Sen. John Fetterman, who returned to Congress this week after receiving treatment for clinical depression, is speaking out about how his tough Senate race last year worsened his mental health
Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, shared with People magazine in an interview published Wednesday that criticism about whether he could serve effectively following his stroke was particularly painful. “These kinds of personal things accelerated the depression,” Fetterman said. Fetterman checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in February.
Throughout the night, he dropped words during answers and occasionally lost his train of thought, which fueled more criticism. “I don’t have any regrets because I believe that I had a responsibility to do the debate, but after that point, to me, that was where the depression really started to set in,” Fetterman said. His victory was “the moment of concern,” according to his wife, Gisele.
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