“I had stopped leaving my bed. I had stopped eating. I was dropping weight. I had stopped engaging … most things that I love in my life,” Fetterman told CBS’ Jane Pauley. The Pennsylvania Democrat said he had never attempted to harm himself but that he was “indifferent” about his life. “If the doctor said, ‘Gee, you have 18 months to live,’ I’d be like, ‘Yeah. OK, well, that’s how things go,’” he said.
And when he struggled with substantial weight loss and a loss of appetite, he was diagnosed with clinical depression, and later was admitted to Walter Reed for treatment. “I was at a Democratic retreat, and many of my colleagues were coming up to me and asking, ‘Why aren’t you eating?’” Fetterman recalled during the interview. But following his discharge from Walter Reed, Fetterman said in a statement, “I want everyone to know that depression is treatable, and treatment works.
Interview was fixed and sliced, eg fakery and manipulating
Avoidance is not a cure for depression. Face your fears and understand your fears. You own them they don't own you. Depression in some cases is anger turn inward. There is no magical cure for depression. Face your fears or anger and walking through them weakens them. Try vitamins
Fetterman depresses all of us trust me.
That's not John fetterman. He's an imposter. I want to see a paternity test of that guy against fettermans children.
Trump2024 NoMoreBullShit
Irresponsible human being. Doesn’t understand that he’s not fit for office.
I guess that’s why we never got a report on his health prior to his election. Dems we’re more interested in a body count than the stability of us members
Wish him good health but not fit to serve
Give him a baby Ruth and send him home
Deep fake
The propaganda arm of the DNC. Can CNN ever get back to the middle or even fake it with some level believability? The last hints of journalism left the building about 6 years ago and havent been back since.
I still can't believe he got elected to the senate.
He should resign
HOGWASH!
I am still trying to find people here in PA that actually voted for him, no one will admit if they did apparently.
He's not fit or qualified to be a US Senator, the vast majority of us in PA. know he's a mistake.
He should not have ran. But his wife wanted to status and power.
Predictably, a no show as a Senator
I guess Pennsylvania will elect a ham sandwich next time. This is the intellectual mind manifesting itself there.
So he read the questions and the answers 🤦🏻♂️
Fets gives staged interview with CNN for the party
Depression is common in stroke victims. I am glad he was able to get inpatient care which is not available to most stroke patients.
Zero trust
It is not political! I'm glad he spoke out about depression being so serious and treatable. So many people suffer without ever telling anyone. Too many suicides.
Yeah, great choice.
Sounds like he needs to get out of politics and make a big change in his life, because what he is currently doing is not working/agreeing with his soul. That too can cause depression!!!
What did they give him to deactivate his conscience again?
Depression will change your head shape folks
Now it makes sense. They needed even more diversity, so they pushed through a mentally ill man. What a diverse party! 🤦🏼♂️
I truly hope he gets help.. And recovers. I hate to see anyone going through what he's going through. So can we just admit now he should NEVER have been elected to office? That's a problem.
His condition makes him unfit to hold this important office. Unfortunate but true. He cannot process voice and depression is not a one and done illness but drags on for a long time with relapse likely.
Unfit for office.
We elect crazy , broken , weak people and think everything will be Ok
Interesting of the medical and now mental illness that comes to light after elected.... how convenient!! If he's truly honorable, he'd resign... not only for decision making that affects lives, but for his own well being. Unfortunately, the party won't allow that.
Boy ..it would be nice if our veterans got the same treatment
Still unable to hear people? Still needing closed captioning for all aspects of life? Still wholly unfit to serve as a US Senator?
Happy to see he’s doing better. Let’s hope he got the help he needed and can continue his job
Why did he run?
Cheated to be senator! Shameful
The Senate is not a therapy group for a man who has 1/2 a brain, and the other half is depressed.
Good luck Pennsylvania
And wasn't it just amazing that he could write and introduce bills into the Senate? Where is the common sense of the people of PA? What a joke.
Stunning and brave
Many vets suffer from depression
JohnFetterman took a room and time from physicians from veterans. They earned it, he hasn’t.
Guilt.
A stroke is reason enough to retire. Depression? And he still won't?
did he apologize for lying about his fitness to serve?
He needs to step down🙄
*Fedderwoman
Step down, your not fit to serve
Maybe he should’ve never ran for office if he can’t perform the job depression and her depression 90 % of people have depression. Now the government and the people are paying for his salary should’ve never been elected. Probably wasn’t.
So he waited to get into Walter Reed.
. He had a stroke, and people felt he could still do the job not being 100% back to normal. Now you find out he has a depression problem! We told you people 100+ times he was a mistake! You have 5.5 more years with this mistake! At least with Biden it is less then 2 years! .
Fake bullshit
Is this the vegetable who got elected?
When will this guy realize he’s a lamb being led to the slaughter by the democrat party. The party is using him just like they are using these black prosecutors. They are putting these people in the spotlight. While using them as puppets for the agendas.
Sorry he is going thru this , but he shouldn't be in Office.
So, he got programmed or reprogrammed?
Japan, a war criminal nation that abducted teenage girls and teenagers in Korea during World War II, ran sex slavery units, and massacred most of them without paying the price, must perish.
Abuse of those with a disability is a serious crime, but despite what some left-wing extremists say, this is an example of it.
He should step down immediately
I am glad he got special treatment most Americans with depression won’t be able to afford
What a loser
Clearly not fit to serve
So you have a politician with a mental illness making important decisions? Not good
Please Democrats, let this poor man retire. Let him heal, stop abusing him for your power.
Can a brainstem alone be the source of depression?
should be more disgusted that yet again Biden lying with his 'NO New Taxes' cause newsflash this applies to everybody.
So glad you are doing better,John and thank you very much for setting a good example for those needing help.
He said he never left his bed in the period before checking himself into the hospital, but he was working in the Senate at time and wasn't in bed
Fetterman needs to resign and just take care of himself. Manage your depression and work on recovering from your stroke. He ran for office at the wrong time and he knows it.
This is exactly the sort of individual soros wants in public office, unstable, deranged and out of touch.
His clone looks nothing like this picture 😂
He needs to quit! He never should have taken the job! This is ridiculous! My taxes are paying his ass to not do the job he was elected for.
Do your Job or resign!!!!
That one is fetherman
Isn't this just wonderful news. Pennsylvania - this is your voice in Washington, D.C.
He needs to take care of himself and family. Let someone else take care of Pennsylvania.
I'd be depressed too if I looked like a bald Lurch, but with half the brain power!
If I was married to the kind of woman that ran off to Canada the day I was checked into the hospital I'd be depressed too
Maybe, just maybe he should not have that job IF HE CANT DO IT!!!! Get straight with yourself u are representing way to many people to be suffering from such a mental illness that is literally debilitating Step down
He Still Needs To Resign! And You CNN Are Just About To Have Your Doors Shut Forever!
None of the left are ever happy. They destroy the peace from the world & their greed has no limits
If it was only depression, that would be one thing, BUT THIS GUY CANT EVEN TALK!!!!!!
Senator Fetterman, I've been in your shoes. I'm so happy you got treatment. Someone so high profile dealing with it is educational to many. I know you're regaining recovery. It's a road. I hope it goes well dialing in medication and therapy.
This guy
Why did he think joining Congress would help with depression..
Tragic that firstly he was permitted to be a candidate, and secondly even worse that he was elected. Democracy at its VERY worst.
I look at him I get depressed
I feel like this still seems like some kind of political thing, sorry.
🤡🌎
Fetterman is brave and strong.
You just don't go into remission from depression just like that. This guy is fucking lying. Don't use depression as a political weapon, it's a serious issue.
What a failure! The people loved you, your family loved you, you were blessed with a easy job making $174,000/year. You just walk away and let everyone down that believed in you?!!!
Sorry PA, you did this to yourself.
His wife and the DNC were astonishingly evil to him. He may never recover from the damage they wrought.
So sad! Resign now! There is no need for mentally disabled people representing constituents!!!
Unfit for office
I’m sure it’s brutal being forced to run a campaign for a job you’re not suited to.
So he wasn’t competent to run for senate? Sounds like a fraud to me…
'The Israeli occupation empties Al-Aqsa Mosque of worshipers during Ramadan, the month of Islamic worship and rituals.' الاحتلال الإسرائيلي يفرغ المسجد الأقصى من المعتكفين في شهر رمضان شهر العبادة والشعائر الإسلامية.
Yeah ... I really hate it for Fetterman !!! What a blow from fate he has taken. I have all the compassion in the world for him, but, he needs to accept this and go and retire in dignity, and find a hobby !!!
Do you know how many people work/manage depression on a day to day at work? They don’t just quit.
An Abraham Lincoln disposition.
You are a Real Man and your Wife and Children are Beautiful
I would be depressed if i had to kiss Joe Biden’s ass too
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He needs to step down from office and focus on his physical and mental recovery full-time. The citizens of Pennsylvania deserve to be represented by a competent leader, not a sad vegetable.
Johnny. Im glad that you're taking care of yourself, and I wish you the best, but It's time to give up the reigns to someone who can actually do the job.
While I don't care for Fetterman as a politician, I understand what he went through and will continue to do so for some time, Ever since my wife had her stroke in 2016.............I get it and do NOT wish this on anybody!
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Seriously this misfit is an elected US Senator? How far has this country slipped to elect a candidate that could hardly speak during his campaign! Now months of depression are you serious!
Fetter man needs to step down now and a special election must be held this month
Pedowood
Well he’s from Pennsylvania, so there’s that…
How is this man still in office? Democrats should be ashamed of themselves for pushing this guy to go through all this smh…
This is so powerful. This guy is so brave to me.
Return!!!!!!!!!!
Can't go to work but can tape an interview? Hmph. Never heard of someone being so depressed they had to be hospitalized for over a month, doctors so concerned, has to be monitored 24/7.... but they can let cameras in for an interview. And staying home another several weeks. 😂ok
Good Lord, that's the first factual thing I've ever read from CNN, the lowest rated news network going lower and lower and hopefully Bye Bye soon.
Why did this guy run with so many health issues. Seems really selfish
This shouldn't prevent him from his Senatorial duties since NO Senator fully comprehends 3,000+ pages of nonsense being passed; only whether it comes from an (R) or a (D).
Sadly, he should resign and worry full time on his health and family. Working it out on the Senate floor will be unhealthy.
Heavily edited similar to his life story. Like our president a man of no accomplishment !
He’s a stroke victim he’s literally incapacitated and he’s a pawn for the brute elite ruling regime that locks up the opposition
I wish him well but I think the real story here was he pressured to keep running after his stroke against medical advice?
Turn in your firearms!
At least he's honest.
Fetterman is the result of the “participation trophy” generation.
Can you say UNFIT ?!!!
The best thing for the people he represents is to leave office. His term should not be about his depression.
Indict deez nutz! ThugTrump
Maybe he should make the transition to a woman
If he is struggling with mental health issues the last thing this man needs to do is hold public office. He needs to be booted immediately
Doesn't seems he's fit to serve in the position... BUT HEY, someone cleared Biden so 🤷♂️
A disgrace to Pennsylvania
He's a brave man
Abuse of those with a disability is a serious crime, but despite what some right-wing extremists say, this is not an example of it.
😁😁😁😁😁😁 cyborg
We have never, never let our democracy take second fiddle.
Can he wear a hoodie on the Senate floor?
Interview me God dammit.
This guy needs to do the right thing and resign
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