President Biden offered a statement of support for Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman after he disclosed Thursday that he is being treated for clinical depression.
Other lawmakers have opened up about their battles with depression, including New York Rep. Richie Torres, who was hospitalized in 2010. He tweeted,"I would not be alive, let alone in Congress, were it not for mental health care." Friday about her experience with depression in her teens and again in her 30's as a young mother.
"I can't speak to John's personal experience, and I'm not comparing my own struggles with depression to what he's going through, because everyone is different," Smith wrote."For me, depression drained hope away, and the promise that I'd ever feel hopeful again." after feeling lightheaded during a Senate Democratic retreat but was discharged after tests revealed no signs of stroke or seizures. He suffered a stroke last May while campaigning for U.S. Senate.
"I know when I had my stroke, had I not gone to the hospital, I probably wouldn't be standing here today," another Democrat, New Mexico Sen. Ben Ray Lujan told CBS News."We should encourage people to speak up and say something if they're not feeling well." in January 2022 and underwent brain surgery. He described Fetterman as"great" and"strong" since his arrival on Capitol Hill.
"He's quickly adjusted to this quirky place," Sen. Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, told CBS News."It takes a while to kind of figure this place out. It's very different. He was a lieutenant governor, and I was, too, and we were both mayors. It's a very different kind of job, but he relishes it.""That would be a challenge for anybody when you add that to the work we do up here," Sen. Thom Tillis, Republican of North Carolina, told CBS News.
"He's been through a lot physically and mentally," said Senate GOP Whip John Thune, of South Dakota."Our prayers are with him and his family and hope that he can get on the road to recovery and get back up here."
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