Posted by: shakyvoiceguy ®
03/18/2008, 12:27:08
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Hello all. Me again. I would agree about the "radical acceptance" notion. I've never read the book, but I've read similar ones. Like I said before, I have a pretty decent relationship with SD and my voice. I know it's often easier said than done, but my best days are when the sound or dysfunctions of my voice don't bother me at all. It's as if I'm ignoring it and it's just like water off of a duck's back. That's not to say that the symptoms go away, but if I am determined to communicate and can ignore the anguished look on my conversation partner's face, then things go better. It truly is all about acceptance.
A couple questions: I think that I saw an estimate that there are about 50,000 diagnosed SD cases. That number might be wrong, but the actual number is likely much larger than whatever the official number b/c there are probably many, like myself, who haven't been offically diagnosed either through lack of health care, embarrassment, not understanding what is going on, etc. Any thoughts on what the REAL number of cases is?
Second, have there been any psychological studies done on who handles SD better, men or women? As a guy myself, I can say that one thing I deal with is the fact or notion that men are supposed to have deep, resonant voices and my voice rarely ventures into that territory any more. For instance, when I watch or listen to George Clooney's delivery of lines in his movies I think, "God, I want that"...the voice, not Clooney himself :-)
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