Guys who are short, are there any ways you feel better about your height?

[MCheetah]

Guys who are under six feet tall: If you dislike your height, what are some ways you feel less upset about it? I sometimes feel really depressed about how short I ended up, because almost literally everything I ever wanted in life when I was young, is out of my reach - pun kinda intended - because I stopped growing at the age of ten. Out of my insecurities, my height is the biggest one; easily a good 60-70% of all the hate I have towards my physical appearance. I don't feel like a man; I feel like an old kid, stuck down here in the women's and children's section.

There are plenty of girls on this site who are even my height or taller; JosyJosy, A_Bell, TallAndNerdy, MuscularBumblebee, HurlyBurly, new girl Jaaanellie, and others. It feels even worse being compared to women and told you're the same as them when sexual dimorphism says you're not supposed to be. I just assume most of the guys are six feet and over, so I don't even think about them.

I'm usually a problem solver; I HATE the fact that I have this super-shitty flaw that I had no control over and can literally do NOTHING to fix (I'm not even eligible for leg-lengthening surgery). And yeah, I know the saying; "If you can fix the problem, then fix it. If you can't, then stop worrying about it." Easier fucking said than done.

Other sub-six-footers, what do you do when you feel upset about being small?

[EmbraceThePain]

Well, for me, it’s the interactions and experiences I’ve had with women that have made me care less about my height. When you’re insecure about something, let’s say your baldness, it’s made worse by not having any real experiences or interactions pertaining to it, rather, just what you hear, read, and see online. Once you go out and have positive experiences regardless of you being bald, you’ll start to have a different perspective on your baldness. If you feel like women don’t like you because of your baldness, just ask and/or go out and interact with women and you’ll find that, while you cannot get every single woman ( no one can, nor a woman can get any man) you will feel better since now you have more than just what you’ve seen online in either self-deprecating forums of insecure house-imprisoned people or other media outlets where everyone is self loathing on whatever insecurity they have. Also, you just have to accept the cards that you have been given. Find other goals/purpose to attach yourself to so you’re not stuck in your head about you, you, you, and you.

[Slim57]

I just simply dont care, they can take it or leave it. And I know even though im right on the edge of 6 ft im 5'11, the majority of women will be shorter anyhow

[pink_and_inlove]

how tall are you? Did you say that you were 5’10? In my opinion 5’10 is the perfect height it’s not short at all. Also I think that working out would make you feel more confident I strongly think that it’ll help you feel wayyy better I should probably do it too tbh 😄

[MCheetah]

I'm NOT 5'10"!

[MCheetah]

And that is pretty f'n pathetic for a "grown" male. There are PLENTY of women who are that tall and taller. How is a man who's the same mass as a non-weightlifting woman not pathetic?

[pink_and_inlove]

Then how tall are you 5’8?

[Sugar100]

My boyfriend is short but we r like same height 5ft & I like it as I feel so insecure around tall people. We went to a concert bar club once and everyone was tall, we were the only short people there.

[Totomato]

If you’re that insecure about your height then just get some height-lifting insoles that you put inside your shoes, or get a haircut that makes you look taller (more volume on top). Height doesn’t matter that much anyway, I mean I’m 5’0 so every guy will be taller than me lol

[MCheetah]

That still doesn't solve the issue and I already wear height insoles daily.

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[Frank_Woods]

Hey man, being tall is not necessarily a good thing. Uncontrolled growth can lead to medical problems. I'm happy just to be average height at 5'9".

[Stoner710]

What do you consider short?

[JesseJayNeak]

We don't have back pain