Quote from: IamAndrew on May 16, 2014, 07:33:42 AMI became consciously aware of my height in the 2nd grade. For kindergarten and 1st grade I was one of the tallest kids. Then hitting 2nd grade some friends grew more than me and I was standing 1 step lower than them on the bleachers for class pictures (anyone remember that? Similar to what RisingShorty said) when I use to be standing in the back with my fat friend and best friend (one was really named Bubba and the other Michael - you can guess which one was the fatty. Damn I loved being a kid with a stable life for two years). By 3rd grade I was about average height (and girls were as tall as boys).
Then came the moves. I moved homes literally a dozen times from then until now (military parents). I moved about 1x a year and did about 2 diff schools per year (always testing out into gifted programs and moving schools). Because of this, I never got to play sports or be an active, social boy. I think this greatly contributed to my below average stature. I have the upper body of a 6' person yet the height of a 5'7-8" person. If that 2-year-old height x2 thing = adult height is true, then I should have been at least 5'11" if I weren't stunted. P.S. if you are contemplating a military career, try not to move so much if you have children. It REALLY effs them up in the head (and physically). People come here for being born short, but knowing you were emotionally, socially, and physically stunted due to some BS like that is really, really hard to deal with. I know I'm fortunate to be 172 cm tho, compared to others here.
But height hasn't started bothering me, to the extent of contemplating surgery, until about a year ago when I was 23 and now every time I go out. Living in the South (U.S.), I notice all the guys are a minimum of 5'11" and I'm just a little taller than the girls. It also hits me hard whenever I come across articles bashing people like Tom Cruise (always about his height or religion) or the president of France - and then I think...wow, I'm as tall as these guys and they are being tormented like this? Will this happen to me if I ever got media attention? Can I even become a president or CEO? Do I really have to be 2x better at something than someone who's 6' just to get a corporate position?
I would like CLL surgery, but fortunately I have a lot of redeemable qualities and it's not so painful being a tad bit short until then (if ever).
That emotional stress and not playing sports might have had a little effect on your growth, but don't put too much on it. Remember most of your height (on average 80% I think) is still genetic and you'll never truly know what height you would've reached otherwise, so there's really no purpose to ponder about it (I know that's hard 'cause I too think alot about whether I stunted my growth). And when it comes to growth stunting, I think nutrition and sleep play a much larger role than physical activity and your emotional state, I've never heard that emotional state has a big effect. Best friend of mine never did sports, he gets exhausted even when playing darts, and didn't have an easy childhood either, and he still turned out 6'7''+. So as I said, you'll never know what would've happened if things went different.