People like us live every day trying to avoid the one thing we fear most: regret. Some decisions are easier than others, but we rarely take any of them lightly. I've found that we are more likely to pour our hearts into things that may not matter to the next person, and we are overly-thorough on just about everything we are faced with. Some people call it over-thinking; I call it caring. A lot. Maybe too much?
With this indecisiveness comes many difficult situations we encounter on a daily basis.
1. Shopping for clothes.
We can never go shopping alone. We need other trusted opinions before we can effectively make our own. If every last person is busy in our time of need and we are left with no choice but to go alone, you can expect that we will be on the phone with our mom or best friend for advice on basically everything we try on. And when we've finally made our purchases, we are both satisfied and relieved. Until we have to decide what to wear tomorrow.
2. That attempted last-minute decision at the cash register. There is currently one person ahead of you in line, and you can't decide between the two items in your hands. Once that one person leaves, you begin to turn around only to return and confuse everyone else in line. You then proceed to tell the cashier you no longer want one of your items, only to ask for it back. You know you'll probably end up taking it back later, but that's just the process.
3. Spending money in general.
Online or in the stores, something strange happens to our thought process when deciding on whether or not to spend the money on something. Is it worth it? Will I look back in 20 years completely broke and alone wishing I hadn't spent that $40 on that stupid dress?? Yes, our minds really go there.
4. Filling out job Applications.
These take us forever to fill out. What three words describe me? These words could literally make or break me. What are my strengths? My weaknesses? In the back of our minds we already know these, but there is an actual fear of writing them down on paper. Are they presented in the best way possible? What if I never even get a job? 
5. Being asked where we want to go eat.
If we answer with, "It's up to you!" this is not us putting no thought into it and leaving it all up to you, this is us putting what is probably too much thought into it and saving you from at least an hour of back-and-forth time. 
6. Buying gifts.
Indecisive people ultimately aim to please. This is why we spend so much time on a decision like this, and if we care about the person a lot, it makes deciding what to get them even harder. We get these ideas in our heads that certain gifts mean certain things we may not want them to, or that something we are considering may not be enough. In reality, he probably wouldn't have thought buying him that watch was too big of a step, and she probably would have loved that shirt you thought wasn't good enough. But to us, all outcomes are considered. All of them.
7. Being asked to go out on a school night.
For some of us, this decision is clear-cut. Essentially, there are three types of people. Those who say, "Heck no! We have class tomorrow!" and those who say, "Of course I'm going out! We're only young once." Well, then there are people like us. Our final decision to a question like this is different every time we are asked, as we must always weigh each and every pro-con. 
8. "What's your favorite __?"
Questions like these make our heads spin. Sometimes we just don't pick favorites or our favorites vary because we can't decide which we like better. Either that or our answer depends solely on the person asking. Do I impress this person or do I tell them my actual favorite?
9. Packing for a trip.
I can't tell you how much I dread packing. Along with indecisiveness, I have a real fear of realizing I did not pack everything I should have. So I spend too much time going through every possible detail about the trip I can. How many swimsuits should I bring, and which ones? What if something unexpected happens, like an earthquake? What would I need? And when I can't decide on anything, I throw random things I may need in my suitcase, ultimately leading to the dreaded overpacking and over-stressing. 
10. Experiencing actual regret.
Here lies the sole reason we become so back-and-forth in our decisions. Here lies the explanation for creating stress and beating ourselves up for it. We want to be more spontaneous and we want to be confident in every decision we make, but we're often scared of making the wrong ones. Our decisions mean the world to us.
We're worriers. We experience a lot of decision-related anxiety and put more thought into things than most people understand. We annoy the people around us with our indecisiveness, but we have big hearts and the best of intentions. We want and even need our outcomes to be positive, and that is why we are extremely indecisive.
