Question: Why does our voice sound different in our head than it does in real life? I have like the best sounding voice in the world in my head, but if I like hear myself on a recording, I’m like, “Is that really my voice?” Everybody else will  say, “Yes, that’s how you’ve always sound, or you sound fine.” But it is not how I sound in my head - is it just me?

Answer: I was curious about the actual reason, so I looked it up.  "When you hear yourself speak you are hearing some extra vibration produced by the passage of sound waves through your skull."\n\nI know how you feel; I hate my voice when I hear it on voicemail.  It just doesn't sound like me.  :)
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