Obviously I am not insulting anyone. Don't get your panties in a twist. If I was to insult LLers I'd probably be insulting myself.
The idea of height dysphoria is, however, ridiculous to me.
I think it's a bit silly to compare it to gender dysphoria. Being locked in a body that literally cannot express your entire sxxual and gender identity is very different to wishing you were a few inches taller. That's another reason I find the idea of height dysphoria cringeworthy. Imagine you woke up in a woman's body tomorrow. Would you be feeling more pissed at your height or the fact you had a pussy and all the wrong hormones? Or maybe you'd be happy that your height would finally be socially acceptable and go out and bang some tall guys. I guess that's really "height dysphoria". :-)
Obviously it's all relative to some degree. A 5'5" guy will have a much harder time than me and I don't presume to judge.
I just think it's a bit of a silly term. Your height simply does not (cannot) define your identity in the way that people are claiming it does. Maybe if you're legitimately have dwarfism it comes close.
I presume that the reality is that most or perhaps all of us have body image issues that we want to fix. Maybe we just feel like we can get more from life if we're taller. That is probably an expression of body image issues, though. But I won't judge. After all, I am pretty set on undergoing the surgery. But to use the term "height dysphoria" to describe that is like saying that height confers some kind of deep and meaningful identity on you. It cheapens the word imo.
And for the record, maybe I'd also say that the term "height dysphoria" should only be meaningfully used for a short trans man undergoing LL. Maybe then I won't cringe at it too hard, depending on context.
There's a difference between so-called "dysphoria" and wanting to be taller.
