 [ Symptoms ] 1mo after singing for 3hrs with a terrible sore throat my voice still sounds like i need to clear my throat why  hello i have never had any problems with my voice untill i had a terrible cold with a sore troat and bad cough but had to sing regardless after a 3hr show my voice was trashed it did not recuperate over night like normal in fact its been over a month and my voice is still raspy now when i sing it is harder to controll my breathing and my lower range sounds like i need to clear my throat my upper range still sounds ok but has a tendency to bend off pitch if i put much power behind it [ Disease ] expressing gratitude can be an extremely helpful way for couples to keep their relationship happy frequently expressing gratitude in some way — maybe a hug smile or statement of appreciation — can make all the difference in the world to your partner and your relationship even if he or she already knows that they are appreciated it still feels good to them to have that gratitude expressed a recent study by cameron amette & smith 2011 supported this idea and added an interesting insight it found that a spouse is feeling and expressing gratitude in their relationship is related to their marital satisfaction interestingly while a person is feeling of gratitude predicted their spouse is marital satisfaction their expressed gratitude did not this means that it is not enough to just express gratitude — you must really feel it to have such gratitude people must be open to viewing their partner in a positive light those who harbor grudges must be willing to put them aside — at least for the moment they must risk that their partner will not use this offering of gratitude as a weapon to beat them with there are innumerable ways to express your gratitude by incorporating it into your relationship on a daily basis it will simply be a part of how you are with each other