Do you feel small when you’re out in public?

29 comments

1. Nope I feel like I own the world most of the time

2. Are you sure you’re average height and weight?

3. I’m 6’3″ 220lbs yet I feel average sized when I’m out. Statistically I’m taller than most… Perhaps the little people are hiding in their Hobbit holes.

4. I’m 157 from a country where the average is like 168 and 182. I feel tiny

5. I feel like a sasquatch that just wandered from the woods lol.

6. Yeah but due to social anxiety.

7. I usually just feel invisible.😕

8. I’m average height but I usually feel big. I have weird confidence

9. yes. I hate being short.

10. Im 5’7 145

    Of course I know I’m small and I also know I’m below average height when I’m out in public. But am I thinking of that while I’m doing my thing out in public? No, I keep my chin up and just do me.

    Some 6’5 220 pound person can feel smaller than a person who is 5’4 120 pounds in public. Of course from an outer perspective we can definitely see who’s bigger and taller but ultimately the bigger guy might not feel like it.

    All about confidence my friend.

11. Yes. Idk I think I am average height. but I feel tiny & weak out in public 💀 is it a social anxiety thing fr?

12. No, I actually feel invisible. Which I’ve come to learn to welcome that feeling. There’s a sense of freedom of not being seen and perceived by other people.

13. Im pretty short but feel invincible when im outside

14. Very interesting question…in public I don’t really notice anyone and I don’t think anyone notices me….

    At work I’m the boss and I feel big……

15. I thought this meant emotionally, to which my answer is yes in every situation outside of my house and some of the ones in my house.

    Physically, no. I’m 5’7”, 195lbs with baby weight left from my last pregnancy. Not a small girl 🤷🏻‍♀️

16. Yes I do. My brain doesn’t work properly anymore, it feeds me all these lies and insecurities about myself

17. I’m 5’3, 110lbs, petite pixie cut 42yr old lady and I actually do always feel very tiny when I’m out. However I always sit kinda like a pretzel and need a ton of personal space so I’m just used to seeing people at a distance. When I’m up close to someone it’s when I’m like “woah they are bigger than they look and I feel so small”. Confidence doesn’t have anything to do with it in my instance

18. Are you a man?

19. I do feel insignificant, so many people look like they have a lot going for them. definitely not physically tho, in my part of nz not many people are even over my shoulders.

20. I feel small because I am small. I am under 5ft and am often mistaken for a tween as a 30 year old.

21. As 164cm at 19? Yes

22. I’m 5’1 and 115 pounds so I am smaller than most adults. In terms of feeling small in a metaphorical sense I get that as well

23. Yes

24. feeling small -> anxiety, people pleasing, submissiveness -> trying to control others reactions to appease them.

    Let go of caring about and controlling peoples reactions and you’ll be much happier

25. Fuck I mean not just my height man but my social life and my relationship status 😭. Everything is small abt me.

26. i feel small all the time.

27. As a man who can’t grow a beard and is only 160 pounds (200 is the average man in America), I’m certain I look like sissy next to other men.

28. Nah. I’m literally small and it taught me to own my space.

29. Yes..