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After suffering from lockdown triggered anxiety, a 16-year-old boy committed suicide in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and his parents have urged other parents to ensure the mental well-being of their children while staying connected to them in these testing times of pandemic.
The Liversedge family, from Cushnie, Aberdeenshire, has bravely opened up about their son Corey’s struggles with anxiety and how they believe issues caused by the pandemic led him to take his own life on October 24, Daily Mail reported on Thursday.
Describing Corey as a ‘funny and kind’ boy with a ‘cracking sense of humour’, his parents, Kerry and Adam said they hope other guardians around the world will try to be discreet and be around their children for emotional dependence. His father regretted that had it not been for the mental health repercussions of the on-going pandemic restrictions “we would still have our son here today”. Coronavirus blues: Are we headed for a mental health pandemic next?
Meanwhile, his teacher at Aboyne Academy, said the boy did not care much for WhatsApp and Facebook. However, time away from his friends due to the lockdown was “one of the hardest bits” for him. —Agencies
