Understanding is often a cognitive process, and resolution is often a physiological one. The mind may recognize that something is over, but the body may still be organizing around the demands that experience created.

The challenge is that adaptation is often misunderstood because people tend to notice the expression rather than the process that produced it. Fatigue, tension, digestive changes, irritability, overwhelm, and pain are frequently treated as isolated experiences, but they may also reveal something about what the body is currently managing.

Not everything that enters your awareness requires ongoing residence within your physiology. Not everything you encounter belongs to you. And one of the most important functions of a healthy organism is knowing the difference.