Insecure About Height...

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i hope im not done growing!

Exactly, especially if you're male. I'm 6ft 3in and I've had 3 lung surgeries to fix collapsed lungs... and many lung collapses before the surgeries. The lung problem (Spontaneous pneumothorax) is common in tall, thin, males.

I'd rather have been like 5ft 7in so I'd never have had to encounter my lung problems .

My dad's 6' 1", my twin brother's 5' 8", and I'm 5' 4". Both my brother and I are pretty much done growing. I'd say I got the short end of the stick.

One of my cousins is 6ft 4 .. he's a freaking skyscraper. Thin as a pencil too. He's had to get a vein from his leg plugged into his neck, he's had a collapsed lung once and whenever the doctors need to sedate him they have an entire emergency team standing by just in case.. something about the blood pressure dropping too fast when the sedative takes effect can cause the heart to stop or something.

his daughter now 11 yrs old is 5ft 12... and growing. O.o

I'm 5'8 and I dont feel insecure at all. It definately has to do with the racial demographics of where I live though, Hawaii has a lot of other Asian people who are generally shorter than white people

There are actually a lot of men who are shorter than you.

I am tall and I cant hide anywhere

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I'm six feet at fifteen years old. Nowhere to hide. And since I'm not thin, that means I won't have collapsed lungs... Right?

To Google!

Please don't be insecure about your height, guys. There's not much you can do to be taller ... unless you want to wear Prince's heels all the time. But, seriously, only shallow people are going to judge you for your height, tall or short.

I'm 5' 5" and male, and I used to be very insecure about my height. Now, I don't care. It's not something that I can control, so why worry about it.

Really, the only problem that it causes is that some women have a hangup about height. That annoys me, but I try not to worry about it, because I have no control over how they feel.

I'm 6' 3" but wish I was even taller, 6' 9" would be nice!

At 5'8" I don't hit my head in any basement, I fit in a race car very easily, I'm faster than big guys on the same motorcycle (600 super sport) When clothes shopping they always have my size (try to find a size 15 shoe next time your out) I don't spend as much on food which leaves more for other things.

I could go on and on but I think you get my drift.

My oldest son is 6-8 at 22. My husband is 6-2. My oldest daughter is 5-4 at 18, my 16yo son is 6-4. my 15 yo daughter is 5-1. My dad was 6-9. Tall for an Italian. My FIL was 5-11.

What kind of race car you got? I had a pro-stock once. Ran a quarter in the low 9's.

^^^^^ PM'd to prevent derailment

You're making me feel bad, thanks for not going on. I'm 6'8" and honestly, it sucks. The reality is that all the benefits of being tall are disappearing with age, and I have to expect a future where I will likely live decades less than my partner, and that makes me scared to have children.
The health problems are bad enough, but I also smash my forehead on a regular basis. What shorter people don't appreciate is the pain associated with hitting one's head straight on as opposed to bumping the top of ones head; I've had migraines started from hitting doorways or other architectural features, and not just in basements. 6'4" or so was okay, but beyond that I could no longer choose the style of clothes I wear; when I am lucky enough to find clothes, I buy three pairs of pants, just in case I can't find any for a while; when I was 17 and all my friends wore punk and skater clothes I dressed like Jack Palmer.
I am incredibly self conscious in crouds, but everybody stares, so I rarely go out in busy public places; I get groceries as late as I can to avoid crowds; seeing me makes a lot of dogs bark and babies cry, which is awkward. I don't go to bars, too many meatheads want to prove something by fighting the giant, and females I don't know tend to harass me (not terrible normally, but combined with everything else that is bothering me in an average bar, too much). Don't get me wrong, being tall can be a good thing, I'm just saying that there is a point at which tall is too tall.
The only redeeming thing about being 6'8" instead of like 6'2" or 6'3" is that I can defend myself well physically any time I need to. I've used a table at a party to get 3 guys to back off, I can beat up a car, throw a person instead of fighting them, etc.