Ambivalence

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Re: Ambivalence



Reaching at a conviction is different from deciding a practical step for yourself or for someone you consider emotionally very close to you. I will not confuse, and hope you haven’t confused the two together, the process of reaching at a conviction with the ability to make a practical decision. Human being , rational animal, generally perceives themselves to have ability to make logical and rational decisions. There are many factors that are considered as cognitive process before we, human, reach at certain conclusion. I will try to look at a few of the factors very briefly, one of the most important factor in decision making is selective attention. **Every vital decision is rehashed around good and bad outcome, what we focus on predominantly comes from our past experiences , success in past makes us bold in accepting more risk associated with one of the likely decision. **Situational awareness **is an ability to hypothesize the future of the affairs after you have decided about a decision that you are going to make. During the process of decision making we also access the **risk and value associated with that risk One of the factors where most of the people in their bid to reach at a decision get stuck is to deal with the uncertainty.

Now, a person who is perpetually confused is undoubtedly ambivalent, whether or not he realizes it. It is very hard to generalize this kind of anomaly and suggest a golden pill that will serve as a cure for all such cases. A case by case study will be very helpful in pin pointing the inadequacies that may be impeding a person from reaching a decision. Accepting the risk and don’t let uncertainty haunt may serve as a good starting point. ** **A fallback or an exist strategy may also be helpful.

Bertrand Russell wrote in one of his books and I quote “The habit of command gives the power of quick decision”, decision whether quick or general needs some success rate in the past

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