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Not strictly everyone but it's remarkably common across the entire spectrum of society:
Someone thinking their worldview is the only correct one
The unhealthiness comes in the form of stunted intellectual and emotional growth
No one's got it all figured out, and if you think you do, you're almost certainly wrong.
But you are just positing that your worldview, in which I do not possess the singular, objectively correct worldview, is itself the singularly correct worldview, among this particular pair of worldviews.
Nope, I know my worldview isn't complete or objectively correct
This is just a small aspect of it, and I'm open to having my mind changed even on that if someone makes a good enough argument
I'm just pointing out that your worldview, in which no worldview is objectively correct, is in axiomatic conflict with my worldview, in which I am and have always been right about everything. So either I am and have always been right about everything or you are absolutely right about this one thing. Either way it disproves the conjecture that nobody can be absolutely correct about anything.
I'm just spitballing though. Please do not take anything I say seriously.
I could be right about this one thing without being correct about something else though, this one view does not comprise my entire worldview, so my point remains consistent.
some definitely have it more figured oit than others, though
On the other hand, it can also be incredibly damaging to think that there is no such thing as an incorrect view, or that people don't hold them.
To be clear my point is basically all worldviews are at least a bit incorrect in varying amounts.
Sometimes just via oversimplification, sometimes blinkered by their own experience, sometimes naive ignorance, sometimes just outright craziness or malice.
The world is an overly complex place and humans aren't really equipped to deal with the sheer amount of information required to come close to having any semblance of a "correct" world view
Agreed. I wish it was easier to spread understanding once you have cultivated it yourself-- it's hard work and it's often underappreciated, even by people interested in learning about the world.