Indeed. I analogize it to potential and kinetic energy of
   elasticity. Rubber bands, twisted around and knotted up, ready
   to unfurl but held back with "destressing" equivalent to untying
   the knots, knowing what parts to keep bound up and which parts
   to release, without giving into the temptation of cutting
   through the knots completely with a nearby pair of scissors
   lying on a mental table nearby. when other people try to put
   their hooks into my elastic and want me to join their
   entanglement with my own entanglement, I resist. I have enough
   to untangle my own. I'll gently try to untangle their knots and
   twists but mostly so theirs don't get entangled with mine so
   that I can keep working on my own.