277 Luis Miguel Sordo Estella Psychology of terrorism: brief notes does not appear among the categories diagnosed in the DSM-IV53. Thus, paranoia with a psychopathological origin implies the existence of cognitive distortions, of persecution mania, along with intense fear or thoughts of being kidnapped by others; this evidence is not visible in terrorists54. Along the same lines of what was mentioned before, people with disorders of a paranoid nature are incapable of leading a normal life and having minimum control of their actions and life, which is something known in (sin el of) in terrorists. http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee The fanatic fighter The fighting and combative fanatic is known for overestimating his ideals, impo-sing them on others in a proselytizing or belligerent manner. Two essential psychic traits are found in him: the overestimation of an ideal or personal issue, and the stru-ggle to spread his convictions55. The fanatic of personal issues distinguishes himself for his paranoid tendencies, where mistrust grows, and the creation of models of the self (they believe that gestures and words from others refer to them). In the fanatic fighter, his ideals and beliefs are put into practice under struggle; his bellicose fanaticism leads him to carry out terrorism, and as subject agent indu-ces other people who were not inclined to it (secondary or induced terrorism). The so-called primary fanaticism begins from childhood, stimulated by the deprivation of affection and the hostility from adults. This type of fanaticism chooses terrorism, whereas the secondary fanatic becomes one after having contact with a terrorist group. The primary fanatic, like the secondary fanatic, integrates into a terrorist movement or organization in a harmonious way, and they are structured through ideological in-doctrination carried out by pedagogically qualified personnel. According to Alonso-Fernández (1986)56, the mentioned indoctrination of a mili-tant terrorist is done in four phases: 1st) voluntary social marginalization; 2nd) ideolo-gical assimilation; 3rd) technical skills gained in training fields; 4th) active integration of the individual under the orders and discipline of a command. During these phases or stages, the individual goes from the abandonment of society to the integration into a terrorist group with rights and duties, among which will be the commitment to kill defenseless people without experimenting the least sense of guilt57. 53 The DSM IV is the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders – Fourth Edition (American Psychiatric Association). DE LA CORTE, op. cit., pg.215. 54 Ibidem, pg.179. 55 ALONSO-FERNÁNDEZ, op.cit., pg.299. 56 Ibidem, pg.301. 57 In 51 interviews to members of ETA by the professor of Political Science, Fernando Reinares, none of those interviewed showed signs of regret for belonging to ETA and for having executed
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