system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: Does my voice actually sound like that? Why does it sound so weird?

Whenever I listen to myself in recordings I physically cringe (so do a lot of people when they listen to themselves). Does my voice actually sound that bad? I feel like if it did I wouldn't have that many friends so it must not... why does it sound so weird in recordings?
gpt
Imagine the voice coming out of your mouth as a speaker and your ears are two microphones. If you are being recorded or someone is listening to your voice, the microphones are placed in air some distance away from your speaker. 

However, what you hear as your voice is as if the microphones are attached to the speakers because your ears are housed in the same head as your vocal cords. What you hear is then not what other people hear since there is coupling between your speaker and microphones.