[MBTI General] ahem... DO YOU SPEAK LOUD?!?!

[Riva]

Medium to loud.

I come from a family of intense, emotional, argumentative women. You have to speak up.

Lolz

I am beginning to notice that a lot of INFP women have grown up around majority-women environments, who are also coincidentally a bit dramaish.

 

[ceecee]

I speak with a medium to loud voice, depending on the situation. I can't stand when people either won't speak loud enough for the environment (then get mad you didn't hear them) or speak in a way people can't understand (not enunciating is a big one). My ENFJ has an incredible booming, deep voice in certain situations. It's so outside the norm of his usual speaking voice, it's shocking to some people.

 

[prplchknz]

Let's hear your soft and loud voices.
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[Eluded_One]

no. i'm a stereotypical infp. typically, i'm afraid of animate objects.

 

[Avocado]

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I'd say soft, but my comfortable volume is quieter.

 

[prplchknz]

no. i'm a stereotypical infp. typically, i'm afraid of animate objects.

like this?

 

[Eluded_One]

like this?

you've just hit the button. so to speak.

 

[prplchknz]

you've just hit the button. so to speak.

What button

 

[Avocado]

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[five sounds]

I'm kinda loud but not all the time. Extroverts bring it out in me

 

[Nicodemus]

I have always been on the quiet side, but not by conscious choice. I speak at what I would describe as my natural volume. So when people tell me to speak louder, I have to force myself to speak unnaturally, making my voice sound unpleasantly loud in my head, even somewhat drowning out my thought process. I think being usually rather soft-spoken, I achieve significally more impactful effects when I do raise my voice - to stop people from talking too loudly, for instance.

 

[Avocado]

I have always been on the quiet side, but by conscious choice. I speak at what I would describe as my natural volume. So when people tell me to speak louder, I have to force myself to speak unnaturally, making my voice sound unpleasantly loud in my head, even somewhat drowning out my thought process. I think being usually rather soft-spoken, I achieve significally more impactful effects when I do raise my voice - to stop people from talking too loudly, for instance.

I think I developed my softer tone for the same reason.

 

[Evee]

No I don't and I don't like people who do.

 

[Bush]

I can't recall ever being told to speak up or to simmer down in an everyday environment.

At a club or something? Gonna speak louder. Around some sleeping babies? Gonna speak more softly.

Sometimes I have little to say, but what I do say isn't necessarily quiet.

 

[prplchknz]

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i dunno if you are actually quieter, or if your mic input is quieter? I had shitty sound and my audio drivers kept failing i finally uninstalled and reinstalled them and now my computer is really loud. it's not important

 

[Avocado]

i dunno if you are actually quieter, or if your mic input is quieter? I had shitty sound and my audio drivers kept failing i finally uninstalled and reinstalled them and now my computer is really loud. it's not important

It was right next to my face.

 

[prplchknz]

It was right next to my face.

yeah so was mine, but you aren't comprehending what i'm saying so was mine. and i had really shit sound not loud at all, if i turn my speakers past 30 % currently its too loud before i reinstalled the drivers i would have it a 100 and had trouble hearing the sound. and i don't have intermitten deafness. so you aren't factoring everything in. if you are great, I really don't care. there's no notability in having a quiet voice, i am often not heard in real life. and maybe my voice has gotten less quiet over time cuz i'm so frustrated with always repeating myself.

 

[Cygnus]

No middle range. Either yelling or mumbling. Used to cause trouble because it was too loud and heedless of the group dynamics. Now......I barely say anything anymore.

If I ever NEED to butt in in order to accomplish a goal, I skyrocket in volume and suprise everyone. My anger scares people.




Since I've quieted down, at least now there'll be fewer occasions I prove myself a fool, raising only suspicions instead.

I am beginning to notice that a lot of INFP women have grown up around majority-women environments, who are also coincidentally a bit dramaish.

All the women I ever meet are mentally walled-in and ditto to INFPs. I'd like to see these women you describe.

 

[OrangeAppled]

Yes and no. It's in direct relation to how enthused I am on a topic. I can be soft-spoken if I am feeling shy or disinterested, and then I also come off as kind of flat and reserved. If I try to raise my voice then, it has an unnatural quality, lacking warmth, and it will register as angry or annoyed to others. So I don't try to "artificially" raise my voice. However, if I feel enthused and confident, then I can get loud and animated. Then it may be hard for me to lower my volume and speak softly.

I don't have a soft voice, but I have a highpitched, girlish voice. I would say it's childlike, as children have loud squeaky voices, but they are not commanding. Unfortunately, that's what I think I sound like, and so I avoid talking really loudly because I think it gets shrill. If I have to scold loud kids in a class, then I hate how shrill my voice gets.

 

[OrangeAppled]

Lolz

I am beginning to notice that a lot of INFP women have grown up around majority-women environments, who are also coincidentally a bit dramaish.

That was my environment, and you had to talk over people to be heard and accept being talked over. I often did not do this, and it contributed to a sense of not being heard in a larger way. Instead of becoming like them, I tended to shy away from it as it frustrated me.

However, having grown up in that, I know how to interject as an adult and may have to watch myself when I am enthused, as I may get loud and talk over people. But in most cases, I am not loud at all.

As a side, I can't stand "sweet, soothing" voices in women. It sounds artificial to me and I want to tell them to grow a spine and find some passion and energy. Oddly, I find dry and robotic talking preferable to the soft, gentle tones some put on.