Pressure loses leverage when your reaction stops multiplying it.

Pressure often gets most of its force from your response to it. The stress produces a rushed decision, the rushed decision creates a new problem, and the new problem raises the pressure further. Break that cycle at any point and the original difficulty turns out to be considerably smaller than the situation had become.

Watch for the moment your reaction is about to add something to the problem. Pause there. Not reacting is doing something, and in a compounding situation it is frequently the most useful available move.