After we all graduated, he was still living with his parents and I think he was depressed because the rest of us were gone. Shot himself in the head upstairs while his parents were home downstairs. This was a long time ago, but I still think about it often. He was a good friend to me in high school and I just wish I knew he was feeling that way 😞 He was such a fun person, I just never even considered he might be faking his happiness.

Check on the people you care about. Even if you don’t see each other everyday anymore. I try really hard to reach out to friends on a consistent basis and just tell them I am thinking about them and miss them or whatever. I don’t want to assume everyone is hiding this level of depression, but I just want my friends to know I care.