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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Nov 21, 2012 2:51:13 GMT -5
U sound crippled too.... Ok a friend of mine on FB was like, "We should all record a vid to see what we all sound like, when you're done post it to my wall. It will be great!" For some weird reason I recorded one with out hesitation, And believe me when I say this isn't like me. Anyway I play the video and I was utterly horrified.  Now I've never liked my voice begin with, but in this instance I was truly shocked by the voice that echoed before me. My first thought was, "Fuck... I totally sound like I have CP don't I?" for the next 5mins I just sat there and wondered how I never realized this before? I recall a similar thread by the apparent velvety toned E,   in where he expressed shock and awe on how utterly crippled he looked while watching himself on cam. As I recall many conquered when he asked if any of us were met with the same shock while seeing ourselves through the eyes of another. So then I guess the most obvious question in the world would beee! Have any wheelers felt same after listening to themselves through different ears?(Not really different ears, but u get the jist. ) |
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Post by ruetheday on Nov 21, 2012 3:03:11 GMT -5
I'm not a wheeler, but I was born without my right hand. Every time I see myself on video, it kind of weirds me out, like the amputation isn't part of my natural body image. I have no idea why this happens. Obviously, I've gotten used to mirrors, but videos still get me. It's a different perspective.
Ironically enough, I find myself...staring...at myself. Mind you, I don't stare at anyone else who has a disability. I'm not rude, nor do I feel inclined to fixate on that sort of thing in others. It's just so weird, seeing the ways that I look, move, and adapt. I never think of myself as "different" until I see how different it looks.
I have a feeling you and I are both exaggerating. When the average person sees or hears us, they don't have that sense of psychological shock or a shaken sense of self-identity. Everything is amplified when you're seeing/hearing yourself, because you're emotionally invested in it.
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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Nov 21, 2012 3:13:45 GMT -5
I'm not a wheeler, but I was born without my right hand. Every time I see myself on video, it kind of weirds me out, like the amputation isn't part of my natural body image. I have no idea why this happens. Obviously, I've gotten used to mirrors, but videos still get me. It's a different perspective. Ironically enough, I find myself...staring...at myself. Mind you, I don't stare at anyone else who has a disability. I'm not rude, nor do I feel inclined to fixate on that sort of thing in others. It's just so weird, seeing the ways that I look, move, and adapt. I never think of myself as "different" until I see how different it looks. I have a feeling you and I are both exaggerating. When the average person sees or hears us, they don't have that sense of psychological shock or a shaken sense of self-identity. Everything is amplified when you're seeing/hearing yourself, because you're emotionally invested in it. true enough, this is the same for nearly everyone I think. I kinda wanna post the video here, but I iz too afraid also, +1 |
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Post by Max on Nov 21, 2012 9:40:20 GMT -5
A$$Y, you make an interesting point. Just as most people I don't like the sound of my own voice, although I'm used to it by now. I don't think I 'sound CP', although I don't really know how that should sound.
I do, however, have had a moment in which I realised I look CP. And not in the obvious wheelchair/physical way, but with facial expressions. In all those years I've never thought about it, or noticed it, until i was watching Breaking Bad, which features a young actor with CP/playing a character with CP. When I saw him, the ball dropped. There are certain ways/facial features in him that I recognised in myself. That was both funny and confrontational, because I've always regarded myself as 100% 'normal' looking, as far as facial features go. The slightly tensed laugh/serious face was the most distinctive one I noticed.
I figure it's a large part dueto how we see ourselves. Which is not necessarily how other see us. Or at least they probably won't consider it too significant as we would.
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Post by alexa2010 on Nov 21, 2012 11:26:04 GMT -5
I think this is quite normal for all of us. I can deal with most of my pics. But the sound of my voice is a horror. Plus I don't realize when talking but when I hear my own voice that I have quite an accent (I do live in Swabia but do talk with an Alemannian accent)... I do live here for 12 years though. Plus the tone of my voice is so different when it comes from a tape... Brrrr. |
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Post by fray on Nov 21, 2012 13:13:11 GMT -5
Yeah I think everyone feels weird when they watch themselves.
A friend recorded me telling a story, and after I watched it all I could think was "Do I always flail my arms around like that? Why has no one told me?!"
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Post by Deleted on Nov 21, 2012 15:16:07 GMT -5
I think everyone has the tendency to act a little more animated when their being recorded. I remember my friends would take pictures for the band I was in and I always felt like i had to over exaggerate stuff to stick out. Basically i wound up looking really lame ha
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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Nov 21, 2012 19:21:24 GMT -5
Yeah I think everyone feels weird when they watch themselves. A friend recorded me telling a story, and after I watched it all I could think was "Do I always flail my arms around like that? Why has no one told me?!" Yeah totally, when I first saw u I was like. maaan! look at those tentacles fllyyyy! ;D ;D ;D lol,jkdz<3 I never noticed anything like that whenever we talked.  I was too busy thinking about that video and arcade ep u were on. |
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Post by Ath on Nov 22, 2012 16:42:15 GMT -5
You should post it in the photo section  |
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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Nov 22, 2012 17:36:12 GMT -5
You should post it in the photo section lol I have, I'll dig it up again.  |
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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Nov 22, 2012 22:04:38 GMT -5
I think this is quite normal for all of us. I can deal with most of my pics. But the sound of my voice is a horror. Plus I don't realize when talking but when I hear my own voice that I have quite an accent (I do live in Swabia but do talk with an Alemannian accent)... I do live here for 12 years though. Plus the tone of my voice is so different when it comes from a tape... Brrrr. Welp I was really hoping that was the case, but it has recently been confirmed that even tho I sound alot better then most ppl with CP. It's still slower than normal, thus u can tell. I know I'm being a baby, but I want to die............... or maybe just drink until I forget about the voice that is actually transmitting from amongst my head.  |
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Post by alexa2010 on Nov 23, 2012 13:01:35 GMT -5
I'll drink to that ;D
But what is very strange to oneself is often not particularly striking for others.
Cheers!
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Post by nocturnaldev on Nov 23, 2012 17:12:09 GMT -5
I think that we are all surprised about how we sound and look when we see ourselves from the "outside", disabled or not. It always shocks me how I sound or look, because somehow I perceive it so much differently. In the end, though, we're not as different as we seem, in my opinion. |
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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Nov 23, 2012 18:00:07 GMT -5
I'll drink to that ;D But what is very strange to oneself is often not particularly striking for others. Cheers! lol +1 u meant particularly striking for others right? |
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Post by A££Y "Cuddles" Magoo on Nov 23, 2012 18:01:06 GMT -5
I think that we are all surprised about how we sound and look when we see ourselves from the "outside", disabled or not. It always shocks me how I sound or look, because somehow I perceive it so much differently. In the end, though, we're not as different as we seem, in my opinion. |
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in where he expressed shock and awe on how utterly crippled he looked while watching himself on cam. As I recall many conquered when he asked if any of us were met with the same shock while seeing ourselves through the eyes of another. 
I was too busy thinking about that video and arcade ep u were on. 
