How do I know if I've been abusing my voice?

Some signs of vocal misuse/abuse are:

1. Your voice becomes raspy or hoarse.
2. Your voice sounds deeper suddenly.
3. You've lost your ability, when singing, to hit some high notes.
4. It's an effort to talk.
5. Your throat feels strained, achy or raw.
6. You're clearing your throat more often.

1. How do you know if you were verbally abused?
2. How does verbal abuse make you feel?
3. What makes a person abusive?
4. How verbal abuse affects the brain?

How do you know if you were verbally abused?

When someone repeatedly uses words to demean, frighten, or control someone, it's considered verbal abuse. You're likely to hear about verbal abuse in the context of a romantic relationship or a parent-child relationship. But it can also occur in other family relationships, socially, or on the job.

How does verbal abuse make you feel?

Those effects of verbal abuse illustrate symptoms similar to depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. The chicken and the egg question does not apply when it comes to domestic violence and abuse. The abuse comes first. Then the mentally healthy victim succumbs to insecurity and mental disorders.

What makes a person abusive?

Abusive people believe they have the right to control and restrict their partner's lives, often either because they believe their own feelings and needs should be the priority in the relationship, or because they enjoy exerting the power that such abuse gives them. ... Abuse is a learned behavior.

How verbal abuse affects the brain?

As yet unpublished research by Teicher shows that, indeed, exposure to verbal abuse does affect certain areas of the brain. These areas are associated with changes in verbal IQ and symptoms of depression, dissociation, and anxiety.