Before I knew about this miracle of a surgery I kind of had my height in the back of my mind, but I mostly shrugged it off. I just figured with good enough muscles and personality, plus meeting women that weren't heightists, I would be able to get by. And I guess I did. But once I learned about LL , I almost started obsessing about it, I feel like my real life can't start until I reach a better height. If I didn't know about LL, I would have probably taken the "just accept what God gave you!" attitude about my height and moved on. Now I won't be truly satisfied until I get my femoral lengthening done.
Don't get me wrong--those extra centimeters will make an enormous difference in our lives, but anyone else find all this talk about lengthening and the heightism we face aggravates your neurosis?
Of course. It's much easier to accept something that we can't change. Knowing that we can change our height does make the problem worse.
Quote from: joax on March 11, 2015, 06:26:02 AMOf course. It's much easier to accept something that we can't change. Knowing that we can change our height does make the problem worse.
I agree--partially. I was nearly suicidal before discovering ll, however.
i have been insecure since i'm 17, now i'm 22, i discovered ll lwhen i was 19.
it doesn't make me more insecure, but i'm more ambitious.
The cost of the procedure pushed me to work hard, now i am in a school wich has a high rank, and i've decided to pursue my studies in order to work in oil and gas to make more money and afford a good doctor like guichet.
LL has good benefits, but on another side, i wish i wall tall and poor instead of average and having a good career
No. Im happy for discover it. This gives me the oportunity to have a better height and improve my life very much
Quote from: endomorphisme on March 11, 2015, 11:31:55 AMi have been insecure since i'm 17, now i'm 22, i discovered ll lwhen i was 19.
it doesn't make me more insecure, but i'm more ambitious.
The cost of the procedure pushed me to work hard, now i am in a school wich has a high rank, and i've decided to pursue my studies in order to work in oil and gas to make more money and afford a good doctor like guichet.
LL has good benefits, but on another side, i wish i wall tall and poor instead of average and having a good career
u're like 6'0 dude
I can only speak for myself...and perhaps I will feel differently once I'm fully recovered and actually able to enjoy my new height...but I feel like LL has made my height neurosis worse. I feel better about myself when I "walk" (on crutches with duckass) in public because I'm now taller than almost every woman I see, and don't feel as dwarfed by the (still considerable number of) men who are taller than me.
But now I feel like the notion of LL (and knowing I could do a second one, even though I 99.9% won't at my age) and being able to "change" height the way I could just go to the gym and change my body has made me obsess over it more. Like, I'm splitting hairs on 6.85/6.9 versus 7cm when there's no difference (and when my original goal was 6.5cm). I'm also comparing myself to other people who did LL and were able to lengthen more (and it makes me sick how average guys do this too).
I think in a while I will just have to leave the forums altogether if I'm to ever leave the height neurosis behind.
I don't wish I never found out about CLL, because it gives hope to one day be taller.
I do however wish I could make my mind stop being in height neurosis mode. My height neurosis was triggered by hearing a girl mention that the number one thing girls notice in guys is their height, and it hasn't gone away since.
There are tens of millions of short to average height men in the US, and this forum has MAYBE a few hundred members. Shows how f'ed up in the head a lot of us are.
Honestly, I wish I could wake up tomorrow and never think about height again.
Quote from: NewHeights on March 11, 2015, 01:13:48 PMI don't wish I never found out about CLL, because it gives hope to one day be taller.
I do however wish I could make my mind stop being in height neurosis mode. My height neurosis was triggered by hearing a girl mention that the number one thing girls notice in guys is their height, and it hasn't gone away since.
There are tens of millions of short to average height men in the US, and this forum has MAYBE a few hundred members. Shows how f'ed up in the head a lot of us are.
Honestly, I wish I could wake up tomorrow and never think about height again.
My thoughts exactly.
I totally agree with Newheights
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