At present, subjective opinion is the most fashionable trend in the process of personal expression. If you want to seem modern, an individual should always look at what is happening from a personal point of view. This provides a great opportunity to demonstrate their uniqueness in any situation ... Unfortunately, recently the new-fangled IMHO (stands for: I have an opinion, I want to voice it) has flooded the information space and replaced the culture of public expression and thought, a craving for reliable knowledge, and respect for interlocutors and an adequate perception of reality.
Why did purely subjective opinion become so popular? Explain the causes of this phenomenon is quite simple, if we understand the psychological state of modern society.
Claim for originality
Opinion is a manifestation of consciousness in the form of judgment, which expresses a subjective assessment. It proceeds from the needs and hobbies of the individual, his system of values. Consequently, subjective opinion is an expression of what a person thinks, seems, seems. It is important to remember this when we read or hear the point of view of the interlocutor. By revealing his opinion to us, a person demonstrates his own internal state.
Keep prudence
Even if it seems to you one hundred percent that the person you are talking to is wrong, try not to get personal. It can never be ruled out that there is still some truth in what is being expressed. This happens when a person has certain knowledge about the subject, he is competent in the subject under discussion and argues his position. Otherwise, his subjective opinion is the so-called hummock, a judgment based on emotions and rumors.
Negative changes
It is important to consider the fact that opinion is a natural form of realization of human consciousness, activated through unconscious motives. In the process of forming a worldview, it plays one of the leading roles. The sad tendency of modernity is that IMHO, being, in essence, a taste, personality, situational perception, is trying to take the place of a true fundamental version of the characterization of current events.
Psychology to help us
Does a person have the opportunity to clearly distinguish between subjective and objective opinion? Yes. Understanding the principle of action of internal mechanisms that activate the unconscious, will allow you to separate the grain from the chaff, learn to distinguish the mince from the knower.
The postulates of systemic vector psychology have become for many an accurate tool for the preparation of human souls. Thanks to systemic psychoanalysis, an opportunity is given to objectively evaluate one or another mental manifestation of an individual. In this process, a holistic eight-dimensional matrix of the structure of the psyche helps.
Formation mechanism
Subjective opinion is a point of view formulated situationally, spontaneously. It expresses the human condition as a reaction to the influence of an external factor. Psychologists note that the influence of an external stimulus is secondary - the basis for the formation of a personal opinion is the internal state of the individual. That is why, even in different situations, the form and nature of personal statements can be unchanged. This phenomenon in all its glory we can observe in the vastness of the Global Network. So, sexually or socially frustrated individuals to articles on a variety of topics leave comments of the same nature, proudly magnifying their criticism with the newfangled IMHO.
Intelligence Weapons
How to understand a subjective opinion? First you need to understand that it distorts the truth and for the most part is a delusion. That is what many ancient thinkers thought. Modern psychologists identify a dead-end type of behavior. So, the individual thinks approximately the following: “If they say so, then it is so. Hundreds of people just won't say that. ” Thus, pathological savings of one's own mental efforts are achieved, and they are simply necessary for a critical attitude to the subjective opinion of others. A trusting attitude towards other people's words is not the best option.
Opinion begins where knowledge ends. And indeed, the often notorious IMHO is just a form of expression of intellectual backwardness, weakness.
If a person does not understand his own mistakes and more and more becomes convinced that he is right, a sense of superiority over others is rapidly growing and strengthening in him. That is why so often we see how incompetent people who confidently consider themselves professionals speak out with loud phrases. Moreover, the statement that the author expresses a personal opinion is quite enough to kill all doubts about the objectivity of what was said.
What does subjective opinion mean? This is only a sensual attitude of the individual to what is happening, and therefore it is often characterized by a lack of evidence. In addition, it is impossible to verify, reasonably confirm. Source IMHO - stereotypes, beliefs, uncritical attitude. The formation of a personal opinion is inextricably linked with the psychological attitudes and ideological position of the individual.
What makes you express an opinion?
The very first action that helps in assessing the real content and objectivity of IMHO is to find out the intentions that prompted the person to utter a statement. Why did he write / say so? What internal state prompted him to do this?
What does subjective opinion mean? This is just a point of view. One of millions possible. Often it is completely empty, not bearing any good. At the same time, the author of the statement is firmly convinced that this is the same truth born in the process of intense intellectual work.
IMHO time
Modernity in systemic vector psychology is defined as the period of the “skin phase of the development of society”. One of its main features is the strengthening of individualism. Culture is at such a level of development that each individual is proclaimed the highest value, unique creation. It is argued that a person has the exclusive right to everything - naturally, that is not prohibited by law. The first position in the system of “skin” society is occupied by independence, freedom.
A technological breakthrough has given humankind the Internet, which has become a huge arena, which hosts the magnificent parade of IMHO. The global network made it possible to speak out on any occasion. Many say that the Internet has become an immense slop pit filled with stinking masses of unreliable dirty information.
Against each other
Ask yourself the question of whether you want to be a consumer of other people's subjective opinions, are you ready to become a kind of garbage can, in which they put everything that someone really wanted to say. Of course, the formation of one’s own, as objective as possible view of the world is much more difficult.
Analyze your statements. Perhaps they will give reason to think about what kind of judgments you represent to others around you. Do you fall into the void of your own thoughts? Are all your frustrations exposed too often? Try to answer these questions honestly. Understanding and analyzing your own mistakes will help you choose the right path.