Quote from: Tall on June 14, 2014, 02:23:38 AMThat's a great attitude to have. When you're less focused on numbers you can focus more on image, and run less chance of disappointment if you don't reach an arbitrary number. I'm reaching for a number (the height of my father) and I have realized that it is an unhealthy way to approach lengthening, so when I do end up lengthening, I may stop at just 5CM instead of the 7.5CM my superficial mind really wants me to get so that I can be the same height as my father.
With LL I became the same height as my father. It felt very weird at first, I used to "look up to him", haha. Now that I'm used to my new height, it feels as if we've always been the same naturally. Same thing goes for my friends. Our relative heights changed, and now I feel as if I never used to be way shorter than them.
I'm still the shortest guy in the acting workshop, which makes me wonder - life must've been absolute hell for me during the past few years. It's all behind me now.
Still being relatively short has no negative psychological effect on me. I can attest you, there's absolutely no height neurosis in my mind anymore.
But there's an awareness of an objective reality - I'm still relatively short.
And that's OKAY. It's fine. But I don't have to be.
Idiots think we're mad for doing this for cosmetic reasons. The surgery appears painful, so they think it's painful. They fear themselves out even before doing it. I eliminated the pain from the start because I was already swimming in it.
God, look at Youtube comments. "There's risk of becoming crippled!" Um, no sir. Your mind is crippled. MOST annoying people on planet earth - those who make themselves believe that something cannot be done, then try to make others believe that it can't be done. I'll have none of that attitude, thank you.
* This wasn't directed towards you buddy, I'm just ranting about how I've been feeling about people lately.
QuoteDo you feel like a full recovery will be possible for you with your 8CM? If you're in acting, my guess would be to pay a lot of attention to your proportions, since that trade relies heavily on looks and attractiveness, which can be greatly undermined by odd proportions.
I'm not fully recovered, but I feel fully recovered.
I feel like s**t when I'm squatting on the bosu with TRX bands but I've always felt like s**t doing that, even before the surgery 
I can run if I want to. I even took a few shots kicking a soccer ball a couple days ago.
If I do tibiae, my recovery will entirely depend on my achilles tendons. I can't tell for sure how they'll react to the lengthening.
