I've noticed that the longer I am in college more and more of my friends are coming out as depressed and/or suicidal. Has anyone experienced the same thing?

Normal stuff for college kids.
It's basically a period of self-identification.

It's simple your friends are weak-willed. If you want to help them then fine talk to them, make them happy, be supportive, but if time comes a greater situation arises the decision will come from them and not from you, sure you can encourage them but still the choice is still there's, they themselves need to be prepared for what may happen in the future, they need to be stronger in the mind and the heart, I actually don't know how to achieve this but probably by looking at what's positive, never giving up but this traits can only be obtained from themselves, you can't just say don't give up and they won't give up its not that simple. I guess the best things u can do is to talk to them make them look at the good times and be aware of what they are planning to do, you might not know but they suddenly go suicidal, best to know there problems even if you have to butt right in

@Unknown and @Neko I guess both of you are right. It's just that sometimes it feels as if it's so sudden, you know? Like one day they're fine, the next they're texting me at 3 am telling me that they feel as if they can't go on. It's been happening so regularly so I couldn't help but wonder.

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Socially, everyone's fine until shown otherwise.
Especially true for introverts. There's this pressure in society that since you're going to uni and all, you have to be fine, at least mentally. So most people will look fine (even to their best friends) until they reach a melting point. Which is usually some time before exams in college.

Depression is a normal thing among humans and many other animals. While I get a few bouts of Depression every once or twice in a year, I always go to a psychologist (or doctor idk what theyre called lmao). But I do not have my friends ever express that they are depressed/suicidal, although I can normally feel when a person is having that illness. But no, I have not been experiencing the same thing lately.