Has anyone experienced depression over their height?

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Quote from: YourSpaceBoyfriend on April 16, 2017, 02:22:17 PMI had similar situation when my endocrinologist told me that i have hypothyroidism and that's why i probably stopped growing since i was 12 yo.

Yead old doctor was a bitch. My pedeatrician said my growth pattern would have me at a final height of 5 11. Yet the doctor I had after could not understand that I would be upset to be 3 inches off that number. She said there was a lot of great short people like napeolean.... like that would make me feel better. And come to think about it I dont know why she called me short when she was barely 5 feet. I  guess she did not think about her words making things feel worse.

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Quote from: cole slaws on April 16, 2017, 01:28:19 PMI hate to say it but I am sometimes mildly depressed because of my height. Especially when I see girls taller than me. However I can still function normally and hold down a job so it isnt so bad. But has anyone experienced this mild depression because of their height?

I live in Germany and I used to be a 161cm (5'3) short male. About 3,5 years ago, it finally made me kill myself but I was to stupid to do it right.
I don't like to call it attempted suicide, because inside my head I actually did it.
So you can probably imagine that I was very depressed for being so totally different that I had been socially excluded, ridiculed and even mocked almost daily - just because of my height!
The feelings of inferiority, exclusion/loneliness and hopelessness don't go well together.
But my suicide changed me. I see our existence, the world we have to live in and the people around me with totally different eyes now.
My depression was still there, but I started to turn my sadness into anger and I also began to channel all of my negative feelings and energy towards others instead of myself.
Because once you have quit life, you don't give a s*hit about most things anymore. Aggression and even violence became my new nature.
Then I found out about LL, and suddenly, I had hope and it even became my sole and religious-like reason to live, because I want to know so badly how it feels like to be somewhat "normal".
My mood changed again. I became a lot calmer and the more I planned my first surgery, the happier I was.
After my first surgery, I was euphoric, but it subsided quickly because I had major complications in my left foot and could only gain about one inch.
Now I have to wait about 10.5 more month to continue my journey so I can finally become taller. This has set me back, but my depression is miraculously mild considering this.
Hope and the fact that I'm actively doing something about my short stature helps a lot.
But I know that my depression will only go away once I've found what I'm looking for.
There is this saying: "A man without hope is nothing" and I can totally attest to it.
I think it helps us to focus on other positive things instead of the bad ones.
If you are feeling depressed, try to focus on what gives you hope, like the prospect of LL and a better life.
Okay, that's it.
I'm not sure how much my story will help you, but I hope it does somehow :-)

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Quote from: bander72 on April 16, 2017, 02:29:23 PMYead old doctor was a bitch. My pedeatrician said my growth pattern would have me at a final height of 5 11. Yet the doctor I had after could not understand that I would be upset to be 3 inches off that number. She said there was a lot of great short people like napeolean.... like that would make me feel better. And come to think about it I dont know why she called me short when she was barely 5 feet. I  guess she did not think about her words making things feel worse.

Just to be clear, you are 5'9.. Not 5'8. Your doc missed two inches

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Thanks!  :)that really meant a lot to me. As someone with unsupportive parents I am also struggling to find ways to scrimp together money and hide my surgery.

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Quote from: TIBIKE200 on April 16, 2017, 03:22:26 PMJust to be clear, you are 5'9.. Not 5'8. Your doc missed two inches

But 5 9" in the morning, maybe that is why his doctor golf him that.

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5'3 in germany mustve been living hell lol fuarkk

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I never had a real deppression before LL for the only reason that I learned about this surgery when I was just 15 years old and I always knew that if my height wasn't enough for me I would do this surgery.
So, even though I wasn't fully satisfacted with my life, the knowledge of LL surgery made me feel much better with myself and enjoy life a lot.

After LL and the problems I faced due to atl, I felt a lot deppressed for about the first 2 years but since my condition improved a lot and I looked normal (in walking, standing etc), I started enjoying my new height and feel much better with my life.
But when I still had some comments about my "not enough" height in addition to the feeling of weakness I have in my (especially left) feet due to atl, I started feeling a little bitter sometimes although I generally feel much better with myself compared to preLL.

But real men take their fates on their hands and we live only once so I decided to do whatever it takes to fix my tendon problem and never feel bad for my height again.
Thats why in a few days I'll do the first surgery to fix my tendons and in about 2 years my second LL

Chinese said that if a problem could be solved, then there is no need to worry.
So anyone who is deppressed for his height, don't give up, LL is our solution.

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Quote from: 0184946 on April 16, 2017, 06:01:04 PM5'3 in germany mustve been living hell lol fuarkk

Well, let's just say if I went to a store to buy some trousers and they are out of stock, I could still be lucky in the kidswaer department...

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Quote from: 0184946 on April 16, 2017, 06:01:04 PM5'3 in germany mustve been living hell lol fuarkk

Aren't you one cheerful lad ay?

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i am quite alright to outsiders but i am not happy on the inside. i cannot enjoy daily activities even though i am faring well in most aspects of life.

if i do not get crippled from the operation i think it will make a huge difference to me. i am ok even with getting back to 80% athletic ability. just don't want to have residual aches and pains. but life is a gamble isn't it?