How does your persistent drive for autonomy (PDA) manifest itself? (Or pathological demand avoidance, as the medics call it.)
I suspect I might have a bit of it, but I'm not sure. I seem to have (and always had) an instinctive resistance to social pressure, rather than a desire not to do what someone asks:
- I hate whatever is "fashionable". I will go out of my way to be unfashionable. Including, but not limited to:
- Manufactured pop music (cause of my most recent meltdown)
- Clothing trends (jeans and a T-shirt have done me since the 80s)
- Reality TV shows (unless narrated by David Attenborough)
- Anything made by Apple
- New/wrong words or phrases (like "irregardless" or "going forward")
- I refuse to do things "just because". There has to be a reason. I won't ...
- Panic buy toilet roll when there's a pandemic
- Eat at McDonald's (it's garbage)
- Admire royalty
- Wear fancy dress
- Do the ice bucket challenge
- (I make an exception for red wine; it is its own reason)
- I hate whatever is heavily advertised. Sure, it might not be a bad product, but I'm not paying extra to fund being advertised at really irritatingly. If they persist, I'll make point of never buying their product—ever:
- Gillette razors
- Any major brand of washing powder and, even more-so, those capsules kids love to eat
- Anything that solves a non-existent problem (bottled water, "detox" anything)
- Kellogg's anything
- Insurance comparison sites
- Every single online gambling site (don't get me started on that one)
Anyone got anything like that? Is that even PDA or am I just a cranky old fart?
