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keepthetips t1_j6irm1v wrote

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Hungry_Guidance5103 t1_j6in8tv wrote

I still remember to this day in first grade I had waited to ask a question I desperately needed answered in order to even start this basic math quiz. My tongue felt hot and I was becoming uncomfortably hot and panicky and then some kid asked the question I had. The teacher responded as if they weren't there for this very reason, and had never heard such a thing in their entire life.

I remember it so vividly due to the amount of relief I experienced after all the dread I felt for having the question answered and not having been the one who asked and have my worst fear realized by the teacher's unprofessional response.

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jesuisserpent t1_j6in1vo wrote

They were making a joke playing off imposter syndrome. The best way to explain it is through example: let’s say I’m a successful CEO but I still look in the mirror and see my teenage self that made lots of mistakes and I think everyone else sees me the same way. So even though I AM a CEO factually and I do my job well enough to have it, I feel like an imposter because I feel too stupid to have it, unworthy, etc.

I think almost everyone has some form of imposter syndrome especially when people around you don’t treat you the way that you should be (like a mother over babying their adult child or something)

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jrhawk42 t1_j6imyi3 wrote

Nutrition and healthy living is the best way to get to your full potential height. I've always heard coffee and cigarettes will stunt your growth, but I think that was something they told us when we were kids so we didn't steal cigarettes and chug soda all day.

Overall though you'll probably just need to accept that you'll be around 5'5 unless you haven't hit puberty or something like that. After high school a lot of the focused teasing will slow down. You'll still get the occasional jerk, but you need to realize they'll find anything to be a jerk about, and it's best to just avoid those people.

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