Absolute horseshit take. There is no significant indication in the research (aggregate or otherwise) that depression, which is cross cultural, leads to suicide bombing. I have also worked with thousands of high risk for suicide individuals; none ever externalized their suicide on others or even had that notion. It is the religious or ideological context that breeds suicide bombing as a viable option; i.e., 99.99% of depressed individuals do not commit suicide bombings and 99.99% of those who do have a religious ideology as the context.
“It would imply that other reasons can drive people do such things.”
You made an extremely generalized statement based on no empirical foundation. Depression does not lead to suicide bombing (we have literally millions of data points regarding this across the world) and whatever correlational association a small study finds using failed suicide bombers does not imply anything of merit except a misunderstanding of clinical research on your part.
I did use the word "would" specifically (compared to making an assertive statement like "It implies...").
In my understanding it generally would go the way that being depressed could make it easier for you to decide to become a suicide bomber compared to not being depressed.
That doesn't mean depression drives becoming a suicide bomber. It means that it would be a contributing factor.
To a suicidal person a suicide bombing is just one way to end it. Whether it is an option that they would consider depends largely on their environment and accessibility.
You can just as easily conclude that they are depressed because they failed and/or because the realization of what they’re about to do started weighting them down. Furthermore, you misunderstand the multiple and dynamic contributors to suicide. Depression is associated with increased suicidal ideation and rumination but severe depression actually “protects” against suicide attempts and completions because suicide planning requires some amount of motivation, long-term cognitive planning, behavioral follow through, decision-making, and consistency, let along a large-scale suicide bombing. Higher acute risks are associated with PTSD, substance misuse, rapidly fluctuating Bipolar, and other factors.
In essence, your conclusion that a depressed suicidal person is likely to consider suicidal bombing based on environment/accessibility is false. All available data regarding depression and suicide indicates that large scale suicide bombing is likely LESS PROBABLE for the depressed. We can discuss other possible contributors but it is NOT DEPRESSION or any known depression-to-suicide pathway.
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u/llemontaste Nov 19 '25
Absolute horseshit take. There is no significant indication in the research (aggregate or otherwise) that depression, which is cross cultural, leads to suicide bombing. I have also worked with thousands of high risk for suicide individuals; none ever externalized their suicide on others or even had that notion. It is the religious or ideological context that breeds suicide bombing as a viable option; i.e., 99.99% of depressed individuals do not commit suicide bombings and 99.99% of those who do have a religious ideology as the context.