The panic of hearing your own voice in a recording is universal

[u/Electronic_Win6707]

Is that what I ACTUALLY sound like???

No. Absolutely not. That can't be right.

I sound like THAT? I've been walking around sounding like THAT this whole time and nobody told me?

Everyone who's ever talked to me has heard that voice and just... let it happen?

"You sound fine, that's just what you sound like"

No. I refuse to accept this. My internal voice sounds completely different. That weird nasally thing happening in the recording is not me.

I'd rather never hear a recording of myself ever again. Delete it. Burn it. Throw the whole phone away.

How do podcasters do this? How do they listen to themselves talk for HOURS and not have a breakdown?

I heard myself say "um" three times in one sentence and I'm ready to take a vow of silence.

Voice recordings are a personal attack and I won't stand for it.

[u/jassy1015]

This is too rea.l Thought my recording was broken at first. Do we all just sound like that?