How Tension Is Lived
Responses describe how tension feels when you’re living through it.
They are not sequential stages, levels, or routes toward a destination.
They are different ways tension can be lived.
Movement between them may be irregular and non-linear.
They may overlap or follow one another as different responses to tension.
Core Responses
- Recognition
Tension is noticed. - Engagement
Tension is encountered. - Integration
Tension is lived within the situation.
No state is superior.
Remaining in one is not failure.
These responses are not destinations, but ways tension may be encountered and lived.