Tips or ideas on how to make my voice a bit deeper?

[Guest Motormouth18]

As I have said before in other posts, my voice isn't feminine or high pitched. It's middle range, leading more towards a young teen guy. My uncle said that "You (naturally) sound like your brother did at the age of 13". I'll be 19 in less than 3 months, so sounding like a 13 year old guy isn't a good thing. My voice is naturally gruff and loud,it's not feminine at all(family/friends wholeheartedly agree with this) but it's just not quite deep enough.

I'm trying to pay more attention when I talk, so that I sound a notch or 2 deeper, but that's all that I can think of to try and do.

[Ravin]

The main thing is that guys tend to talk in a more monotone way that women do. We stick to a smaller tonal range when doing things like pitching our voices up at the end of a question or when talking to small children.

Focusing on that was the main thing I did before starting T. And it usually worked unless my kids were with me (I tend to pitch my voice up more when talking to them without thinking about it).

[Guest Motormouth18]

I've done that a few times Ravin, only because I was told to talk like that and in smaller words so that kids can understand me. Like at VBS, when a little 3 y/o girl wanted to swing, I tried to talk in a softer smaller voice when talking to her. My voice normally stays the same middle of the road pitch unless I'm excited.

[Ravin]

Your voice staying middle of the road is probably a big reason why it already sounds masculine.

And that pitching up thing is something most people, male and female, do when speaking to children--across cultures and languages too. Little children hear the higher registers more easily than low tones, and it sounds less intimidating to them, too.