Sen. John Fetterman was released Friday from Washington's Walter Reed Medical Center after spending six weeks in in-patient treatment for clinical depression.
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The Pennsylvania Democrat returned to his home in Braddock, where his staff said he will stay with his family and with “constituents in Pennsylvania” until the Senate returns on April 17.
In an interview with CBS Sunday Morning, Fetterman said he suffered from depression for some time before seeking treatment. 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.”
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He also said his mental health worsened after the election.
"It's like, you just won the biggest 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,” he said.
Fetterman's office said his depression is now in remission.