A young and talented girl took her own life just days after the proposed three-month coronavirus lockdown was put in place.
17-year-old Beth Palmer was a prominent vocal artist from Greater Manchester, England, who often performed at local clubs and was on the path of becoming a professional singer.
As the girl’s family explained after her passing in March, Beth was struggling with lockdown orders and the inability to go to college or see her friends.
After the teen was discovered dead at her home, the heartbroken parents decided to warn others about the negative side effects lockdown may have on some people.
“I have no doubt the lockdown has played a major part in Beth’s death. She couldn’t finish college, she couldn’t go out and see her friends. She felt as though this three-month lockdown was to her 300 years,” father Mike Palmer expressed.
“This three-month lockdown I think became an extreme, almost obsessive obsession, that it was never going to end.”
In an interview with ITV’s Granada Reports, the parents warned that other people, especially younger generations, might feel like there’s no way out due to imposed social distancing and self-isolation rules, something that many are not used to.
“The devastation is indescribable. It saddens me to say but I don’t think she’ll be alone, I think there’ll be other young adults, teenagers feeling exactly the same, feeling very vulnerable, maybe very scared about the Covid-19 situation, having their lives changed,” the father said.
“I’d hate to think of another family going through what we’re going through now. Even if it puts one child off taking their own life, hopefully no-one should feel isolated enough to do this.”
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