Is stunting your own height the worst thing you can do to yourself?

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I made a mistake in the past and now I am paying for it for the rest of my life. I keep thinking that what I did was unforgiveable.

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Quote from: Sanity on November 09, 2019, 03:53:50 AMI did the same, but now there is no recompense for that, I did LL but it still cannot give me what I couldve gotten from natural growth ofcoarse. You see the natural growth is very proportional. I did about 2.2inches ll and i believe I lost around 2.5-3inches in my growing years definetely. Loosing more than that doesn't make sense to me because my genetic potential was around 5'11 max anyways but i ended up 5'8.

I did gain back through ll and its unproportional(concentrated in lower limbs) but hey atleast it got me taller. The main culprits during the puberty years and throughout teenage were 4 factors. Mediocre Nutrition, Poor sleep, minimal exercises and stressful environment. Stress and nutrition has the biggest role, it basically suppresses the testosterone levels by producing more cortisol. And lower T-levels mean lower bone growth because lower growth hormones factors influenced.

The biggest regret is missing out on natural growth. yea ll may have given me back 80% of my missed vertical growth but thats the thing, growth energy isnt all targeted at height only. the hormones/energy is utilized for lengthening arms, fingers, feet, spine, clavicle, shoulders, ribcage everything at the same time and height is just a part of it. so basically it just grows the whole frame proportionally, even growing facial bones and improving the facial symmetry and aesthetics. It growns the organs, brains, hearts etc aswell. its not overhauled.

Loosing 2-3 inches may not sound much, but considering its a result of loosing bone/muscle mass proportionally throughout the human frame, not just the vertical length of bones. Its like a 10 year old boy vs a 25y old man. he aint just taller but bigger overall.

gaining back something from cll be it unproportional atleast mends the wound caused by missed growth during teenage based on genetic potential. thts y i always advice growing youngsters to not make the same mistakes.

What you said is deep and profound u might or might not've realised. Forgiving is really difficult, but you must forgive yourself and accept this fate. I forgave myself long ago i remember even before i ever planned on cll but now even after cll, sometimes, the past still haunts me. But what is the only recompense is I pour this knowledge to the teenagers who matter to me and save them especially in this electronic and stressful era. The regrets grow less on me every year and I accept who I am.

You're wrong. Losing 2-3" is a world difference. That's about how much people are willing to through ridiculous surgery like LL for.

I would regret so much even if I only lost 1" (not that I'm suggesting I only lost 1")

It has been 10 years for me. And my anger just keeps cultivating.

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Quote from: soitchi on November 09, 2019, 10:38:51 PMHow does one figure out what height they were supposed to be? Is there a formula or something for it that we know to correctly calculate it with high accuracy?

The question is not "How do you know that you stunted your growth?" but "How do you know that you didn't?

All I know is that the things I did (which I could have not done) could stunt my height and there's no scientist that I can invalidate it and that's good enough for me.

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Quote from: soitchi on November 09, 2019, 11:56:18 PMBut I never asked that. If you believe your height was stunted, that would mean you know what height you were supposed to be which is what is what I'm asking.

Imagine being asked "how do you know that you're not gay?" and having to provide evidence that you're not, because I don't care what you say, you're gay until you prove otherwise. That's not the way it works, someone makes a claim, they have to back it up, burden of proof is on you to prove that you stunted your height. So, exactly how tall were you suppose to be? If you can't answer that then you don't obviously don't truly believe your height was stunted. Also don't just throw out a number, also provide the details, research and whatever else is required on how you came to your conclusion. It wouldn't require scientists or doctors to invalidate your claims if your reasoning fails to have logic.

I don't know the exact number, but taller than now.

But as you wish.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-of-human-height/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021755718310192

https://kidshealth.org/en/teens/sleep-growth.html

https://www.parentune.com/parent-blog/how-does-sleep-deprivation-impact-your-childs-growth/4633

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sleep-deprivation_b_3536674