Continuing the theme of crises, let's go from the sweater to transport. If we talk about the crisis in simple terms, then this is the path from the point where I am no longer there to the point where I am not yet there. Crisis is "in between". Therefore, by and large, our entire life is a continuous crisis. As soon as it ceases to be such, it ends. But in psychology, the continuity of life is not a crisis. In any case, one that would be separated into a separate category. Let's figure out why. For example, this is my first time getting chickenpox. This is a crisis. The body has never encountered it, it needs to adapt. If I then develop antibodies and immunity arises, then encountering chickenpox (completely new) will no longer cause a crisis. Although the meeting itself can happen under completely different conditions. And it happens that despite the illness, immunity is not developed, and then chickenpox threatens us again. Let's remember this fact for now and step aside a little. So, crisis is the space “between”. I don’t really like the job anymore, but I won’t change anything. It’s unbearable in marriage, I feel very unhappy because I don’t want to eat, I don’t know how I want to eat. Or I know, but my conscience doesn’t allow it. Or I know, but this nasty other person doesn’t agree with me. And now it’s time to remember about transport. It seems to me that it is very important where exactly we “travel” in the crisis. I clearly felt this on the plane and on the subway. I get where I want, but my orientation is disrupted. Firstly, now I can’t go this route myself (that is, I can’t develop antibodies to chickenpox). Secondly, I won’t find my way back, I won’t be able to take a step back. People go through a crisis “on an airplane” when they break ties with the past abruptly and radically. Sometimes without words, without explanation. Today I was here, and tomorrow there. It seems to me that this is nothing more than an escape from the crisis. Then in a new place it is first ignored, and then falls upon the person again. Don't fly away from chickenpox on a plane. Although from the wife it is possible. And running away from war (the sooner the better) is sometimes the only chance to save a life. Therefore, everything depends on the context. The more internal factors there are in our crisis, the more advisable it is to go through it more slowly. “On the metro” it’s easier to go back, try small steps, make changes one stop at a time. And so, very soon, especially if you at least sometimes walk on the surface, too, the metro map will overlap with the map of the earth. But I’ll tell you, this path is boring. Algorithmic. However, it will suit some people well. For those who are used to thinking “if-then-else”. Another difficulty is that while you go down underground, while you rise... It turns out that walking would be much faster. But the man had no idea about it. I'm used to everything being simple and following the arrows. “In the metro” in a crisis you can get stuck for a long time, shuttling back and forth. In the film “The Long Farewell,” the hero was left to live in crisis in such dashes. But in the subway you can take a break when you’re tired of walking, and gain some resources. "On foot". The most effective way in the sense that it is very good to see what is around. It's easy to change direction or get around an obstacle. The speed of perception of where I’m going completely corresponds to the speed of movement, I even have time to think about why I’m going there and what I’m leaving from. Everything would be fine, but it’s a very slow method. It will take a long time to walk from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and then you will also be stuck in a crisis. And sometimes it’s also dangerous. It's one thing to walk around the city, and quite another on a dark highway. "Ground transport" from minibus to train. It can be combined very well with walking. And unlike the metro, you can immediately jump out of it, and it’s clear where to go back. After all, the path goes the same way. In my opinion, the crisis that has passed is not characterized by where I finally ended up. Not arriving at the desired station. Not a new job, new relationship, or other changes. And the awareness of how exactly I achieved this, how I participated in this situation, what kind of transport I came here on. What drove me.