I Serve With Sen. John Fetterman. I Struggled With Depression, Too

I’ve only worked with Sen. John Fetterman for a short time, but in the last two months I’ve been struck by his resilience and heart. Everyone’s experience is different, but John is doing exactly what everyone should when they’re facing depression: seek help and take the time to get better.

Seeking help when you need it is a sign of strength, not weakness. In admitting himself to a Maryland hospital for “clinical depression,” as John’s chief of staff put it, John is demonstrating that for all of us.

For people who have experienced depression, seeing someone else suffering can take you back to your own experience. If you are seeing the news about John, it may bring up old feelings for you. It did for me.

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