Hearing the Melody: Zooming Out When Life Gets Loud
There are moments when life feels like a song made up of only low notes. When it feels like we’re hearing the same undesirable sound on repeat and we feel stuck. Bit by bit, our focus narrows until all we can see is the immediate problem in front of us. Levoy (2023) describes this as “literal and metaphorical tunnel vision,” where stress pulls our attention toward perceived threats and blurs everything else. It is like standing with your ear pressed against a single instrument. You catch...