lonely_world
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This is something that i've been thinking of lately, but maybe it's just me. I'm short, 5'2, and i'm wondering if I would be more confident and talkative, less shy, if I were taller?
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I'm a shortie, only 5'4, and while it definitely sucks to be short especially if you're a guy, I think it's the least of my problems. A decent, likeable, easy-going personality is on the top of my wish-list! Then good looks, and maybe only after all that, a few extra inches of height.....
SocialRetahd
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I know of a way to make you 3 inches taller if you are 20 or above, and possibly 6 inches taller if you are still a teenager.
pm me if you are interested.
pm me if you are interested.
Starry
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I don't think you would be more confident and less shy if you were taller. You'd just shift the perceived problem to another aspect of yourself.
The problem isn't that you're short, but that you lack confidence in the first place which you are trying to blame on the fact you're short...
Granted, when you perceive something as an error or a flaw, you are more likely to be anxious about it, but it seems most likely that you are anxious and so look for a reason, because you know it's unreasonable...
We all know that SP/SA/Shyness is unreasonable, or rather um.. My mind's gone blank and I can't think of the word lol... Something... Which is why we try to look for some cause, some reason, something to blame it on... Like you, with relation to your height.
Some people transfer it to the way they look, or their weight, or their voice etc... It's about trying to put our problems onto something defineable, something tangible rather than purely mental...
And I know from my own experience that this is true... I've been over-weight all my life, definitely a flaw, definitely something I can fix and am fixing... I've blamed my weight for the lack of confidence I have, since I was bullied throughout school... However, during the process of fixing it, I was sure my confidence would increase... It's not. Not even the slightest bit...
That's with a flaw that can be corrected. You can't fix height. But the same still applies. With SA/SP/Shyness, we are that way, not because of physical things, but because of mental things. We just look for reasons which we can see, which are tangible...
The problem isn't that you're short, but that you lack confidence in the first place which you are trying to blame on the fact you're short...
Granted, when you perceive something as an error or a flaw, you are more likely to be anxious about it, but it seems most likely that you are anxious and so look for a reason, because you know it's unreasonable...
We all know that SP/SA/Shyness is unreasonable, or rather um.. My mind's gone blank and I can't think of the word lol... Something... Which is why we try to look for some cause, some reason, something to blame it on... Like you, with relation to your height.
Some people transfer it to the way they look, or their weight, or their voice etc... It's about trying to put our problems onto something defineable, something tangible rather than purely mental...
And I know from my own experience that this is true... I've been over-weight all my life, definitely a flaw, definitely something I can fix and am fixing... I've blamed my weight for the lack of confidence I have, since I was bullied throughout school... However, during the process of fixing it, I was sure my confidence would increase... It's not. Not even the slightest bit...
That's with a flaw that can be corrected. You can't fix height. But the same still applies. With SA/SP/Shyness, we are that way, not because of physical things, but because of mental things. We just look for reasons which we can see, which are tangible...
den1
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Hiya, I'm about 6"2 and I would rather be shorter!!
Being taller makes you more noticable which doesn't really help someone with SA.
I am quite lanky aswell, which I think is a word only used in the uk lol.
I am quite skinny but want to put some weight on.
But I reckon its all down to the SA, If I was smaller and heavier I would probably want to be taller and thinner lol.
It's just how our minds work.
Try and be happy with what you do have rather than worry about what you don't have.
Being taller makes you more noticable which doesn't really help someone with SA.
I am quite lanky aswell, which I think is a word only used in the uk lol.
I am quite skinny but want to put some weight on.
But I reckon its all down to the SA, If I was smaller and heavier I would probably want to be taller and thinner lol.
It's just how our minds work.
Try and be happy with what you do have rather than worry about what you don't have.
SocialRetahd
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6'2 isn't that tall.
SocialRetahd
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yes. how old are you?
If you are under 20, than taking hgh can still make your bones grow, but the injections are expensive. If you are over 20, than your bones have probably fused. What you can do at this point is stretch the cartilage between the bones. This takes lots of work and patience, but you can gain up to 3 inches in height (but will probably only see an inch or so).
If you are under 20, than taking hgh can still make your bones grow, but the injections are expensive. If you are over 20, than your bones have probably fused. What you can do at this point is stretch the cartilage between the bones. This takes lots of work and patience, but you can gain up to 3 inches in height (but will probably only see an inch or so).
of_darkness
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Why would you think being taller would help? I'm tall, i haven['t always been tall, but still.....
that hasn't had any effect, i know talkative tall people and talkative short people. I don't think theres much to discuss here.
Seriously, stop worrying and start thinking of other ways to help yourself, just forget about height!
that hasn't had any effect, i know talkative tall people and talkative short people. I don't think theres much to discuss here.
Seriously, stop worrying and start thinking of other ways to help yourself, just forget about height!