Quote from: DoingItForMe on April 04, 2016, 07:48:54 AMI cured my height neurosis when I reached 5'8", and possibly even when I was a little over 5'7.
But prior to that, the way I cured it was that I read diaries where people were having "bad" results or having a hard time with the surgery and recovery. So becoming taller stopped being a rational option for me. Once I knew that there was no choice for me to get taller, I stopped thinking about getting taller. I then quickly accepted being short. It's like when a relative or close friend dies. You will be super sad about it at first, but eventually you realize that that person will never return. And then you learn to accept it. Acceptance is the last stage of grief.
My mistake was coming back to the forums years later and thinking that LL was a rational option again. Once that possibility of being taller hit me again, I threw away the acceptance and wanted to be taller. I shouldn't really call it a mistake, because I actually do like being taller. But I did sacrifice a lot for it. So the surgery to me is really more like giving up something to gain something else. It's not all 100% beneficial, whereas something like getting braces or lasik eye surgery were all mostly beneficial with minimum sacrifice.
I really really hope that they figure out a better way to make people taller and for a cheaper price. Then I'll be recommending LL. Because there's really no downside to being taller. But having tight legs and random pains is quickly getting annoying.
Thanks for the response.
I remember in your diary you had said that girls at the hotel were crushing on you, and that was just past the 5'7 mark if I recall correctly.
Yeah, the bad diaries terrify me. I tend to rationalize their outcomes by saying they had bad doctors or whatever.
Being able to afford it doesn't help either. I mean, I flew out to Miami and drove up to WPB in January just to drive by the Paley Institute. I didn't even get a consult. Spent the rest of the week getting drunk, exploring the keys, and lying around nked with the wife. (ended up meeting with a patient though, so wasn't a complete waste)
I climbed the tallest peak in my state the other day. Sat out over looking the landscape, freezing my a** off, thinking, "would I ever be able to come back up here after LL?"
Speaking as a guy that is a high 5'7, this place distorts the real life value of height. It really does. So do a lot of other places on the internet.
I stand 5'9 in my boots, so not sure I would even gain anything with LL, other than ego satisfaction. It's the thought of being 5'11 in my boots that gets to me.
