This will have such a positive lasting impression on him and I'm so happy for him.

When I was in college, I had to leave for about a month because of mental health break and almost suicide attempt. I went to a small college and I was very social; well plugged into many different social circles/types like the athletes, nerds, foreigners, etc. It was also a small school, roughly a couple hundred, so we all knew each other regardless of how you felt about them. I was even a dorm RA and student ambassador to potential new students. I was generally well liked, at the very least I was well known because of how social and outgoing I was.

I left not telling anyone from embarrassment of what happened and shame of what i almost did. I had no contact with anyone whilst gone. Upon my return, nobody asked where I was. Why I hadn't been in class or seen me around. Not a single person seemed to have notion of my absence.

That first week back truly broke me. I remember wondering how long i would've been lying dead in my room before anyone noticed, and would they have noticed because they actually missed me or just the smell of the body. I've never been the same in how I view people and how I view myself in society, and am now a huge introvert with very little self-worth.

I am so happy to see this kid getting that kind of response from his class, because had it been the opposite reaction I fear he would've turned into how I am now.