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I'm several standard deviations above the mean in height and it absolutely is a disorder. I can point to the exact hormonal pathway that led to it along with a
by strken 5y ago
I'm several standard deviations above the mean in height and it absolutely is a disorder. I can point to the exact hormonal pathway that led to it along with a specific biological root cause, but even if I couldn't, I think it would be disordered. I'll die earlier than a shorter person, have joint and bone problems, have cardiac issues, and nightclubs are way less fun when you can see the entire room.
More to the point, I don't think I'd consider it very offensive if someone called my height a disorder, because it's not core to my identity in the same way thinking is. Calling ADHD (or autism, etc.) a disorder feels like telling someone they're personally deficient, because the person is inextricable from the condition. Growing really tall in your teens is something that happens to you; having ADHD your whole life is something that you are. Note that this is true even if their thinking does meet the criteria to be a disorder.