Exactly! I'm sorry, but to be frank: If you have an option like LL, do it. That might be a rough road for a few months, but the option of seeing a shrink is.... accepting defeat, may I call it?
Accepting defeat?
No.
You have to have a reasonable expectation of what a shrink can do for you. If you are below average height and expect a shrink to be able to make you happy about your height, you're in for a disappointment. That's not what a shrink is for.
A shrink is for helping you to work past depression, anxiety, and cognitive distortions of the mind. A good shrink will help you to see reality as it is. (depression and "unhappy" are NOT the same thing)
If you go to a shrink and still decide LL is in your best interest, then so be it. If that decision is made from a calm, rational state of mind, then go for it. Why wouldn't you? Being taller sounds awesome. A good shrink will not try to talk you out of LL, they'll give you the mental tools to make the right decision for yourself.
If you are making that decision while desperate or unhappy...I don't think much will change for you post LL.
If you are already in that calm rational state of mind, then why go to a shrink? Pointless. Lot's of guys here are not in that state of mind though, and are doing LL (or interested in it anyway) because of desperation, depression, and anxiety. That's how people end up at sh*t doctors and with severe complications.
Now, if you're average height for your country? Well, then you should see a shrink for other reasons. Like narcissism, self-esteem issues, and probably social anxiety disorder.
I'll tell you this though...
I am only 4cm short of my country's average. That puts me in that awkward height range (that borderline height) where I am not really short, but not average either. Makes it hard to know if LL is the right course or not, because I honestly don't see how it would improve my life other than ego satisfaction. There is nothing I can't do at this height that an average height guy can't do.
If I was any shorter though? Like most guys here on this forum? There would be nothing that would stop me from getting LL.
But there is no reason to be miserable with yourself while you save the cash to do it, and seeing these guys go to sh*t docs out of desperation just kills me inside.
Just be smart about it.