# Bombs and pain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-and-pain/103298>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 12, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-and-pain/103298 "2002-04-12T19:35:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![motopico](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@motopico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/motopico)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-and-pain/103298/1 "2002-04-12T19:35:46Z")

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Does someone who denonates him/herself with a bomb feel any pain? Even for an instant?

I would think that the incendiary nature of blast would almost vaporize the person immediately. With most other forms of suicide, I think there might me a moment of realization that in the next moment, I will will be dead. However, in the case of a bomb, would there even be time for that realization?

The brain would essentially not exist at all one split second after the blast.

So would there be any pain?

Obviously anybody who answers wouldn’t know but can anybody hypthesize?

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**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bombs-and-pain/103298/2 "2002-04-12T20:00:01Z")

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Believe it or not this has very recently been asked and answered.

Read the following link for all you want to know:

[What does a suicide bomber experience of feel after he (she)…](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=108689)