So, a psychasthenic hero could stand in heavy thought for a day or two, gnawing his fist in a gauntlet and tormented by the problem of choice. And when he had ridden the chosen road, he would first spit over his left shoulder in a special way, put a fig behind his back, force the spat-out heroic horse to take the first step with his right front foot, and then he would go, avoiding all the branches that fell on the road and avoiding the black cats and dogs.
Difficulties with the choice haunt these people since elementary school. The presence of three pairs of shoes can be fatal for the working schedule, and the restaurant menu will kill the desire to ever come there again-unless the partner relents and orders everything himself. If you had sternly ordered-they say, choose this or that, otherwise I will shoot you-you would have first steamed to wait, and then you would have been timidly asked: and will they shoot with a Kalashnikov or will they prefer the M16A3? Will the caliber be 7.62 or 5.56? And they will shoot in bursts or…
Representatives of this type tend to worry and wind themselves up about any upcoming crap, up to the usual trip to the store: what if there will not be such a favorite cigarettes of such a company and with such a fragrance? For all that, the already accomplished mischief is perceived surprisingly philosophically. But to look into horoscopes and even more so to go to a fortune teller is categorically contraindicated for them.
Perhaps this anxious and trembling expectation of something vile in its bright future gives rise to a string of obsessive fears, coupled with rituals to overcome them. So they jump through the cracks in the asphalt (God forbid to step on it!), climb the stairs with the right foot, and the preparation for the trip to the exam will be the envy of any combat necromancer who is going to war. Moreover, neither your own health (as in an astheno-neurotic friend), nor the attitude of others to your dear self (as in a sensitive comrade) is of such great importance as the foggy, full of imaginary dangers, worries and unresolved problems of the FUTURE.
Indecision can also manifest itself in the choice of your future family happiness, and here it is important to take the type by the hand and explain that happiness is here, it is in front of you, and there is no longer any question of democracy and freedom of choice from this moment on: we will still be happy, and amba! Such a miracle is unlikely to get drunk, except that you will get indecisive and reasoning-but this is a matter of taste…
In order not to stall the production process, having a psychasthenic subordinate, it is not necessary to give him tasks that have more than one solution method. Or, as an option, it makes sense to publicly anathematize the other ways and ways and brand them as not corresponding to the party line.