
Episode #35
PF# 35: Dr. Darrel Ray - The Neurobiology of Religious Guilt and Trauma
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, organizational psychologist Dr. Darrel Ray breaks down the profound impact of religious indoctrination on human brain architecture and mental health. Discover how dogma alters automated threat loops to manufacture chronic emotional and mental pain, and explore the mechanism-based pathways to long-term neurological recovery. Whether you are navigating deconversion or seeking advanced tools for chronic pain management, this conversation applies rigorous pain science to the psychology of belief. Follow Dr. Ray: on Facebook: Darrel Ray on Instagram: drdray132 Follow Recovering From Religion: on Instagram: rfrorg on Facebook: Recovering From Religion on YouTube: @RecoveringFromReligion on TikTok: @RecoveringFromReligion Learn more about Recovering From Religion at www.recoveringfromreligion.org The Pain Factor is a Project Fourtress podcast. Project Fourtress is a secular, humanist project, dedicated to find answers to the physical, mental and emotional pain people experience, as well as offer help to deal with these issues. To learn more about Project Fourtress, please visit fourtress.org .

