Have people ever described you as "scary"?

Post Reply New Topic

It'd still be somewhat helpful, by the sound of it. And certainly better than nothing. Although I suppose it could also lead to a false sense of safety. I doubt anything would work on actual psychos.




Thanks! : D

I think my prosody can be off because I can sort of breathe wrong at times. When I had to read something out loud once I noticed that I tended to make a short stop as I finished reading the second last word before the comma, instead of stopping at the comma, but it was more like stopping to breathe. I think that might be due to asthma (and reduced lung capacity) more than ASD? Or maybe just breathing ‘wrong’ in the first place.

I don’t know how I usually sound. When I had to read out loud in school when I was little the teacher expressed surprise that I allegedly read the dialogue with feeling, yet my shrink claimed I spoke monotonously about my life. I didn’t feel like I did, but I was very anxious so that might have influenced me.
I have asked my mother and she said I do both.

The girl in the first video sounded ret*d to me too, TBH, especially at first… Makes me think of an interview I saw on TV a few days ago. An aspie was interviewed in connection with job training and he sounded ret*d. I actually cringed upon hearing it.
Someone I know IRL also has a way of speaking and a voice that makes her sound ret*d. She has CP, I don’t know if that has anything to do with it.

The second one sounded normal to me! That’s supposed to be creepy?? Same goes for the fourth. Annoying that she used the word ‘antisocial’ when she meant ‘asocial’ though! (and her views on what girls like lol)
I wouldn’t have noticed anything about the way the second and fourth speak…

The third one… well, she sounded off with her strange way of dividing sentences, interrupting herself and starting over. Other than that she sounded upset or high strung to me. One thing in particular that I noticed was 02:35-02:45. She says that “I love you guys” and mentions how getting 200 likes on FB made her so happy, and she neither looks nor sounds happy at all! Nor did she look or sound like someone who cared about the ones she talked about. That was very educational as to how I might come off myself as I don’t always show anything on my face, and I’ve just been annoyed by any such notions, but seeing it myself… I need to think about that….
Knowing is always a good thing.

Thank you for posting those, I really appreciate it!

I’m so sorry you got chewed out for it!




I agree and again, I appreciate it!



Oh. Sorry. That’s no good then.




That’s not fair. He was only posting that to help me understand how autistic voices come off. No one said anything about preferring anything, enforcing NT standards on anyone or judging them. It’s all about understanding oneself and the reactions one elicit.

It was his use of words like 'gross' to describe the female voices that I didn't like

This could give impressionable people who sounded like the females being referred to the idea that everyone thought their voices were 'gross' etc when in reality it just isn't the case.

The idea that people should try and change their voices to try and fit in better is a bad one in my opinion

How about people just be themselves and tell the judgemental non-accepting types to f-k off?

That's worked far better for me and I am still myself, not some NT clone

You do not become your own person by modifying yourself to please every rude idiot who judges you

It could be breathing, or something more.

After using a sweet recording program called Audacity, I've discovered that my prosody is off because I have too much "static" (not sure how else to describe it). Also, my waves are too large and "rough." Also, my tempo is too slow and I drag out certain words. This is what leads to the autistic/NLD voice.

So, after comparing my waves to those of an actor who sounds kind of like me, I tried focusing really hard on making short, fine waves with as little static as possible and making staccato endings to words and, voila, I managed to get a recording that sounded like a normal guy. I was able to repeat it several times and somehow felt more "clear-headed" and "confident" having erased the anomalous waves/static.

That mental image of short fine waves seems to be very good at helping to create a normal voice without much other help. Just thought I would throw that out there in case it works for others too.