Why do I have to be so short?!


Question: Why do I have to be so short?
Ok im 13 male 4"9 and in 8th grade. Ive always been short/smallest kid in school. Everyone makes fun of me and i hate it. Ive always been the small kid. I never really could sleep alot when i was 4-10 and im having trouble sleeping everynight. Im not even close to hitting puberty and dont have growing pains anymore. I also drink alot of milk. Im going to be in highschool in 6 months and dont want to be still shorter than 5th graders. It is so embarrasing. How am i going to go on with my life? I dont think i will ever grow because back in the day when my class mates from school havent hit puberty (2nd 3rd 4th 5th grade) and everyone was alot taller then me. If i stay this size im going to start using drugs to releive myself. Help

Answers:

Marcus...don't do anything stupid like drugs...1st of all, no drugs will make u get taller. I was the same as u when i was 13 and yeah it sucks but u know what? Puberty works differently with everyone and my growth period didn't start til i was 15. Listen bro, u still have like 5 long years to grow in all areas of ur body. I swear, one day ur gonna wake up and go "DANG" look at all the hair i got and my shoes don't fit me anymore, and my dick is bigger, and my voice is getting lower. It will happen, but u just have to wait a little longer and when ur 16 and still in HS, then u can go up to those punks that made fun of u and say...um now i'm taller than u r...shorty. It will happen...i promise.



I know some really big guys and you know what? The world doesn't fit them. Chairs, cars, beds, are all too small for them, so don't be too envious of them. Alternatively, avoid developing "Little man's syndrome." Look it up or ask people if you don't know what it is. My advice, as someone who was also small during high school: take up weightlifting, or more especially, martial arts. Martial arts are great for developing your body and giving you self confidence, and smaller people can usually become VERY good at them.



Cause baby you were born this wayy!

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this could be just your genetics or could be low GH. I would say you should talk to your doctor about this.



Marcus don't get silly with this drug thing because it will not make things better. You need to talk to your doctor and have him give you an opinion and if there is a growth problem there is things they can do for you.

I was your height also at thirteen and did not really grow until I was 17 or 18. I got up to 5'3 and have been very happy with my life and height. The main thing is to embrace you as a person and know that there are lots of people out there girls and guys that will like you for yourself.

Good Luck



You're still young so you could still grow loads. Like me for example, at your age I was very average, then around 17 I started getting taller and stronger, now I'm 6ft 5, and a big strong build. It really depends on your genes, if your parents and grand parents are small then you probbaly will be too. But still, just wait, you're 13, really young and you can keep growing in height and width upto 21 or so, so you have a while yet :)




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