Im 5'8 and was never bullied about it. The insecurity started when i found out i was shorter than my dad and lil brother i taught it was because of my bad lifestyle. Then i found out it is just genetic because i ate a lot of protein, was never ill and athletic. Now i still want to be taller but im not insecure about it since im not really short and it wasnt my fault. Whats your story?
Fifth grade is when I first noticed that I was becoming noticeably shorter than my peers, but the height didn't bother me until 9th grade because before that point everyone just focused on the fact that I was fat. After I lost all the weight, then my height became the target and that's when I started feeling really bad about it. People would also make a lot of comments when I'd go anywhere with my half-siblings. Out of the five who share the same dad as mine, the shortest of them is 5'8 (female) and tallest is 6'3 or 6'4 (male), with the other half-brother not far behind at 6'2.
Quote from: KiloKAHN on September 18, 2015, 06:02:52 PMOut of the five who share the same dad as mine, the shortest of them is 5'8 (female) and tallest is 6'3 or 6'4 (male), with the other half-brother not far behind at 6'2.
I'm sorry, that must have been rough.
Quote from: Uppland on September 18, 2015, 06:07:58 PMI'm sorry, that must have been rough.
I can relate too. 164 for a male is hell
I'm shorter than my dad too, by 3-4 inches. I ate lots of veggies and played lots of sports. Feelsbadman
But hey, at least I'm 5'10 and that's really not a bad height, although it would be really, really nice to be tall, and I always expected to be since most of my male family members are very tall. So I used to be extremely insecure about my height. I still get uncomfortable when in the shorter third of men in a room.
No one here whose depression started by thinking its their own fault because of bad eating habits? I think bad eating habits cant effect your growth if you in your teenage years, didnt had signs of malnutrition and wasnt ill. Look to rivaldo (footballer) he hasnt teeth due to malnutrition and he is 6"1
I might not have eaten enough because I was a track and cross country runner, so I tried to stay lean in order to run fast for long periods of time and this was during ages 14-17 (critical growing years), so that might be why I didn't grow as much as I thought I should have. When I began to realize I wasn't growing at age 17, I panicked and quit track and cross country and started eating 5x a day. I only grew about an inch afterwards. It's impossible to say exactly why we're short, though. It could be sleep, nutrition, genetics, or all. There was a kid on my track team who grew like 6 inches in a year, despite being very lean and not sleeping that much. He ended up much taller than his father to. You just have to accept that life isn't always fair, and there are much worse things that could happen than ending up shorter than you hoped, so, while it sounds corny, we need to be grateful for what we've got.
Quote from: Taller on September 18, 2015, 06:19:21 PMI'm shorter than my dad too, by 3-4 inches. I ate lots of veggies and played lots of spos. Feelsbadman
But hey, at least I'm 5'10 and that's really not a bad height, although it would be really, really nice to be tall, and I always expected to be since most of my male family members are very tall. So I used to be extremely insecure about my height. I still get uncomfortable when in the shorter third of men in a room.
Im the same as you, played almost everyday football at age of 14 (wanted to be a pro footballer lol) and did taekwondo from 9 to 12. Didnt eat a lot of veggies but ate everyday bread with cheese and chips. Funny thing is that i was tall as a kid and my dad and lil bro where short as kids. Glad this is reality cuz it shows it wasnt my fault
Yeah I was really tall as a kid too (90-95th percentile) so I was told my whole life growing up that I'd be at least 6'0 and possibly as tall as 6'6. So that's why 5'10 came as such a huge disappointment.
I just didn't grow very fast once I hit puberty and only grew an inch after 17. Interestingly, my dad was 6'2 by the time he was 13 or 14 and fully developed by 15. His brothers grew more slowly and are much taller than he is.
Quote from: Taller link=topic=2670.msg41729#msg41729 date=1I'601116Yeah I was really tall as a kid too (90-95th percentile) so I was told my whole life growing up that I'd be at leasatand possibly as tall as 6'6. So that's why 5'10 came as such a huge disappointment.
I just didn't grow very fast once I hit puberty and only grew an inch after 17. Interestingly, my dad was 6'2 by the time he was 13 or 14 and fully developed by 15. His brothers grew more slowly and are much taller than he is.
My dad is 5'11 and was a late bloomer. He grewed till 21/22. At age of 10 they expected me to be 6'1. I started quit earlywith having spotsaround age of 11 and had a semi thick mustache at age of 12. Now im 19 and i look like a man. So i have almost nothing of my dad. Only the same toes. I look like my mom who is 5'3. Ive seen on a lot of sites that eating unhealthy and not sleeping enough is quit common under teens.
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