Suicidium Bombing Disorder (SBD) as War Disorder

§ 1. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Naive men, those that lived in the primordial times in the unstable planet earth surrounded by rampant volcanoes and tumultuous earthquakes that caused devastation in the surrounding areas of man's abode, founded religion. From the beginning, even the singing of birds, the blowing of a person's nose, the blowing of winds and the sound of rivers could have meaning or could be interpreted that the gods or God was talking to them. When blind men heard the earthquake or tremor it was interpreted God used that to drive away their enemies who left their houses for them to inhabit and found booty of the foodstuffs and their water to quench their thirst. Not knowing the workings of the brain, naive men could scan or imagine their neighbour's property of land or cattle heads as worth and then wished to possess them. During that very night in sleep they could experience in a dream that their forefathers gods/God had promised them that these neighbours' property could be given for their inheritance if they were to leave their bad practices and become worshippers to these gods. They could then kill these neighbours and take their properties including their wives and children. Such trivial incidents and misinterpretations had been the founding pillars of all the religions we follow and adhere to their principles at present.

Not knowing the difference between the normal and abnormality, many of the sick figures in history who were possessed with some evil spirits (in modern language had some psychiatric disorders) that escaped curing became the founding fathers of the numerous religions and petty churches we see around today. If they escaped the opportunity of being cured, they would then succeed in gathering tremendous followers who would follow the bad practices (inherit their disorders) he had left behind for these masses to follow for centuries. That is, if successive followers could maintain the momentum of keeping the adherents and their disorders and practices (e.g., some religious rituals).

But as the religions in the West, East, South, and North grew and having no knowledge of geography, astronomy, physics, and etc., their followers were made to believe that the earth was flat, and its skies lived an old man God/the gods that had his messengers known as the angels who worshipped this highest being day and night. Sometimes when the God/gods wanted to communicate with them he sent messengers who could come to the earth and deliver the message to them. Both eclipses of the Moon and Sun were understood as signs of his warning or communicating to them. The peaceful nature of this “heaven” made the environment to be cherished because there were no deaths and constant toil as God lived there. At death a human being could be translated into this higher place to become equivalent to imaginary angels and take upon himself the mantel of “immortality”. If someone were to die for the cause of this god/God he could be a martyr and enjoy everlasting life with him in heaven. At the speedy death through good works of giving alms, died in the courageous manner in course of righteous doing, it could lead to reward by these heavenly beings to mortal man. The good works were recorded by some responsible men who could in the event of death be capable of reviewing all the activities a person engaged in on earth and then it could be decided whether the latter could be given everlasting life or be sent to damnation in the form of furnace where fire burns days and nights forever.

Later, notable religions in the world would add the notion that even sacrificing oneself in the course for God (the unseen mentor) through engaging oneself to kill an enemy could make a person to become mortal or martyr in heaven. This is the root why individuals would sacrifice themselves through martyrdom, which was experienced during the Crusade Wars by the Christians and then later by the adherents of the religions in the Middle East to explode themselves as atomic bombs among their enemies. This would be done with the intention of slaughtering their enemies or those that they hate in their vicinities. The doctrine of the primitive man from the antediluvian age is still being followed by civilised men without being reviewed constantly by them to keep the pace with modern civilisation!

§ 2. DEFINITION
This psychiatric disorder, which has also been described by many researchers and clinicians, is a war-related condition where naive men, both young and the grown ups through brainwashed are made to mutilate themselves in the midst of innocent human beings which could lead to the death of all persons around including himself/herself. The individual may be a member of a deviant sect or one of the members of the major religions in the world that believe in the reward after death, where a person could kill his enemies that are not in agreement with them. The patient, therefore, sees these persons as enemies that must be eliminated through suicide with the use of bombs to kill himself and these enemies through explosion. The reward, which is supposed to be given in the future, is martyrdom or immortality in “heaven.”

SBD can be said to be a technique that is used to commence war or conflicts. It is also employed as a method of threatening the enemies around in times of war. In this case this war related disorder could be asserted to be a form of weapon whereby the enemy is attacked during time of peace or war. Young girls and boys are said to the patients that carry out this form of weapon, as it is easy to motivate them or brainwash them for this purpose.

§ 3. Symptoms
The patients of SBD are naive and probably ignorant from many good things in life as a whole. Usually the one-sided education they possess means that they lack genuine information about the world and its modern civilisation as a whole. As the authorities do not have genuine interest in these patients' welfare, they possess deprivation of some kinds, which make them in turn to hate the world and all the things that belong to it, including human beings. They have no respect for church buildings, mosques, library, train stations or banks. All they know is that there is a better life out there in heaven where they shall possess their “illusory superiority” of being “martyr” or “immortal.” Therefore, because of the small world of these patients they become vulnerable to be brainwashed and be willing to explode themselves and others. Since the teachings of these patients consist of dreams and hallucinations and the delusive nature of the whole idea concerning religion, it appears that patients of psychotic, depressive, schizophrenic disorders or conditions find this notion of a better life out there in heaven attractive to engage in. The SBD patients have hate for the world and their lives as a whole become meaningless that the alternative lives of being dead together with other innocent individuals that they hate tend to be the best choice in the interim.

§ 4. Case Studies
(a.) Crusade Wars
The Crusade wars that many believers in the Christian religion participated in were not different from what many patients of toady are engaging in at present. In both cases there is the yearning to receive some rewards and “illusory superiority” in the future “heaven.” Therefore, patients with different burden of guilt stemming from numerous sins committed fought in the Holy Land with the intention of receiving forgiveness (penance) of their sins, which constantly plagued them. Some of these patients were also depressed ones and anorexic. Some were widows who had nothing left to live for. Some of these patients were in delusion and later returned from the war professing having had encounters through hallucinations and dreams concerning the dead saints who were supposed to be heaven.

(b) The Religions from East to West
Some patients of different religions of today are following this naive manner of fighting their enemies. It is often reported that patients from these religions are brainwashed and also have poor education, which consist of myths and hallucination experiences of their significant figures. As these manners of educating children are popular they cling to the dreamy world where they believe they shall be rewarded and have peace for their thirsty souls. SBD is very common in the belt around the Middle East. It is understood to be the new modern war that is difficult to fight against unless people are given proper education about modern civilisation and the education on how to desist from these outdated myths their Holy books provide them. Surrounded themselves with myths and traditions, these people from this part of the world have no value for human lives and could sacrifice all those that are willing to die for martyr purposes because of deprivation and poverty in one of unsupported social systems in the world.

§ 5. Analysis and Discussion
The patient of SBD reveals fanatic conduct about his religion, which informs us of his ignorance concerning things of the civilised world. He possesses some confusion in his thoughts as his beliefs are made of dreams and hallucinations. Therefore reality is far fetched. It is constantly argued that these patients have deprivations of some kinds, and therefore, are compelled to cherish the “heavenly gifts” or “rewards” which are seen as compensation for the deprived needs of the interim. Martyr and the living with “angels” is beautiful, as the heavenly living is seen as enjoyable, for example, “walking on the sea of glass and the street of gold.” Depressive patients, psychotic patients, and schizophrenic patients find this notion of “heavenly reward” appeasing and attractive and prefer to engage in such thinking concerning “illusory superiority.” The illness conditions of these individuals which make them to experience delusion lure them to engage in the suicide bombing which already their vulnerable situation beckons them to engage in. The reward in heaven of being a “martyr” and the “recognition” of the group members that serves as brain washers in seeing these patients as the “devoted ones” assures them the willingness to end a life of their own and others in turmoil in order to go up there and see the “face” of their beloved. The present life is filled with toil, hunger, deprivation of some kinds, lacking all ingredients are enough to make them decide the transportation into the bosom of the “Thou.” There are indications that that the reinforcement of these brain washers that consist of putting the patient in isolation for some months if not years prepares the patient to go through this self-mutilation without entertaining fears or having problems. On top of this a huge sums of money is usually promised to their family members when they succeed in carrying out these self-mutilations.

§ 6. Conclusion
Human beings cannot continue to follow the practices laid down by the antediluvian folks who had no education and did not understand many workings of nature and posses any logic concerning how to think. As the world is progressing there should be an attempt to consider all these practices that are outdated and to replenish them with modern way of performing things that had been proved by science and the use of common sense. It is hard time we desisted from using these primitive ideologies as yardstick to guide us our behaviour and our way of dealing with one another on earth. Leaders of the less-developed countries should spend a great deal of time to ponder on those things that manipulated individuals or a group of people utilises to deceive the masses in the world. This will help them to save money and concentrate on those important things in life for themselves and their citizens. For those that unknowingly think that they shall be rewarded in “heaven” if they kill themselves and others, they should know that there is no such thing as reward in heaven. For the God or Mighty power out there does not want anything from us but only to see us love one another on this planet earth.

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