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  1. Could this partially explain why boys emotionally mature slower as teens than girls? Perhaps they have what’s called an identity crisis when their voices change?

    1. Hi Marje, you know I wondered myself about the sort of emotions that might be stirred up for boys when their voices break. I did a quick search on the internet for any research related to that, but couldn’t find anything specifically to do with the voice breaking and the issue of identity for boys, though of course there’s so much going on at this period in boys’ development – hormonally, emotionally and physically – that narrowing it down to emotions linked to the voice change might be difficult.
      I’d be really interested in hearing from male readers about their experiences of this. Thanks Marje, for mentioning it.

  2. For me there are reactions to what I perceive as threats. The bigger the reaction the closer the thing is to being ‘most me’. Similarly the things I find that grab my attention most easily give me information about what it closest to my feeling of “me-ness”.

    1. Hi Evan, I really identify with your comment about the things that grab your attention being closest to your feeling of ‘me-ness’. I’m thinking of the beautiful part of Scotland where I grew up; wherever I live, I always carry that with me as part of ‘me’. When I roll the image of that place around my mental or emotional ‘taste buds’, I extract the flavour or meaning out of it and it ‘tastes’ like a part of my ‘me-ness’. Whereas threats are perceived as ‘not-me’. When i roll them around my mental taste-buds, it confirms they’re not-me.

  3. I am a Masters Student studying Vocal Performance and Opera. I have found that failure as a musician is much harder for singers because our instrument is inside of us, and when we perform poorly, we feel like it is a reflection on our worth as an individual. What would you say to those of us studying singing about the connection to Voice and Self?

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