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How tall are you and do you have Height Dysphoria about it?

Started by PeterSteele, April 09, 2016, 10:33:02 PM

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Height

4 ft 11 and Under
1 (1.2%)
5 ft - 5 ft 4
10 (11.9%)
5 ft 5 - 5 ft 7
16 (19%)
5 ft 8 - 5 ft 11
29 (34.5%)
6 ft and higher
28 (33.3%)

Total Members Voted: 84

CarlyMcx

I am 5'7.5."  I am very happy with my height because I can find women's clothing that fits me very easily.   Just about all skinny jeans and pants I find fit me right off the rack with no alteration.

As a guy my height used to bother me because I was smaller than just about every other guy I grew up with.  As a girl, I love my height because it it just within average range for an American female.
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lindagrl

i'm 6'3 and am okay with it.  Wish my feet were smaller than size 10 though.
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IdontEven

I think I'd be more okay with my height if things like my ribcage, hands, feet, and head weren't so freaking monstrous.

Or maybe I'd feel even worse about it at that point. Who knows?
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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katiej

I'm 5'8" ... short-ish for a guy and tall-ish for a girl.

Back when I was trying to be a guy, I always wished I was taller. Now, I'm really glad I'm not. I can get away with heels, though I still prefer flats.
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invisiblemonsters

i'm 5'2" (trans man) and before transitioning, i was super insecure about my height. now since i have been on T for a few years and have had top surgery, i couldn't care less. i work with a few guys who are my height, maybe an inch or two taller. no one says anything generally but i will have customers who sometimes joke about my height when i help them lift heavy things because i guess i don't look like i can because of my height, but that doesn't bug me because i get it. i'm short and i'm lifting a thing that weighs more than i do and is bigger than i am half the time. also being in college, especially for what i am in college for, i tend to be the shortest guy in my program. it doesn't bug me and i still can do what the other taller guys can do with no issues. it also doesn't hinder my ability with women, because i know some trans guys can be super insecure about that and dating. the girl i'm currently seeing is 5'7" and no one stares at us or looks at us weird. if they did, i don't notice because i don't care. it took me a super long time to be confident and like myself and my body so i won't let something i can't change like my height make me feel crappy about myself.
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Tristyn

Quote from: PeterSteele on April 09, 2016, 10:33:02 PM
I'm 5 ft 6..Hopefully still growing but based upon height calculators it said I'll only reach to 5 ft 8..I have too much height dysphoria. What about you? ???

At least you're taller than me. I am only 5'4". Every time I go to the grocery store and try to reach for food at the top shelf, I look around to make sure no one is watching and then stand on my tippy toes like some ballerina to reach the food. I fear that a cis male would embarrass me by getting the food for me as if to say, "Dude, I'm like over-towering you!" So yeah, I feel ya, man.
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lisarenee

6'0" - I wish I was shorter. Absolutely, no more than 5'8" (135 lbs), though I would prefer under 5'4" (110 lbs). When I am with a guy, I want to be able to look up (not down) at him when we're dancing, kissing, etc...I want for him to be able to easily pick me up and carry me (less height means you can also be lighter).
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IdontEven

Quote from: lisarenee on April 11, 2016, 05:41:53 PM
6'0" - I wish I was shorter. Absolutely, no more than 5'8" (135 lbs), though I would prefer under 5'4" (110 lbs). When I am with a guy, I want to be able to look up (not down) at him when we're dancing, kissing, etc...I want for him to be able to easily pick me up and carry me (less height means you can also be lighter).

Maybe we should move to Norway. They're taller than in the US on average, I'm told. Dunno about the picking up thing, but the rest could work!
'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
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JoanneB

Years ago when I was a good 6ft tall it was also an era where the average height for women was 5'5"  Having been a big target most of my young life the last thing I wanted to do was to "Stand Out". Something a 6ft tall woman in that day was NOT going to do.

So I gave up on transitioning....

For about 30 some years. I am now an inch closer to my "Goal Height" of 5'8 and seems like a lot of women these days hit 6ft or more. A girl friend of mine was 6ft. and not to thrilled over it. Her brothers were giants. Her older sister was only 5'5!

My height bothers me very little these days. Compared to being out in the real world as the real me it is just background noise
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Elis

My height does bother me. I'm only 5"5 and 3/4. I hope that on T I'll at least reach just over 5"6 as that's considered more of a 'normal' male height. I try not to let it bother me but I really feel inferior to cis guys. Also I swear girls are getting taller. Each time I walk past a bunch of girls from the local secondary school they're all taller than me :/. Makes me wonder if in the future I'll be considered a midget because the population seems to be getting taller.
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BirlPower

I'm 5' 3". As a guy I always wanted to be taller. I don't meet many guys shorter than me and plenty of women are taller. I've never let it bother me either way as I can't change it. I'm quite glad about it now though. I'm probably around average height for a girl around here. (West of Scotland)
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MichaelaLJ1972

I'm a 5'5", MTF. I'd actually love to be shorter, though my height is actually the average for women in the US. I don't know if it's just me, but I do feel as though I have a "stocky" build and too much muscle in my arms.
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Midnightstar

I'm around maybe 5'3 And because i know i am very short compared to some people and especially other men it doesn't necessarily get to me because I'm shorter than some men.
But it does get to me in a dysphoric way because I start to think how are other people going to perceive me being as short as I am.
However it's not really a triggering subject for me it's not even really triggering to talk about it's when I really start thinking about my shortness or getting into detail about it. Other than that it's something I can pretty easily avoid. You know Now that I'm thinking about it kind of goes along with how I'm never able to fit into masculine clothing because I'm always short and smaller then others.
(that's the thing that bothers me most)
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Tristyn

Quote from: Midnightstar on April 12, 2016, 09:34:00 PM
You know Now that I'm thinking about it kind of goes along with how I'm never able to fit into masculine clothing because I'm always short and smaller then others.
(that's the thing that bothers me most)


Yes! That right there really grinds my gears too! It's very difficult for me to want to even clothes shop because of this. I always have to go to the teenage boy's section to fit anything in the men's section. I feel like the whole world can see right through me, even after being told time and time again that no one gives a dang about it! Thing is, I don't see it that way. I am super self-conscious about this also. I feel ya, man....
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EmilyRyan

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DarkWolf_7

I would love to be six feet tall but I will have to settle for 5'9". It doesn't bother me too much since that's the average height for a guy in the US.

And I've meant plenty of people who are outside the norm, women who are taller men who are quite a bit shorter than I.

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lisarenee

Quote from: JoanneB on April 11, 2016, 08:55:48 PMHer brothers were giants. Her older sister was only 5'5!

My older brother is about 5'4". I think I got all the height. I remember eating out, waitresses would let him eat off the kids menu, but say I was too old. They assumed he was younger than me because of the height difference.
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Rylie M

5'10" here i really wish i was a few inches shorter i'm primarily french canadian 3rd generation in the us I have lots of older relatives around the 5'6" mark at our reunions I tower over almost everyone untill you get to my parents generation at least i'm not as tall as my 6'4" uncle.
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Marlee

I have a trans friend who is 5'4" I can remember having some slight envy. But I am fairly comfortable with my 6 foot bod :)
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Jessie Ann

I am 5' 13 1/2" inches tall. (6' 1 1/2")
I am comfortable with my height although I wouldn't mind being a little bit shorter.
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