The extraordinary public disclosure of his depression comes in the context of the United States’ long history of politicians struggling with their mental health behind closed doors, for fear of the stigma that still surrounds such conditions today.
But few politicians have been as candid about their mental health and recovery as Fetterman has been in recent weeks.
“He just became the senator, he’s married to me, he has amazing kids and he’s still depressed. And I think the outside would look and say, ‘how does this happen?’ But depression doesn't necessarily make sense, right? It's not rational,” his wife, Gisele, added. “I had a conversation with my 14-year-old and he said ‘dad, what’s wrong? We’re great. We’re here. And you won,’” Fetterman recalled.
“I never had any self-harm, but I was indifferent, though,” Fetterman said about whether he wanted to keep living. “If the doctor said, ‘gee, you have 18 months to live,” I’d be like, ‘yeah, okay, well that’s how things go.’”
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