People really do hear you differently than you hear yourself.

Do you outwardly cringe when hearing your voice on a recording or video?  Ever wonder why your voice sounds completely different on a recording than it does in your head? Well, you’re not alone, according to this video by SciShow, you’re not crazy for think that either; our voices actually do sound different in our heads.

The truth is, when you’re hearing your voice recorded, it’s the same thing that everyone else hears when they hear you. The reason your voice sounds completely different when you hear it in your head is due to a number of reasons. Largely because, when you’re hearing yourself speak, you’re actually hearing your voice being conducted to your ears by the air around you, you’re hearing your voice traveling through all of the parts of your ear, and you’re hearing the sound bouncing off all of the fleshy goodness inside your head. 

So what you’re hearing on that recording is pure, unadulterated, you. Oh, and that embarrassment that you feel when you hear yourself is definitely normal too.

And just incase you weren’t weirded out already, did you know that plants are also listening?