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Difficulty making a decision is a symptom in which a person has trouble deciding which course of action to take, maybe due to the great importance of the decision, to unusual personality traits, to a lack of understanding of the situation, etc

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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