‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is a classic Christmas film, with some surprisingly progressive insights around suicide!

It’s not without it’s flaws, but through analysing the depiction of the protagonist’s suicide attempt, we can learn a few lessons about suicide.

It can also up an extended conversation about suicide representation in popular culture. 

Time for me to dust off the ol’ media studies degree!

Today, I’ll discuss:

-- the lessons we can learn about suicide from ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’

-- the positive and negative aspects of suicide representation

-- why mass media representation of suicide matter….

-- …and why we shouldn’t rely on angels as a suicide prevention method

COLLABORATORS

Solving Suicide is brought to you by Dark Coffee – development coaching to get your work and wellbeing working better together so you can feel like a badass in business.

Host: Alice Lyons from Dark Coffee

Music: ‘Solving Suicide’ by Steve Leggett 

If you have any questions or would like to give us any feedback, you can email Alice at talk@darkcoffee.co.uk

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INTERNATIONAL SUICIDE SUPPORT HELPLINES:

https://blog.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines/

SUICIDE SUPPORT ORGANISATIONS (UK)

Samaritans: Confidential suicide discussion and support. Free helpline available round the clock. Text - 116123. Call - 08457 909090 Email - jo@samaritans.org. Website - www.samaritans.org

Mind: Support and information for anyone suffering from a mental health problem. 0300 123 3393 Website - Mind.org.uk

Saneline: Practical information, crisis care and emotional support to people affected by mental health concerns. Helpline: 0845 767 8000, open daily from 6pm – 11pm.