Sadly this is more proof that Cornwall desperately needs a mental health facility as a Cornish blogger took her life.
Over the past 12,-18 months suicides are becoming more frequent and need to be avoided, especially people jumping over the A30 bridges.
Having no help from mental health teams and no psychiatric doctors and nurses available in Cornwall is appalling, and with suicide rates soaring, this needs to be addressed.
Cornwall needs a mental health facility
Cornwall desperately needs a mental health hospital facility where people can go without travelling miles out of the county away from their loved ones.
At the moment you can’t easily access help in Cornwall. I live in South East Cornwall and there is no psychiatrist in the area and Trevillis House is short-staffed as are the rest of the mental health facilities in other areas of the county.
I’ve been told that if I need help I have to go through to Outlook South West who refused to treat me before as they told my previous doctor that they don’t get paid enough to treat my illnesses.
Cornwall blogger takes her own life
Beth Matthews documented her mental health issues in her blog Life Beyond the Ledge, which discusses how she struggled with her health over many years.
Beth was a mental health sufferer and a severe trauma patient before becoming an influencer on social media.
Cornwall Live reported that the young Cornish woman died on Monday (March 21).
Beth suffered serious injuries four years ago when she attempted to commit suicide, which, as she related to her mental health suffering, was not her first attempt.
The 26-year-old had attempted suicide on several occasions, including on a road in Cornwall in April 2019.
At the time, she was brought to safety by college student Natalia Cartmell who was on her walk to work at Tesco along the A388 Tavistock Road in Launceston.
Two days later, Beth received multiple severe injuries at the same spot, including broken bones, a damaged spine, and damaged internal organs.
But she was saved by paramedics and Cornwall Air Ambulance.
Beth, who loved the outdoors, was a blogger and an influencer who had built a following of her own.
She opened up about her mental health challenges and how she dealt with them, giving others the power and bravery to do the same.
If you feel you need to reach out to someone about a friend or relative or for yourself, please call one of the numbers on the helpline page. Don’t suffer in silence.