Around the end of eighth grade, I noticed that my voice was changing. I couldn’t scream like a little girl because no matter how much I tried no voice would be produced. I would wake up every morning doing a simple check, saying the alphabet to make sure my voice was “my voice”.
One day, suddenly my voice could go deep, it felt like an alternate considering how much I still could do with my “original” pitched voice. I kept my discovery from everyone, even my friends, and also family at the time. Looking back, I was in denial that my body was going through more puberty.
Earlier in the year, I slipped into a small depression. It lasted between October and November. I couldn’t cope with growing up, I just didn’t want the change I thought would be horrible. Around November, I posted a little Instagram video that felt masked as a throwback. In reality, it was my realization that I shouldn’t be all depressed over a simple number. …show more content…
Instead of telling everyone, I only used my voice during the Pledge of Allegiance to the US Flag. I would say the Pledge in my deep voice because it would be hidden with all the other voices, with the added benefit that no one sat next to me to hear the lower voice.
Overtime, my voice only got higher. Luckily, this all happened after summer school, when I left the country to visit the Philippines.
I came back to the US, and my voice was not the main topic on my head, as I forgot about it trying to finish my “Back to School” video and attempting to get through jet lag.
First few weeks of school, I used the very high voice. My voice continued to crack, and suddenly I was going back into denial. I was less sad and more disappointed.
So, how did I translation from this high voice to deep
One day, suddenly my voice could go deep, it felt like an alternate considering how much I still could do with my “original” pitched voice. I kept my discovery from everyone, even my friends, and also family at the time. Looking back, I was in denial that my body was going through more puberty.
Earlier in the year, I slipped into a small depression. It lasted between October and November. I couldn’t cope with growing up, I just didn’t want the change I thought would be horrible. Around November, I posted a little Instagram video that felt masked as a throwback. In reality, it was my realization that I shouldn’t be all depressed over a simple number. …show more content…
Instead of telling everyone, I only used my voice during the Pledge of Allegiance to the US Flag. I would say the Pledge in my deep voice because it would be hidden with all the other voices, with the added benefit that no one sat next to me to hear the lower voice.
Overtime, my voice only got higher. Luckily, this all happened after summer school, when I left the country to visit the Philippines.
I came back to the US, and my voice was not the main topic on my head, as I forgot about it trying to finish my “Back to School” video and attempting to get through jet lag.
First few weeks of school, I used the very high voice. My voice continued to crack, and suddenly I was going back into denial. I was less sad and more disappointed.
So, how did I translation from this high voice to deep