Here we dive into the difference between rationally understanding something (on a brain level) versus truly understanding something on an embodied level. I’ll share my experience with survivors' guilt and PTSD, and my journey from not identifying with those labels to finally having an understanding of what they mean for me. I’ll also share the role psychedelic therapy played for me and how it’s necessary to travel through the messy confusion of vast feelings before it’s possible to understand past experiences with a rational label like trauma, survivors guilt, or PTSD.