Why can I only paint straight lines in Photoshop CS6?

I am trying to paint something that I have wanted to for a while now, and Photoshop is presenting some troubles for me. I can not paint curves, and instead, only straight lines without pen pressure (Size, opacity, the likes.) The result of my efforts is the same as if I were to draw a dot (click once in other words), press shift, and make another dot somewhere else. It's just straight lines no matter what.
I am currently on an Emachines computer running Windows 7, Photoshop CS6 and this is the first time I have bothered with the brush tool in Photoshop.
I hope this information is useful for someone to help me so that I may paint freely. Thank you for reading.

Trevor Dennis wrote:
Bulbabooty wrote:
What do you mean by the first sentence you said?
It is possible that the Shift key is stuck on your keyboard.  If you add a Type layer and some text, you'll see if that is the case or not.  Unlikely I'd have thought, but things can get jammed between the keys, and you need to eliminate this possibility before moving on to other possibilities.
Oh, I see. No, the shift key is not the problem it seems. I have a feeling that it's the brush I'm using.

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