Use of the term - Height Dysphoria

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Quote from: ghkid2021 on February 11, 2021, 01:14:29 AMYou can do LL for whatever reason you want, even if you are 6'5 or 4'11, mentally unstable or fine. Ignore the noise and do your own thing. Do not bother talking to those that want to argue with you about the validity of your own personal struggle.

My words! Absolutely agree 

Quote from: 10cmOnTibiaOrGTFO on February 11, 2021, 01:25:08 PMi guess its like with transgender. hard to understand unless you experience it urself.

Yea it‘s quite similar in a way and I sometimes use that comparison to explain it to family members.

Quote from: Tartar on February 11, 2021, 01:40:46 PMIf you were The only human in The world you wouldn’t do LL. It’s all due to The comparison with others.

If I were the only human existing there wouldn’t be any surgery. If I was the only human I wouldn‘t even know anything. eg to take the transgender comparison into account here, a trans person wouldn‘t even know there was another gender if they would be the only person on Earth. Maybe they’d knew that something is wrong but so would I (besides that you are the only person alive, there literally is a lot wrong psychologically then lol)

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i would say 1% 

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i would say 1% 

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"Height dysphoria" is a term of art folks use for different purposes.  "Dysphoria" means "unease" or "dissatisfaction" so height dysphoria is nothing more than a term to describe a generalized state of unhappiness about one's height.

The term started appearing in medicine because folks would attempt to justify health care plan coverage for limb lengthening based on a perceived mental health condition they called "height dysphoria".

However, "height dysphoria" in and of itself is NOT a mental health condition.  If a person's unhappiness with his or her height begins to unreasonably impair daily activity; then, a diagnosable mental health condition may exist. 

However again, that condition would likely be anxiety, or depression, or even obsessive-compulsive disorder, etc. depending on presentation of symptoms.  The distinction is that "height unhappiness" is a symptom; not a mental health diagnosis.

When addressing symptoms, it is important to treat the underlying causes that give rise to the symptoms rather than just the symptoms.

Some will say "what underlying cause?  My underlying cause is that I am short."

You may be short; however, it is not your height that is causing your unhappiness.  Instead, it is how you feel about your height--you feel less powerful, less attractive, less worthy, etc. 

Many wrongly conclude that "if only I was 'X' amount taller, then, I would be more powerful, attractive, worthy, etc."

Instead, you should find your power, attractiveness, worth, etc. in the good things that exist about you.  Until you do, your height (or hair color, or weight, or acne) will not matter much.

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i like your view. a lot of truth in your statement 

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Quote from: RealDamagedLostSoul on February 11, 2021, 04:01:16 PMIf I were the only human existing there wouldn’t be any surgery. If I was the only human I wouldn‘t even know anything. eg to take the transgender comparison into account here, a trans person wouldn‘t even know there was another gender if they would be the only person on Earth. Maybe they’d knew that something is wrong but so would I (besides that you are the only person alive, there literally is a lot wrong psychologically then lol)

If The average height was 1,50 you would never consider this surgery. You want to be taller because there are people taller than you.
That’s The only reason why you feel to be not tall enough.

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body dysmorphic disorder - in this case manifested in unhappiness re height - IS a mental health condition, and may be closely related to other mental health conditions

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i never had it at 16 for example - can be brought on by trauma experienced as a young adult...

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Quote from: th on February 11, 2021, 04:52:00 PMbody dysmorphic disorder - in this case manifested in unhappiness re height - IS a mental health condition, and may be closely related to other mental health conditions

Yes that’s The point. I was going to clarify The fact there’s a edge where it is a mental disease, nothing that can be solved with surgery. Permanent dissatisfaction.

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yes but u said earlier if people were not taller u would not want this surgery - not correct - it is a mental health condition unrelated to other people etc