>Tfw manlet (5'8)
>One and only shot at life, will never exist in any capacity again for all of eternity, lost the genetic lottery and ended up a fucking midget on planet Earth in the 21st century

I feel like I've been personally cursed by a higher power to deserve such a humiliating fate, fuck my selfish parents for bringing about this hellish existence, to think I've been deprived of what could've been a normal life over 4 inches of leg bone is so fucking comical and yet it's the absurd reality I live in. To women and taller men my existence is a joke at best and a person affront to them at worst, like I'm a disease that needs to be wiped out, I'm genetically inferior and it innately disgusts them. Taller men will never see me as an equal, women will never see me as an option, I am figuratively and literally looked down upon by society and I am so mentally checked out, I give up, genetics made sure it was over before it ever began for me.

Height is irrefutably the most valuable trait for a male to have, not looks or race. Your career, social life, romantic life, the chances of success increase exponentially the taller you are in almost every aspect of life. I'm 26, I have no friends, never been in a relationship, never had sex, and my height is the main factor. Heightism fucked my mental health, I am as much of a mental midget as I am a physical midget. I don't know how other manlets cope with life, it's like living on nightmare mode. I hate this useless, worthless, pathetic little midget genetic waste of a body I'm stuck in, and if I wasn't such a coward I would've roped myself already. No, instead I'll coast through life, coping with materialistic goods that only bring me fleeting happiness and do nothing to fill the void or give me a sense of purpose, never knowing companionship or love because society has convinced me I don't deserve to ever experience those things, and dying alone and miserable all because I'm missing 4 fucking inches of leg bone.

Honestly, is there even any point in working out if I'm a 5'8 midget? And if there other manlets on here, what's your motivation to workout? Men tower over me, middle schoolers tower over me, and the average woman is as tall if not taller than me nowadays, it was over before it ever began, all because I lost the genetic lottery by missing 4 inches of leg bone. If I bulk up, I'll just look like a tree stump and I'll be accused of overcompensating. Men will never respect me or see me as an equal, and women will never find me attractive or as a viable partner. Because I'm short and thin with no wrinkles or balding, I'm 26 and get mistaken for a teen, when I'm in public I get called cutesy names like 'bud' by men and hon/honey by women because they think I'm a kid, not a man.

I feel like an adult mind trapped in a child's body, I feel utterly emasculated. I'm not just a physical midget, I'm a mental midget too, heightism destroyed my mindset and trying to self-improve in any way feels like a cope. I would get limb-lengthening surgery in a heartbeat if I could afford it, but it's not an option right now. What is lifting going to do for me? Will it actually improve my mental health and give me the confidence I need to accept the body I was given?