u/Hazeringx

My height insecurity is starting to affect me in ways it has never done before

In the past most of my insecurity regarding height had to do with dating, however in a vacuum I didn’t mind being 5’7. If it wasn’t for the dating thing, I would have zero issues with being my height.

Recently though (from maybe last year or so), I’ve come to realise that I started to genuinely hate my height, to the point where I feel like I’m in a flesh prison. There’s nothing I wouldn’t I do if it meant I could become 5’11/6’0+. In my mind, a man can’t be fully attractive at my height or below, I will always be below most tall guys.

It’s gotten to the point where I actively looked into limb lengthening surgery to make myself at least 5’11. To me now, being a short guy feels like a curse I was burdened because both my parents were short. I had no say in it and I’m forced to live with this body (or more specifically height) that I didn’t ask for. In my case, it doesn’t help that I wasn’t that short when I was younger (around 5’6 at 12/13, 5’7 at 27), that amplified the feelings that this height is not what I should be, or meant to be.

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u/Hazeringx — 8 days ago