Does anyone else hate their voice?

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I honestly don't know how I would ever change this... but sometimes I just hate my voice. I called a radio station earlier (sports thing... 99% of people wouldn't understand but they kept badmouthing my team for a no-call penalty... long story) but when I listened to myself back it didn't sound at all like what I think I talk like and I feel I sounded like a r***** for lack of a better word (and I don't use that word loosely at all so please don't get upset at me here for that, I bleeped it out for a reason. Anyone else sometimes hate how their autism makes them sound?

P.S. I have long hated it... but this just brought that back.

I have a very monotonous voice and absolutely hate the sound of it and hate it when my voice is recorded and I have to hear it back.

Same here... and the weird thing is, it doesn't sound that way to be me live, just upon hearing myself.

Yep. I can't stand my voice. I don't want to leave voicemails or anything like that, I sound awful versus what I hear.

I've been told that I have a nice accent but I dislike the sound of my voice.

Part of me wonders if this is part of the reason why I have such a hard time getting a good lasting job (work for min wage with a Master's Degree in an in demand field). If I sound really weird, it might effect my interviews.

Everyone does, because unfortunately what we hear ourselves is deeper than what we actually sound like. It's because we hear both our voice vibrations that have left our body and the vibrations that travel through our skulls to our ears.

But yeah I also get that some might have flat voices that are very monotone. I have trouble speaking loud enough actually. Most don't understand what I'm saying half the time because I'm only mumbling.

I used to hate my voice, but once I started venturing into singing and voice-over, I had to get over it quick. The more you listen to your recorded voice, the less you begin to dislike it; after a while, you barely even react to it anymore.

I'd suggest regularly recording and playing back your voice. It'll make you cringe at the start, but after a while you should soften up.

I hate it when I hear my voice on Skype in feedback -- makes my stop talking. That's how intensely I despise the sound of my own voice.

Despise is

Speaking voice, yes I've always disliked it. Singing voice, I didn't like it at all when I first heard it on a tape recording, but singing became my special interest, and after years of singing and listening back to recordings, I got to almost like it, though I can still feel very critical of any imperfections I think I can hear.

I think we get bombarded by the sound of people who have learned to project their voices and really get the intonation clear - comedians, commentators, teachers, newsreaders, actors, ads, etc. - so it's like feeling bad about photos of ourselves because of all the pretty photos of celebrities.

I'm always surprised and dismayed by how much I seem to mumble on spoken word recordings. When we speak, the sound of our voices travels a different path to our ears than it travels to other people's ears, so it will sound different. I guess it's hard for me to know how mumbly I'm being because I already know what I'm saying, so my ability to discern my own words isn't really tested until I listen back after more or less forgetting what I said.

I guess the cure would be to self-train for clear diction, or to find somebody who will teach it.