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In the early years of EastEnders Angie took an overdose during an attempted suicide, it was quite graphic in that she was seen swilling down handfuls of tablets with gin or vodka, they actually cut most of the scene out during the sunday lunchtime omnibus
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I disagree
I think Lewis Richardson in Hollyoaks was better Has anyone mentioned Maxine in Hollyoaks Lewis is the best suicide story I've ever seen in anything, soap or prestigious drama. It's been very rare to show a 'successful' suicide in any soap. There's either been w uestion mark ocer whether it was intentional or deliberate (like Diane in Holby Cuty or Donna in EE) or they've survived and got the emotional help they needed. Whilst I know they are technically suicides as they choose to take their own lives, I don't really count the cases where a character had a terminal illness as the psychology behind it, and even the bereaved familys reactions, are completely different to a suicide coming from Depression. Kelly in Casualty back in 1991 was a successful suicide, due to Depression. |
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Sons And Daughters featured a few.
The most well known was Leigh running into oncoming traffic and a truck striking her head on. Martin Healy shoots himself in the head. Wayne and Susan both attempted it a couple of times. |
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Not a suicide storyline but Alison Webster killed herself in Coronation Street after her baby died.
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Lewis Richardson in Hollyoaks is the standout suicide storyline for me, as it showed that it's not necessarily a case of pop a few pills and drift peacefully off. Lewis suffered for that attempt for some time afterwards, during which he changed his mind but it was too late and he suffered a slow drawn out death as his organs began to shut down.
Also, with Lewis, he didn't even have the comfort of his family as he saw the devastation he'd caused his Mum and his sister and friends, far from being symoathetic to his pain, were just angry at his selfishness. |
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CS Kevin was married to a woman Alison and their son died pretty much as soon as he was born she then kidnapped Bethany and then committed suicide due to the depression. This was in the 90s/00s.
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Lewis Richardson in Hollyoaks is the standout suicide storyline for me, as it showed that it's not necessarily a case of pop a few pills and drift peacefully off. Lewis suffered for that attempt for some time afterwards, during which he changed his mind but it was too late and he suffered a slow drawn out death as his organs began to shut down.
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People citing Peggy and Hayley's deaths - I don't know that those count as suicides in the psychological/emotional sense of the term.
They were suffering terminal illness and simply chose to end their lives before their illnesses took them in worse ways. To me that's not true suicide as death is already imminent and certain. I know the technical definition of suicide is taking one's owns life - but the situations are very different from Lee's storyline. They don't highlight the same issues whatsoever. Edit: OK, I realize someone above already said this. |
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Will they actually follow through with it tho?
Holly in Emmerdale was like a suicife |
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Lewis Richardson in Hollyoaks is the standout suicide storyline for me, as it showed that it's not necessarily a case of pop a few pills and drift peacefully off. Lewis suffered for that attempt for some time afterwards, during which he changed his mind but it was too late and he suffered a slow drawn out death as his organs began to shut down.
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Suicide is the biggest killer of young men, mostly as a result of mental illness so it's right that it should be covered in this way.
It has been done often when a character has a terminal illness, but seems to still be a bit of a taboo subject when covered with depression. |
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It's quite rare that soaps cover suicide like this, it seems to a lot of the time be assisted suicide or out of guilt or that they are dying anyway. It's depressing but important I think but this sort of thing does happen
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CS Kevin was married to a woman Alison and their son died pretty much as soon as he was born she then kidnapped Bethany and then committed suicide due to the depression. This was in the 90s/00s.
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Kat also tried after the Zoe was her daughter revelation
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