emotion and enthusiasm, it just doesn't show up when I talk. And second, what do you mean it changed who you are? I would think that changing your mannerisms only changes how people see you. It doesn't change your personality. If I talked with an english accent all the time, my personality wouldn't change at all.

[QUOTE="mark00009"][QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]I guess i'm kinda monotone, but I've been told i have a very nice voice.AAllxxjjnn

Ok I'm confused about some things. For one, what do you mean lack enthusiasm? I already explained I have plenty of emotion and enthusiasm, it just doesn't show up when I talk. And second, what do you mean it changed who you are? I would think that changing your mannerisms only changes how people see you. It doesn't change your personality. If I talked with an english accent all the time, my personality wouldn't change at all.

mark00009

[QUOTE="Nerd_Man"]

[QUOTE="mark00009"] no actually that makes it slightly worse. It's loud enough.mark00009

Hmm. Guess I don't really understand what it's like for people who have a monotone voice then.
I used to be quite shy at one point in my life, and so I kinda kept my voice at a certain tone. I was never monotone, but you probably know what it's like for people who are not expressive and lack enthusiasm. Over the years I have just become much more outgoing and expressive with the way I talk and move and it really changed who I am completely. So you think you are incapable of doing the same?

Ok I'm confused about some things. For one, what do you mean lack enthusiasm? I already explained I have plenty of emotion and enthusiasm, it just doesn't show up when I talk. And second, what do you mean it changed who you are? I would think that changing your mannerisms only changes how people see you. It doesn't change your personality. If I talked with an english accent all the time, my personality wouldn't change at all.

Well at one point people always thought I was high or something (Even though I don't do drugs), that was mostly because of how I wasn't enthusiastic with the way I talked and acted. I kinda kept myself as a whole at one tone, and it just made me come out looking like a robot or something. That was years ago; though, and now I have become much more outgoing with myself and the way I am, and it kinda just changed the way people see me.

Anyways, I guess that's not really your case. You say you know how to express yourself very well, but it just doesn't come out the same when you talk? I really don't know what to say to that. I guess some people are just born that way? I dunno. My main thought was maybe you just lack enthusiasm when it comes to talking, and you don't let yourself be who you could be because of that.

Ok I'm confused about some things. For one, what do you mean lack enthusiasm? I already explained I have plenty of emotion and enthusiasm, it just doesn't show up when I talk. And second, what do you mean it changed who you are? I would think that changing your mannerisms only changes how people see you. It doesn't change your personality. If I talked with an english accent all the time, my personality wouldn't change at all.

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"][QUOTE="mark00009"] I've been told that too. People comment on it and say I should be on public radio! And I'm just not the public radio kind of person. Far from it actually.mark00009

People make a lot of judgements about your personality based on extrernal stuff like the way you speak and your voice.

If you listened to my low, monotone voice you might conclude that I am a neat person who is logical and not very emotional.

The funny thing is that what I just said doesn't describe my personality at all. It's just what my voice suggests. I don't know if everyone would get those ideas from my voice, but I know I did when I heard it recorded.

It's annoying because it makes me self concious and I feel like nobody I meet will get to know me.

It also sounds really dorky when I sing or rap (I just tried it for fun a couple times).

One interesting thing I realized is that it sounds ok when I talk in a fake voice...usually with a fake accent or something. It also sounds normal if I say things quietly. Another thing to note is that I don't hear it like it is. It sounds different when I listen to it recorded. It still sounds like me...except way more monotone and annoying than how it sounded to me when I siad it.

So what do you think this means? Is it some kind of actual problem? Is anyone else having this same issue?

EDIT: Btw this doesn't mean I don't talk loud enough. We're talkin' tone not volume.

mark00009

are you HAL 9000?

add emotion to your voice??blazinpuertoroc

So how exactly would I go about putting empasis in my voice? Since I don't do it it must not be natural for me. And yeah...I'm saying I have a monotone and deep voice.mark00009

it's called put emphasis when you speak. having a deep voice and being monotone aren't the same thing.DivergeUnify

[QUOTE="DivergeUnify"]it's called put emphasis when you speak. having a deep voice and being monotone aren't the same thing.mark00009

[QUOTE="mark00009"]

People make a lot of judgements about your personality based on extrernal stuff like the way you speak and your voice.

If you listened to my low, monotone voice you might conclude that I am a neat person who is logical and not very emotional.

The funny thing is that what I just said doesn't describe my personality at all. It's just what my voice suggests. I don't know if everyone would get those ideas from my voice, but I know I did when I heard it recorded.

It's annoying because it makes me self concious and I feel like nobody I meet will get to know me.

It also sounds really dorky when I sing or rap (I just tried it for fun a couple times).

One interesting thing I realized is that it sounds ok when I talk in a fake voice...usually with a fake accent or something. It also sounds normal if I say things quietly. Another thing to note is that I don't hear it like it is. It sounds different when I listen to it recorded. It still sounds like me...except way more monotone and annoying than how it sounded to me when I siad it.

So what do you think this means? Is it some kind of actual problem? Is anyone else having this same issue?

EDIT: Btw this doesn't mean I don't talk loud enough. We're talkin' tone not volume.

harperseth

Same here dude! Everyone thinks i'm high all the time because of the way I talk. I sounds normal to me but others say it's really low and kind of drawn out when I talk, I dont get it!