Many short statured people struggle with issues of low self-esteem. For many short statured teens and adults, being short can mean struggling with an often overlooked social stigma. Heightism is the belief that short people are inferior and undesirable. If you are short and you need somebody to talk to, I would recommend you get in contact with NOSSA - National Organization of Short Statured Adults at www.nossaonline.org They also have a messageboard devoted strictly to discussions for short people at heightism.aimoo.com NOSSA is a non-profit group strictly for guys 5 feet 7 inches and below and ladies 5 feet 2 inches and below. Very tall people also seem to struggle with issues as well. If you are very tall and you have low self-esteem because of it, I would recommend you join Tall Clubs at tall.org Thank you for letting me share these resources and I hope they help people out there who are dealing with these issues.

I really don't let my height bother me that much. I am 19 and I am 4 feet and 9 inches. I get pick on alot by my brother-in-law about my height. I pick right back on him he's 6 feet and 4 inches tall. He has a problem with finding pants are long enough in the leg.
I really don't have that much of a problem with clothes. Sometimes I do cause the girls clothes want fit me and sometime the womens clothes are too long and then I have to end up fix them. I usually just make my clothes except for shirts. I haven't really made a shirt before.
Now buying shirts sometimes can be a problem cause of how long they are and wide.
My Dad has a problem with both finding pants and shirts that fit right. He's 4 feet 11 inches. A lot of people would think well it would be easy to buy for him, he can just go to the boys section and buy clothes, but he can't. He might be able to find the lenght, but around the waist he can't.
Sometimes when we go to the store together little children will stare at us. It's like they've never seen a short person before.
That's what we are, we are short people, we aren't dwarfs, or medgets or elfs. We been called all of that.
I feel tall when I see a dwarf or medget. I don't pick on them cause I know that they can't help it and I know what they must go through.
I don't mind buying stuff, it's when it is on the top shelf and I can't reached because it's to high or because it's pushed back to far. I have to go and find a worker or someone to get it down for me. And it's like embarrassing sometimes. I do get mad sometimes cause of my height and sometimes I wish I could be taller, but A lot of times I am happy with my height.
I look younger than what I am and plus I'm short and so when I meet people for the first time a lot of times I'm talking to them and we are getting along great and all and then they ask me how old I am and I tell them and they are like " Man, I thought you were like 13."
Sometimes being short comes in handy and sometimes being tall comes in handy.