text: 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? 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."  i know how you feel; i hate my voice when i hear it on voicemail.  it just doesn't sound like me.  :)