Should I consider taking growth stoppers?

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I'm very very tall, even for my country's standards (198 cm) and I don't see any advantage to being this tall, it doesn't fit me, It seems to make me more prone to back pain, I knock my head on door ways sometimes, and I'm expected to grow a few more centimetres, should I take growth stoppers or will it not be a big deal in the future?

SteveSmith1985 · Accepted Answer

Personally, I would say, no!! Definitely not! I mean, you're tall... but not ANYWHERE so tall as to warrant medical intervention.

That being said, I don't know you particular situation well enough to say for sure. I mean, if you're in consultation with your regular doctor, and they think it might be warranted for medical reasons, then that's different.

If it's a matter of you just being really insecure and uncomfortable with the fact that you're tall... then I say again... NO WAY should you do this.

To me this is not a big deal. Not at all. I can see how, if you're shy, it might come with a whole set of problems around standing out. This is a bit harder for me to help you with that part, but only because I'm just not a shy person. When I was your age, I was rockin a big orange mowhawk, spiked leather jacket and combat boots ;)

All I can urge you to do... is to try to work on your shyness generally. It's not a bad thing necessarily to stand out. The world is a crowd... but frankly, it's a crowd that's full of many many genuinely awesome people who are worthwhile getting to know. Standing out... if you can become more comfortable with it... just helps those other awesome people FIND YOU better.

There is a catch though: If you're a tall girl, who is clearly uncomfortable with the fact that you're so tall: you're going to come off more like that "shy awkward tall girl" ... rather than merely than if you're merely "the tall girl".

Ideally, though, if you can ever fully embrace who you are--height and all-- you end up being "that beautiful tall girl"

Honestly, the difference between those three ways that you're perceived comes down to the confidence with which you carry yourself--given the fact that you're a tall girl who people are going to notice.

I see no reason that that being tall can't be entirely to your advantage. Again, you have to keep in mind that I'm not a shy person. I don't really know the process of going about trying to become less shy. I do think it's possible though.

There is no escaping the fact that, in a room full of people, or even in a large crowd you are going to be someone who is likely to be noticed and remembered.

As someone who, has always "stood out" out of every single crowd, group, houseparty, classroom, job, or any other situation... I might still be able to give you some useful insight.

In my experience, standing out has been a HUGE advantage. Like I said, there's great people almost everywhere you go.

Problem is, until people get to know one another, any other person is just a "random". So being noticed, to me, means that people very quickly see "me" as the person--with my individual personality---that I am, rather than just another person, among the people in whatever crowd i happen to be in.

I may not be tall... but I have many many times been the only splash of "colour" in an otherwise white group of people. I think the "standing out" aspect is analogous.

It's not that it's consciously related to race, but I do stand out... I would stand out even if I didn't have the type of extrovert personality that stands out. I guess I never notive that I stand out for that reason because I'm just used to standing out for reasons besides that.

Nevertheless, If I were to have the view of being "uncomfortable" with the fact that I'm the only non-white person say, in a classroom... then I would come off more reserved, stand-offish, but most importantly, I would be too afraid to "let my personality shine out."

I would be so afraid of what they might be thinking or noticing about the only dark guy in the room... that I wouldn't be comfortable enough to let them see who I was. I'm not just some dark guy... I"M ME. Just like you're not some tall girl... YOU"RE YOU. It just help connect the awesome within you, to the awesome within other people; if you're someone who gets noticed. You just have to embrace it as part of who you are... just like my skin. :)

So... No don't do it! :)

weegin · Accepted Answer

Wow, that is impressive! I know as a fellow tall person that being tall has disadvantages. But I don't think medicating yourself to save a few centimeters is worth it; a lot of medications come with their own side effects, and who knows if they will be worse than back pain and head bumping?

MORPHEUS_12 · Accepted Answer

My only concern is if you potentially could have a tumor on your pituitary gland causing you growth. Has your doctor ordered a CT Scan of your brain?

lollyacctwo · Accepted Answer

Rock it chick! I'm 5foot3 and I'd love to be a lot taller tbf. Dont stop growing, just be you girly! Guys love tall chicks🙂😊

Tyffen · Answer

Woah. You're tall 👀 I'm sorry you have this problem.

DeviloftheValleys · Answer

No. Make it your thing. Put emphasis on it.

1828avaava1828 · Answer

you're tall coco!! rock it girlie!!

Pulimuli · Answer

198 is pretty rare for a woman wow

Nayrr · Answer

You should play basketball

esotericstory · Answer

Consult your doctor.

ChefCurry · Answer

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