You say that you are having so much pain that you cry 15 minutes a night. First thing you need to do is get lifts. They will at least for time being remove a lot of pain. At 5 8 you can go instantly to 5 10 with them. Second thing is to cheer up. You are young as others have mention the majority here are.much older. If don't end up growing more then cll will be there waiting for you.
I relate to you. Height is also on my mind 24/7. The only think I can tell you is for you to already start saving for surgery. Get a job now and save whatever you can. Live with your parents instead of being by yourself so you can save as much as possible and then go for LL. I won't tell you to go look for a psychiatrist or psychologist because I wouldn't want people to recommend me the same about my height insecurities.
Shoes and insoles go a long way taking away any torment your height neurosis may cause when you're out. Yeah, you have to take them off at some point, but so what? It won't be when interacting with the vast majority of people.
And being short sucks, but we also have to deal with reality. We can either work towards bettering our lives or let self-hate torment us to the point we can't do anything. It's also a complete "miracle" that osteogenesis is an evolutionary feature and can be used for CLL. Bone could simply have never evolved to regenerate so much, like it is the case for important tissues in the body. Just think of how many other shxtty things exist in people's lives in this world, where absolutely nothing can be done about it (diseases, conditions, upbringing, intelligence, etc). We are lucky to have ways out of this (moving elsewhere, CLL) and for dealing with this (shoes, insoles, therapy, drugs).
My perception of this forum is that the majority is of normal height(170+ cm). Now, i totally understand the importance of height since im suffering from it myself but the amount of money and time required for this surgery, i cant really see how its worth it when you have normal height.
If i was 170cm (or close to) my life would look very different.
Quote from: Zeo on January 20, 2018, 05:48:17 AMThen get LL, how many years do you think it will be until you able to do it though, femurs are really expensive. I would just go for tibias, esp if you only want 2 inches, you can do it no prob. Best part is you will be able to afford it within a few summer jobs
I mean if want femurs you'll literally have to wait until you graduate college and get your first career job, so in like 6-7 years
So you just plan on being miserable for the next 7 years until you get LL?
Hey Zeo. I do not care about “waste of time and money” and if I were to be given an opportunity to gain a magical 2 inches by giving away 10 million dollars, then I would do it. The reason why most pwoplw have balancing problems is because they lengthen their tibias too much. Just how are you supposed to move when one part of your leg is bigger then the other? And you know what? I won’t give up. I do not care if it takes 20 years. I will reach my desired height no matter what.
Quote from: tallertree on January 20, 2018, 03:43:23 PMMy perception of this forum is that the majority is of normal height(170+ cm). Now, i totally understand the importance of height since im suffering from it myself but the amount of money and time required for this surgery, i cant really see how its worth it when you have normal height.
If i was 170cm (or close to) my life would look very different.
5’7 (170cm) is a “yeah sort of ok” height but I have seen a lot of people before who were 5’7 and wanted to be taller. Tom Cruise is 170 cm and it is funny because everywhere I go, I just see websites talking about how short he is. And then I look at Mark Wahlbergh who is 5’8 (173 cm) .... oh look, my height. And there are websites talking about how he is short. And guess what I am about to say now. I LOOKED UP 5’9 CELEBRITIES AND THERE ARE NO WEBSITES OF THEM BEING SHORT. Everybody under 5’9 is considered short. It is pretty funny. If I was just an inch taller I would be out of that zone. To get a picture of what I am talking about watch this: https://m. <<<< you saw that right? Not a single person that is 5’9 is listed up there. I really would have been happy at 175 or 177cm (5’9-5’10).
Quote from: Blue Lunar on January 20, 2018, 04:27:13 PM5’7 (170cm) is a “yeah sort of ok” height but I have seen a lot of people before who were 5’7 and wanted to be taller. Tom Cruise is 170 cm and it is funny because everywhere I go, I just see websites talking about how short he is. And then I look at Mark Wahlbergh who is 5’8 (173 cm) .... oh look, my height. And there are websites talking about how he is short. And guess what I am about to say now. I LOOKED UP 5’9 CELEBRITIES AND THERE ARE NO WEBSITES OF THEM BEING SHORT. Everybody under 5’9 is considered short. It is pretty funny. If I was just an inch taller I would be out of that zone. To get a picture of what I am talking about watch this: <<<< you saw that right? Not a single person that is 5’9 is listed up there. I really would have been happy at 175 or 177cm (5’9-5’10).
Celebrities are irrelevant. Whats relevant is real life and if you have normal height people wont see you as weird or define you by your height. Also, i dont really understand what problems you are having. If i were you i would spend all the time, energy and money and do stuff you like and work on your confidence since you are obviously not suffering from your height. You said yourself you are not getting bullied because of your height or that it causes you problem to get girls.
Im not saying that you shouldnt do LL, but at least try to see the positive things in your life first and then do LL with confidence. Right now you believe your life is and that only LL can cure that. Thats the problem.
Quote from: myloginacct on January 20, 2018, 12:53:15 PMShoes and insoles go a long way taking away any torment your height neurosis may cause when you're out. Yeah, you have to take them off at some point, but so what? It won't be when interacting with the vast majority of people.
And being short sucks, but we also have to deal with reality. We can either work towards bettering our lives or let self-hate torment us to the point we can't do anything. It's also a complete "miracle" that osteogenesis is an evolutionary feature and can be used for CLL. Bone could simply have never evolved to regenerate so much, like it is the case for important tissues in the body. Just think of how many other shxtty things exist in people's lives in this world, where absolutely nothing can be done about it (diseases, conditions, upbringing, intelligence, etc). We are lucky to have ways out of this (moving elsewhere, CLL) and for dealing with this (shoes, insoles, therapy, drugs).
I already tried putting on those lifts. The next day when I came to school people were like: you look tall but you look short. When I told them that I was 5’10 they all said that it was wierd because my torso and my legs were short and did not match a 5’10 person’s torso and legs. They automatically noticed that I had lifts. And these were not my friends. They were girls that I just met. I hope you can picture what I am saying because if you arhave 5’2 and you are 5’6 when you where 4 inch boots, your torso is not going to look 5’6. Lifts are not great. And what if u take them off? People are gonna be like: wtf man u short shxt.
Quote from: Blue Lunar on January 20, 2018, 04:49:24 PM
I already tried putting on those lifts. The next day when I came to school people were like: you look tall but you look short. When I told them that I was 5’10 they all said that it was wierd because my torso and my legs were short and did not match a 5’10 person’s torso and legs. They automatically noticed that I had lifts. And these were not my friends. They were girls that I just met. I hope you can picture what I am saying because if you arhave 5’2 and you are 5’6 when you where 4 inch boots, your torso is not going to look 5’6. Lifts are not great. And what if u take them off? People are gonna be like: wtf man u short shxt.
That is credible as much as stating that vaccines cause autism.
If you "look short" for a 5'10 person after putting on lifts (and you are 5'
than it means 2 things.
1) you are a troll
2) you are skinny as
Thanks bro. It's been a rough time for me too.
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