5'6 is pretty average in my opinion. A lot of men prefer taller women. Or flat out don't care as long as you are shorter than them. If anything they are the ones who are salty and/or insecure about women's height preferences. A 5'9 dude pointed out to me that he was 5'9 even though it was displayed on his profile "since height is a thing'". I'm only 5'1 so I was like yeah that's fine. They are used to women being turned off by their height, and think women like yourself want someome taller.
I totally understand what you are saying though.
Do you feel like there are some things about yourself that if you changed them, you would feel better about yourself?
Back when I was your age, my weight while not too crazy, highly affected my self esteem. I am a twin and she was always smaller than me, so we were always compared. I realized that I either had to own my size, find cuter clothes in my size (instead of wishing I could shop where my friends did) and become confident OR lose weight. I couldn't accept it and be confident, so I lost weight and I've been small (with fluctuations) ever since. It really changed my self esteem. I didn't have the feelings you have but feeling good about yourself work wonders with overall mood and how you navigate through life.
You are young, you have time to turn things around. A lot of us have some type of trauma and it will always affect us in some way. Don't let it control the rest of your life.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I feel like sometimes therapy is useless without some type of medication. That maybe why you feel thay way. Sounds like you suffer from depression as well (irritability is major symptom).
I totally understand what you are saying though.
Do you feel like there are some things about yourself that if you changed them, you would feel better about yourself?
Back when I was your age, my weight while not too crazy, highly affected my self esteem. I am a twin and she was always smaller than me, so we were always compared. I realized that I either had to own my size, find cuter clothes in my size (instead of wishing I could shop where my friends did) and become confident OR lose weight. I couldn't accept it and be confident, so I lost weight and I've been small (with fluctuations) ever since. It really changed my self esteem. I didn't have the feelings you have but feeling good about yourself work wonders with overall mood and how you navigate through life.
You are young, you have time to turn things around. A lot of us have some type of trauma and it will always affect us in some way. Don't let it control the rest of your life.
Probably an unpopular opinion, but I feel like sometimes therapy is useless without some type of medication. That maybe why you feel thay way. Sounds like you suffer from depression as well (irritability is major symptom).