Did ya know... there are three types of suicide according to Emile Durkheim in his study Suicide. They are egoistic, anomic, and altruistic suicide. They get a bit confusing but here is the book's explanation. Egoistic suicide is when people become detached from society and are overwhelmed by stress (an example being living on their own for the first time or retiring). Anomic suicide is when you suffer a dislocation from society based on your norms and values no longer being true (an example would be police officers killing themselve after Hurricane Katrina because they felt hopeless or samurais that fail and want to spare their families embarrassment). It is a disappointment in your society that leads you to feel without worthy. Altruistic suicide is when individuals are strongly connected to society and feel that their death would be a favor and duty to the society (an example is suicide bombers or the 9/11 terrorists). Egoistic is the most common in the U.S. What do you all think?