does your voice change when you feel anxious?

recluse

Well-known member
Normally i speak with a calm and deep voice but when i'm anxious my voice feels strained and i speak in short bursts and i can't raise my voice.
 

Felgen

Well-known member
My voice sounds exactly the same when I'm anxious as it does when I'm calm (it sounds like a mix betweens Al Bundy and Vito Corleone). I tend to stutter when anxious, stressed, excited or sensory overloaded, though...
 

billy

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i talk extremely fast and my voice gets high pitched. Also i developed a studder around age 13 go figure.
 

lacunaca

New member
My mouth usually goes dry when I'm feeling nervous. The result is me talking in a low, monotonous voice that's hard to hear, especially in a public setting. I feel like I almost need to shout in order to be heard.
 

limetree

Well-known member
I think stuttering and croaky voice trembles are cool. My voice becomes more high pitched when I talk to people and I HATE the sound of my voice. I prefer my voice to remain monotonous, that way I feel more in control, but I also get anxious about coming across too serious and boring because of it too :/
 

Harleyq

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embarrassingly so. My voice changes in that it gets louder. Which is bad because my voice is naturally loud and clear anyways - I feel like I have a built-in microphone.

When I get really anxious, my loud voice just magnifies and then when I realize it, I get even more embarrassed.
 

Hellhound

Super Moderator
I either talk too low, too loud (not just nervous, but also slightly deaf from one ear.. which makes it difficult to control my "volume") or I stutter like an idiot.
 

LadyWench

Well-known member
Yeah, my voice is usually more high-pitched and it sounds...trembling. I guess. People that know me well, know when I'm having a panic attack from my body language and my voice. Kind of embarrassing.
 
When I'm anxious my voice is higher than usual and more "girly" sounding. I guess it is because I think my voice is pretty low for a girls and I'm just trying to make it sound more normal.
 

recluse

Well-known member
I mumble and can't talk coherently when anxious, my mouth feels dry, my face is stiff, throat feels constricted so talking is difficult.
 

Squishy

Active member
When I had to do presentations at school I'd start talking really fast and I'd stumble through what I have to say, I think I start getting quieter after a bit as well and just mumble the rest.
 
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