Quote from: Masteryourlife on January 18, 2022, 10:31:24 PMI'm aware I'm not "short" but average, but I also believe that the feeling it's the same when its big enough to consider this surgery .
This because I'm the tallest of my family (taller then father n brothers) n they are fine while I'm not ; So my personal opinion is that although at a better starting height ,I can relate to height dysphoria feelings .
I'm not sure to what extent because starting 10 cm shorter then me on the paper sounds reasonable to think that they suffer more then me , but their desire of them falling into avarage heights is not necessarily higher then mine of falling into the tall side .
Often people with shorter starting height mistake that and think that avarage ppl are just being greedy n doing this surgery just as a "+" in their life , while for me it's no option because I'm not happy right now at all , despite having everything on point with other aspects ,girls included (who tells that its height stopping them at 5'9 it's probably because they re not 5'9 for real/they ugly/bad personality etc).
Sometimes it's just about being where you feel your body/mind/soul belong and that feeling its the same in every person with height dysphoria.
I might be wrong n probably some feels it more but my point is that going from very short to short /short to average/avarage to tall ..are all personal upgrades that brings the same kind of mental freedom.
Some stupid topics are the ones who make ppl feel that this surgery is worth it only if u can reach the 6ft mark or it's better to give up on life n this is the point I'm trying to prove ; each one have a personal perception of things but height dysphoria feels the same no matter the starting height .
This is my opinion and there is no way to prove myself right or wrong but from reading others diares/post op feelings ,n knowing how much I suffered, I believe that I can have valid points no matter my starting height n state that some people here are not rational and their height is a problem,  but not the only problem (having also people shorter then me around me who are happier then me n living a fulfilling life..sure they would like to be taller but as many would like to be richer,cuter,smarter etc. That is normal).
But in light of your words I don't think you have capabilities of having sympathy from short men especially on this forum and I also saw your other posts on one short men with Depression isolated in his own bedroom and can not dissociate with his parents which made me perplexed about why you couldn't have related to him. If I were at your height I'd rather lose half of my lifespan or just live for another 10 yrs and die so I don't think you are really relating to us short men. Every short man will sacrifice everything for being 185cm tall trust me. I have came across various short men's tradeoffs that they cannot never make instead just in their minds for being tall. At least in my shoes I can't think of other worse tragedies than being so short and that's why I addressed having Parkinson/Leukemia somehow is somehow better than being short although admittedly that is not a rational opinion and you already told me that before. I think you can just bow down to like 152/162cm and walk around outdoors then you can kind of experience what we are actually experiencing, not just fantansizing how bad life is for them in your mind if you don't mind me to say that.