Suicide is primarily the combination of external sociological conditions and circumstances and of internal psychological factors. External sociological conditions and circumstances can create an imbalance in the internal psychological factors which results in an individual losing its equilibrium. This can be seen through one of Durkheim’s four suicide type egoistic suicide and Freud’s psychoanalytic theories of Eros and Thanatos. According to Durkheim,
Egoistic suicide results from too little social integration. They lack the values, traditions, and norms of the dominant society, and therefore lack a sense of belongingness to social groups and other social supports. Leads to despair and social- driven sense of hopelessness (Harmening, p. 96).