Episode 4487: TERRORISM: HOAX or TOO REAL?

What end of the scale are you on? Do you believe

that terror attacks are hoaxes, or can you relate to 

a terror attack survivor whose mental pain drove 

her to euthanasia?

Today, we look at the spectrum of reactions to 

terrorism, starting with a new poll that reveals a 

shocking percentage of people who believe in 

terrorism conspiracy theories. Not only do 

some believe that attacks weren’t real, they 

believe that the victims and their families are 

lying. You will hear what: gender, age, denial, 

cynicism, Covid, and where you get your news

from has to do with it. 

Next, we move down the scale and look at an 

example of what contributes to people believing 

conspiracy theories: the recent terror attack in

Belgium, where a man knifed two policemen 

patrolling the neighborhood of the terrorists 

who perpetrated the Paris and Brussels attacks. 

But, as usual, the ‘authorities’ are stalling to 

avoid calling it what it is: terrorism. 

Finally, we look at the other extreme of the 

scale - the tragic story of a young woman who 

was collateral damage of the 2016 terror attack 

at the Zaventem airport in Brussels. She wasn’t 

physically injured, but she was so traumatized 

and haunted by these memories, that she 

developed psychiatric problems that tortured 

her to the extent that she requested euthanasia. 

As your Terrorist Therapist, I have personal 

knowledge about these stories that I share with 

you.