Senator John Fetterman spent six weeks in Washington's Walter Reed Medical Center for in-patient treatment of clinical depression.
The Pennsylvania Democrat was released Friday and returned to his home in Braddock.
Fetterman suffered from depression for some time before seeking treatment.
In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, he described how he felt before checking into the hospital.
“I never had any self-harm, but I was indifferent though,” said Fetterman. “If the doctor said ‘gee, you have 18 months to live’ I’d be like meh, that’s how things go.”
He also talked about how things got worse after the election
"It's like, you just won the biggest, you know, race in the country. And the whole thing about depression is, is that objectively, you may have won, but depression can absolutely convince you that you actually lost. And that's exactly what happened. And that was the start of a downward spiral,” said Sen. Fetterman.
Fetterman's office says his depression is in remission.
In a release, Fetterman’s staff say he will stay in Braddock with his family and spend time with “constituents in Pennsylvania” until the Senate returns on April 17.