To be of many minds means to make room within oneself for diverse ways of thinking in an effort to relate to each. It means to regard truth as plural and relative, rather than singular and absolute. Postmodernism is made for contemporary times. By radically relativizing the concept of truth, it argues for the presence of multiple culturally-determined realities, all of equal validity. This price we pay for such an outlook can easily become intolerable.
Postmodernism creates a world-view which is ultimately untenable and unlivable.
From a psychological perspective, when lived-out consistently, it fragments the individual's sense of personal identity and promotes a sense of isolation. For the reasons covered above, therapists today are increasingly concluding that effective helping is culture-bound. The very strategy that works within one cultural context may make no sense in another. In each of these assumptions, the centrality of language betrays the influence of postmodernism. Postmodern-influenced therapies often use language maneuvers to effect change because of their belief that reality is a language construct.