it's an important issue - height neurosis will prevent one leading a truly meaningful life - wearing lifts all the time - after a certain age becomes desperately and secretively mentally tiring - as chris states above...
Sometimes we just try to justify our mistakes in the past and convince ourselves that we didn't damage our growth, even when all the evidence indicates otherwise.
what evidence??
Quote from: th on August 03, 2020, 12:31:08 PMwhat evidence??
If you just Google 'sleep and height', 'depression and height' you'll find lots of results.
Also, smoking and drugs have been strongly linked to stunted growth.
google is not evidence - height neurosis is possibly a mental illness - the issue not being height...
Quote from: th on August 03, 2020, 04:53:39 PMgoogle is not evidence - height neurosis is possibly a mental illness - the issue not being height...
HAHAHAHAHA
The poster @extremis once explained it very well.
As much as I hate to admit it, a lot of what this guy said were true.
Quote from: extremis on January 13, 2018, 04:59:34 AM
First, BDD is an overdiagnosed umbrella term that is handed out like candy to everyone who shows up to a psychiatrist's office with a complaint about their looks, which in many cases is justified. Most people who are diagnosed with "BDD" regarding a particular physical feature (facial aesthetics, large nose/ears, baldness, short stature, etc) really ARE unattractive because of that feature.
Actual "BDD" wherein the person's "dysmorphia" is unfounded - i.e. the person actually DOESN'T have the flaw they perceive themselves to - is basically UNHEARD OF.
That isn't the case here. There's nobody on this board who is 6'5", but when they look in the mirror they see a 5'2" guy. The problem people have here is they're 5'5" (for example) and when they look in the mirror they see a guy who's 5'5", and when they go out with their friends or just alone they get treated like a guy who's 5'5" (i.e. like a walking punch line, butt of people's jokes, etc).
The problem with all these "psychology" terms like height neurosis or BDD or whatever is that they take the focus off of HEIGHTISM, which is what is actually causing people to perceive their short stature as a flaw and creating the "neurosis" in the first place. People don't just randomly start hating themselves because of a feature and develop mental illnesses for it. It's OTHER people's treatment of them that causes it.
more factual scientific evidence from this forum - including batman...
I'd be lying if I said I hadn't considered it at some point. But it's not entirely height-based.
My physical stature is already abysmal. Poor posture, terrible balance and I can't maintain muscle mass. 5'9" is the worst height, because certain people think you look taller, but when you're standing next to someone who is actually 6', you realize how far off the mark they were.
And whoever claims 5'9" is average in America and only 1% of women are taller than that, you're full of sh*t. Living in a college town, you quickly notice how more than half the female population is taller than you. Every time I go out, I'm reminded of how inadequate and undesirable I am. I hate knowing it makes me feel self-conscious and that I don't yet have the resources to do anything about it. I hate that I'm subconsciously comparing myself with others, over a trait that isn't entirely within our control.
I also know kids these days are being pumped full of growth hormones, but I wish someone would've told me when I was going through puberty that I need to focus more on exercise and nutrition. In all honesty, if I were any shorter than I am now, I'd have taken myself out years ago.
Quote from: EgoSolus21 on August 03, 2020, 10:58:09 PM5'9" is the worst height, because certain people think you look taller, but when you're standing next to someone who is actually 6', you realize how far off the mark they were.
Obviously 5'9 is worse than 5'4 or 5'1, definitely the worst possible height
Quote from: ghkid2019 on August 03, 2020, 11:08:26 PMObviously 5'9 is worse than 5'4 or 5'1, definitely the worst possible height
Anecdotally, absolutely. Especially given that I bookend my disillusion with an honest claim at suicide if I were any shorter.
Props to those who are more "down to Earth" than myself. You're much stronger than I am.
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