'IT'S A BURDEN': Sen. John Fetterman reflects on 6-week hospitalization for depression.
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., was released from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in March after being treated for depression.
"In my own situation, in my very lowest, I started thinking about [self-harm]," he continued."And I realized that if I do harm myself, I will leave behind for my children a blueprint that, if something happens with you, that’s the answer. I can’t do that to anyone." Responding to a question on his prominence in the legislature as an individual, Fetterman said he did not understand why anyone liked him.The east side of the US Capitol in the early morning. Senate Chamber in the foreground.
He continued,"I’ll never understand it. I don’t know why my wife married me. In the movie 'Groundhog Day,' Bill Murray’s character says something like, ‘You think I’m arrogant? No, I don’t even like me.’ That’s me. I don’t even like me. That’s the truth."communicative strugglesFetterman’s abilities have been widely questioned since he suffered a stroke during his campaign for U.S. Senate last year and offered limited media appearances.
US Vice President Kamala Harris ceremonially swears in US Senator John Fetterman, Democrat of Pennsylvania, for the 118th Congress in the Old Senate Chamber at the US Capitol in Washington, DC.
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