I am 5'9", and never thought of myself as tall growing up because I was the shortest one in my family! My sister is 6', dad is 6'4" and little brother is 6'5"! My sister played basketball, so all her friends towered over me as well.
The older I got though, the more I felt like some Amazon next to most women. I did envy their little tiny bodies, and small feet (size 10 here)
Now my daughter is 14. And she's ALWAYS been tiny. Really tiny. At the start of this school year, she was 5'1" and 89 lbs. (try finding a size 00 long pants!) But now, her feet are growing, she's wearing a size 9 shoe already, and has grown 3 inches. She confided in me that she doesn't WANT to get tall, she's always liked being the smallest one around.
We've had a few discussions about that. I think now, that she's in high school, she's actually looking forward to getting a little taller. The boys are starting to grow, (my oldest two boys are 6', and my third boy is at 6'2" now and still growing) So being tall is looking better and better to her. Plus, it would sure help shopping for her, if she'd grow just a bit!
(plus, she's been eyeing all my shoes, if and when she gets to a size 10!)
I'm here, as a shrimpkin, to say that yes, I understand why being tall might not feel so great, but being petite ain't so hot either. I'm happy to be losing, but I'm unhappy because it's already meant a return to being picked up for no reason, a return to being referred to as "adorable"... great, I'm a grown adult and I'm adorable! Shoulders are too wide for me, pants too long, dresses - wow. Hey look, now it's a drop waist!!
Everything does look better on tall girls by the way. I recently spent several unhappy minutes pressed up against a shop window, moaning about a BEAUTIFUL plaid taffeta full length shirtdress displayed on a mannequin inside. It was GORGEOUS and that dress would have eaten me. Someone your height would have rocked that dress like nobody's business.
I'm trying to enjoy what I have. I don't smack my head on anything! I can drive tiny sports cars without looking like some kind of origami trick when I enter or exit. I can save money on children's shoes... (Who said that? STOP giving away trade secrets!!!!)
I have noticed there are women even taller than I am on these forums...and some of you are probably thinking "this girl is only 5'7'', WTH is she worried about?". But I think somehow I developed this yearning to be a tiny petite person... and no matter how thin I get, I will always tower over most of the other women in my life. I will never feel small.
Eek! That was what I was thinking! Sorry. I would give up several inches of my height in a heartbeat if it were possible. I would kill to be your height! But I do understand the feelings you describe - always towering, never feeling small (EVER), wishing you were petite. I despise being tall. When people tell me, oh I wish I was as tall as you, what I think they really mean is, I wish I was as tall as you, but with my own build. I'm built like a linebacker! What girl would want that? Huge ribcage, super wide shoulders, my bare skeleton would probably wear an XL top.
Now the logical side of me says, get over it (to me and to you). We can't change our height. So unless we intend to be miserable about it for the rest of our lives, we need to accept what we are. Be proud of it. Know that some of us are wishing we were in your shoes (both people who are shorter and taller than you). Learn to like who you are and that includes the package you come in.
It is most definitely a complex because you are of average height.
I don't consider ANYBODY to be tall, because I actually AM tall LOL!
My husband is 5ft 8. I am 6ft 7. I know all about towering. I tower over EVERYBODY. You, my dear, do not tower. Take off your blindfold - you look great!!
I know exACTLY how you feel. I'm 5'11'' and I have no friends who are equal/taller than me. Here's a picture of me and my two best friends (guess which one is me!). It is very frustrating. I feel like I am so little inside, I could just curl up and disappear, but I'm large AND imposing. For me, it helps to be with animals who don't judge you, and who see EVERYONE as huge. Like, for instance, pet rats. They're the best.
Side note--they are wearing heels and I am barefooted. XD
And to shorter people-- At least you're not the "human ladder" who has to get everything on/off the top shelves. "Can you reach that?" Why, yes. Yes, I can.
I promise I'm not saying these things to be rude. I just want you 'tall' people who are insecure about your 'height' to put yourselves into perspective. You DONT stand out and you DONT tower.
I would give up several inches of my height in a heartbeat if it were possible. I would kill to be your height! But I do understand the feelings you describe - always towering, never feeling small (EVER), wishing you were petite. I despise being tall. When people tell me, oh I wish I was as tall as you, what I think they really mean is, I wish I was as tall as you, but with my own build. I'm built like a linebacker! What girl would want that? Huge ribcage, super wide shoulders, my bare skeleton would probably wear an XL top. 
