InDesign crashes every time I open it and try to change a font

Every time there is a computer restart (which is very frequent, as Indesign constantly freezes and/or crashes) this will happen. I work with type a lot, and I will be going to the fonts to change the font to something other than the default. Immediately, Indesign will crash. No freezing, no pausing--it just crashes and disappears. Then the crash report comes up.

Why is this? Has anyone experienced this? This is NOT in infrequent problem--it is literally every single time the program is freshly opened.