NastyNickers wrote:Goodwife wrote:Its not real
Its really sad talking about soaps on forums
male suicide is a very important topic, and the portrayal was very well done and it moved me. Enough that I wanted to post about it.
I only watch EE and it has totally lost it's guts on relevant or gritty storylines - so I never knew that Corrie was highlighting such an important topic.
Well done to them.
For decades and decades thousands of blokes (especially those from a working class background) covered up the debilitating illness of depression by self medicating with drugs and/or alcohol as it was seen as a huge 'weakness' and a source of terrible 'shame'.
With disastrous and often tragic consequences for both them and their families.
In recent years however it is finally beginning to lose some of it's stigma and male suicide can now be prevented in numbers greater than ever before with effective treatments.