Grow

[irhmrh]

Now ive always heard you only grow in your sleep, now when i was a early teen i never slept. is that a possably that i never grew?

and if i sleep tons now is it meen im growing?

[Tyleisme]

Well. Technically, if you never slept you would be dead. If you aren't getting proper amounts of sleep then it's possible it may have stunted your growth. Just because you sleep a lot doesn't mean you will grow a lot. Just remember to get the right amount of sleep. Around 7 or 8 is good.

[Kaleidoscope Eyes]

Not true. You grow all the time, you just notice it more when you've just woken up. This is because, during the day, all that atmospheric pressure is pressing down on you, and by the evening, you may have compressed a little bit. When you sleep, you're lying down, so the pressure is dispersed differently, and you "stretch" back out again, creating the illusion that you may have grown a little bit overnight. You grow all the time though, until your growth plates close up and you've reached your adult height (which may not happen until your early twenties). A lot of guys don't have huge growth spurts until their mid to late teens, so don't worry if you didn't grow much in your early teens. You've got time left to grow.

Sleep deprivation, lack of proper nutrition, and other such factors may stunt your growth a little bit, but I doubt that having insomnia affects your growth all that much. Personally, I dealt with insomnia for years, sometimes going days on a few hours of sleep, and I'm 5'9" now. I'd be 5'11" if my back were straight, which is pretty tall for a girl. Don't worry too much about it, just take care of yourself and see how things go.