Forgiveness Is Nervous-System Peace, Not Amnesia – Family Healing

Forgiveness isn’t forgetting what happened — it’s releasing the body from reliving it.
The brain still remembers, but the nervous system finally stops preparing for danger that no longer exists.
Forgiveness is physiology, not weakness.

True forgiveness down-regulates the stress response and lowers cortisol. It’s a somatic release that frees emotional bandwidth for connection.