Lots of Use

Being on holiday and catching up with friends has been quite a marathon for my voice. Actually, I feel like I have been using my voice more than I do at teaching. I do wonder whether I should be resting it although it is just FANTASTIC to have my voice back again and join the conversations as well as initiate conversations.

When the SD progresses the tendency becomes, that the individual withdraws from society. Sometimes it is to avoid embaressment since the sound produced by the spasmodic vocal chords is erratic and at other times it is just that speaking requires so much effort. I know that in such situations I have often in the past saved my voice for when I really needed it. The problem with this becomes that people think that you are avoiding them or being 'stuck up' ie. anti-social.