Greetings...
There is a conversation amongst friends and colleagues taking place about whether the window of tolerance widens and narrows in the course of a day and I would like to know what this community would say about that. While there is agreement that stress and trauma can narrow our window of tolerance, and that working with a mental health practitioner and other methods can help widen one’s window of tolerance, would you agree with the below statement?
Even as we might have a baseline temperament that reflects where our window of tolerance may often be at a certain phase in our life, our window of tolerance can and does absolutely change throughout the day for various reasons.
For example, would the reduced ability to function optimally that occurs in the course of a day as a result of lack of sleep, hunger, or persistent pain be considered a narrowing of the window of tolerance?
Thanks for your thoughts.