Depression and suicide

Just recently at my school a good friend of mine took his life. It is so sad bc all he ever wanted was for people to be happy. I’ve been taking it tough bc days before I seriously contemplated ending it all. With this to happen it has opened my eyes and see how it affects people. Another thing is that the whole school is now realizing they need to be kind to one another but it shouldn’t of took someone to die for people to take mental illness seriously.