The library, the rooftop at night, your bathroom, your bed at 3 AM – all of these are great places for thinking. But the best place to overthink is, by far, the changing room.

If you're familiar with shopping for yourself and not making your family members do it for you, you would know what trauma, deceit, embarrassment or fear lurks in the (hopefully bigger than a broom cupboard) changing rooms at clothing stores.

The first thing you might feel when you enter a changing room is paranoia. Is the mirror double-sided? Are there cameras hidden in the clothing hooks? Is the door properly locked? When you've finished panicking, it's time to realise that your paranoia is probably invalid since the room is either more like a storage room and nobody would be so invested in snooping, or that the brand of the store is renowned enough to not take that kind of a risk.

The brief moment of almost nudity feels like eternity. For some reason, the thought of being seen in underwear seems extremely possible. What if there's an earthquake or fire and you have to run? Or worse, what if you just forget to put clothes back on? It could be like one of those dreams where you show up to school in your undies except that it'd be in reality and you'd be inside a store full of complete strangers and/or your friends or family members.

Shaking these pestering thoughts out of your head, you finally put on the outfit you picked out. And it's four sizes small. You can barely breathe. Okay, you can't buy this so you can just take it off and try something else. But wait. What if you get stuck in the outfit? What if it becomes impossible to get out unless someone comes over and rips it apart? Oh god no, more almost nudity. But wait further. How are you supposed to get out and tell the shopkeeper that you're stuck? Are you actually prepared for that level of embarrassment today? WAIT ONE MORE TIME. The outfit is highly expensive and you can't afford it, you only tried it on for fun. What on earth do you do now?

Moving on from the nightmares, let's discuss changing room lighting and mirrors. Changing rooms probably have the worst or the best mirrors in the world, depending on who you are. Since you're the customer, you're in for a lot of misconceptions about yourself because, inside the changing room, that daring outfit you picked out in order to step out of your comfort zone makes you look stunning. When you get back home and excitedly try it on again to check yourself out in the mirror for an unhealthy amount of time without any judgement, you realise that you have been conned – by a piece of furniture. You hide the outfit in the depths of the black hole that is your closet, never to be seen again, just like the money you keep spending on clothes you don't need.

If you've now realised how creepy changing rooms can be and you also hate shopping as an added bonus, maybe look up minimalism and capsule wardrobes. You're welcome.

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