Why your nervous system isn't broken — it's brilliant

A 60-second reframe on stress, survival, and the body's intelligence — from a physician who stopped fighting it.

Most of what we call “dysfunction” is actually adaptation. Your body learned to protect you. The work isn’t to override it — it’s to listen.

In this short note, I want to plant one idea: healing begins the moment you stop treating your symptoms like enemies.

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— Dr. Shiv Goel, MD