前两年坊间似乎流传着一个叫做“捏捏族”的群体，每当压力大的时候，他们就会跑到超市，捏饼干、捏方便面、给汽水放气，以此来释放压力。其实在我们身边，大多数人似乎都会在不知不觉中冲着周围的任何一个人发泄压力呢。

The term “stresscalation” means the way in which we pass our own stress on to others, creating ever-expanding ripples of stress. Stresscalation is not just a personal health issue but an ethical issue. To put it bluntly, when we pass our stress on to others, we violate the Golden Rule. We dump onto others what was just dumped onto us.

Stresscalation（即“压力延伸”）指我们将自己的压力传递给他人，致使压力波及范围更广的一些做法。“压力延伸”并不仅仅是个人健康问题，而是一个道德问题。说白了，就是当我们把压力传递给他人的时候，我们其实是违反了黄金法则。我们把刚刚受到的打击原样不动扔给了别人。

We might do this in flagrant ways – shouting, blaming or roadraging – or we might do it in more subtle ways — sending a nasty look, using a brittle tone of voice, not giving someone the benefit of the doubt, treating others as if they were “in our way,” or just being impatient with people because they happen to be younger or older or slower or more feeble or more ignorant or less important or more arrogant or more inconsiderate than we are.

我们有时候会明目张胆地把压力抛出——大声叫喊、斥责或者在路上对别人发飙（路怒），我们也可能会以更隐晦的方式来传播压力——摆张臭脸、用刺耳的音调说话、不愿相信别人的无辜、对每个人都像人家“挡了你的路”、或者因为别人恰好比你年轻或年长、走得比你慢、比你软弱、太无知、无足轻重、或者太傲慢、太不够细致，而对别人缺少耐心。

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