When we encounter pain, our brain-mind-spirit system always tries to process the painful experience. There is a very particular pathway that this processing attempt will follow, and there are specific processing tasks that we must complete as we travel along this pathway, such as maintaining organized attachment, staying connected to the event (not disassociating), staying connected to people/God (staying relational), navigating the situation in a satisfying way, and correctly interpreting the meaning of the experience.