Can the body hold onto pain that the mind thinks it has already healed?

Can the body hold onto pain that the mind thinks it has already healed? Yes, because the mind makes meaning and the mind responds to pain by looking for meaning. Because suffering that has an explanation is bearable, whereas suffering that has no explanation is unbearable. Very often a person has done the work and figured out at least a version of the narrative that makes some sense and that is encouraging and inspiring something that makes them feel like a hero in their story. But the body doesn't really understand any of that language. And so it's still bracing itself for the next impact that has to be released in a different way. You speak the language of the mind, but to the body, you speak the language of the body. The body learns to relax through experiences, not through words, not through talking to it, but through experiences. Repeated when we get into a good rhythm of peacefulness, of safety, the body naturally adapts to that. Which is why it's important for us to seek out real life lived experiences, sensorial experiences associated with safety and healing. It's not enough to do it all in the mind.