Thread:User talk:Tyrannis/if it makes you feel better/reply (5)

Sigh. When I was growing up I had my assigned towel. This ended after a few years, but I still almost always used that towel because... that was the towel I was supposed to use. You didn't deviate. You just did what you were supposed to do because initiative was de facto punished. In secondary school, my mom packed my lunch. When I packed my own lunch once in high school, she flipped out, and I did not do it again for years. I have immense problems purchasing anything that isn't food, to the point that in my early days of working and having my own money I had to bring a friend to the gaming store because I'd just stand there holding the book/model/whatever locked in a mental loop as to whether or not I should buy this and if there would be any repercussions to this obvious waste of money. It isn't as bad anymore, but I still have difficulty shopping alone.