By Joseph Laws For Mailonline
Published: 18:22 BST, 25 April 2019 | Updated: 18:42 BST, 25 April 2019
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A 16-year old girl hanged herself after she became stressed about her GCSE exams, an inquest heard today.
Aeryn Bond struggled to live up to her own 'exceptionally high standards' and was suffering from anxiety and low self-confidence when she took her own life.
The hearing was told Aeryn became so stressed about her upcoming exams she even refused to take mock tests, and her predicted grades slipped from top marks, down to Bs and Cs.
Aeryn Bond was given a series of appointments with psychiatrists, the final one coming just four days before her death, to try to help and she was also prescribed anti-depressants
However, the 'very private' teenager, who was a keen drama student and passionate about Shakespeare's plays, told a psychiatrist she did not want to seriously hurt herself just days before she was found dead by her heartbroken mother Ellen.
The inquest into Aeryn's death heard she had hanged herself in the bedroom of the family home in Ryde, Isle of Wight, hours before Mrs Bond discovered her at 10.30am on February 22, last year.
Coroner Caroline Sumeray told the hearing Aeryn had met with her GP who found the youngster was beset with anxiety and confidence issues, and had been struggling to cope with the stress of GCSE exams.
The doctor said that as a result the schoolgirl had been failing to maintain her A-grade performance.
Aeryn Bond struggled to live up to her own 'exceptionally high standards' and was suffering from anxiety and low self-confidence when she took her own life. The
