Teen commits suicide after feeling guilty about infecting father with coronavirus

A resident of California said that her teenage son committed suicide after he felt guilty about the death of his father, who died of COVID-19. Writes about it Independent.

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Stephanie Reyes, 37, said she and her entire family contracted COVID-19 last August. Her husband Anthony, 46, died in September due to complications from the disease.

“At the end of August, my family and I contracted COVID-19 and within days I lost my husband,” Reyes said.

Reyes said her 17-year-old son Anthony Reyes Jr. begged to visit his father before he died. According to her, the teenager considered himself responsible for the illness, and then the death of his parent, because he had previously insisted that the family come to his school for a rally.

“Anthony felt guilty, as if he had infected us all. The son blamed himself for the death of his father. We talked to him all the time and convinced him that it was not his fault, ”Reyes lamented.

The teenager, who battled depression throughout the pandemic, found it hard to get over her father's illness and subsequent death, she said.

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Before Reyes died, the hospital allowed two family members to visit him in the hospital.

“My son wanted to visit his father and, contrary to common sense, I let him go. It was the worst mistake I made," Reyes said.

On December 28, Reyes discovered that her son had committed suicide when she noticed that at 04:00 the light in his bedroom was on.

"He left. I can't believe my baby is gone," she said.

Reyes has two more children - two daughters: 15 and 18 years old.

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“All my children have lost their father. I can't make them forget this pain, she said. “But my son was more worried about us than about himself.”

In 2020, Anthony Jr. wrote about how he struggled with depression due to lockdown.

“Coronavirus was basically a burden on me because it made me distance myself from my friends and girlfriend,” he wrote in August 2020.

Reyes tried to get counseling for her son after her husband's death, but counselors were hired within months.

Now the family has found a psychologist and goes through therapy once a week to cope with the losses.

A page has been created on the GoFundMe portal to help the family pay for the funeral, scheduled for January 22nd.

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