The family of a "highly intelligent" young woman who took her own life called for more support for those struggling with their mental health after lockdown left her in crisis.
Liverpool Hope University student Lydia Tinsley, 25, was found dead in her accommodation on St Michael's Road, Aigburth, on April 19 this year.
Lydia, from Bristol, had struggled with opioid addiction in her teenage years and had battled depression - including periods when she self-harmed.
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Area coroner for Liverpool and Wirral, Anita Bhardwaj, said a handwritten note had been found at the scene "clearly indicating" that she intended to take her own life.
The court heard a piece of writing was also found at the family home in Bristol where she had lived with her twin brother Jon Tinsley, dad Ian and mum Victoria, which had been written almost exactly a year earlier on April 24, 2020.
On that day Lydia had described how lockdown and the forced isolation was "destroying me."
With the help of a charity called One25 in Bristol, which supports women dealing with trauma and mental health issues, Lydia managed to hold on, and she moved to Liverpool in October 2020 to study Philosophy and International Relations.
But after moving to Merseyside, Lydia was not able to find the same level of support.
Her dad Ian said Lydia hated not being able to see her friends and missed the face-to-face contact of her university course.
He said: "Deep down I think she lacked confidence, so when something like covid came along and locking everybody down it had a deep impact on her.
"I almost feel that she was collateral damage from covid, because I think without it she would still be here."
Her brother, Jon, added: "I agree with that wholeheartedly.
"I spoke to her pretty much every day and it was really clear that the lack of face-to-face contact with people really, really affected her; not being able to go to uni and then afterwards going for a coffee with friends."
Ms Bhardwaj agreed, and said: "The lockdowns got to the most resilient of people, we can be in no doubt about the impact of lockdown on everybody, but particularly those who were vulnerable."
Jon also said she had struggled to find effective support for her mental health in Liverpool, telling the court: "She had this battle with depression, and I just think the way the support services were didn't help.
"She often said she didn't like going to group sessions because she was surrounded by people who were older than her and it made her feel abnormal.
"I think she got into a bit of a hole with that mentally, I and know if those support groups had more young people together it would be more open.
"For me personally One25 is an NGO, a charity. They were just so brilliant, but to me it's awful there's not a government provided service that offers something as comprehensive as they offer."
Her dad Ian said: "Lydia was quite a private person, even in the family at times, so it was not the organisation, one of the things with One25 it was the relationships with individuals that was important for her.
"It's not that there weren't those individuals in Merseyside, of course there are, just Lydia didn't come across them."
Earlier in the hearing, Jon was asked to describe what his sister was like as a person.
He said: "She was a really bubbly, enchanting person.
"On her best days she really would light up the room. She was clearly very intelligent as well, she loved reading and studying English, and she loved life when life was good for her.
"As my twin sister she helped me through much. She will always be a part of me, forever. I love her so deeply and always will."
Coroner's officer Jacqui Gallagher, reading a summary of the evidence, described how Lydia had attended a barbecue the day before her death and was described as seeming in good spirits.
However on the evening of April 19, her brother contacted staff at her halls of residence concerned that he had not heard from her all day.
Her body was found in her bed, and a toxicology report concluded the medical cause of death was methadone toxicity.
Ms Bhardwaj said: "I am going to use your words, Jon, Lydia was a bubbly and enchanting woman. That's exactly what I have as a vision of her in my mind.
"She was clearly someone who was very articulate as her notes indicate, and she was someone who enjoyed life but who also had her own demons."
Ms Bhardwaj delivered a conclusion of death by suicide.
As the inquest closed, her dad told the court: "She will always be with us."
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