Concerning Fetterman, I'd like to say something. [View all]

[LuckyCharms]

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I'd generally vote for someone who has made it through major depression (or continues to fight it) vs. voting for just about anyone else. The same goes for people who have faced enormous heartache in their lives (ie: Joe Biden's familial losses).

I've battled major depression officially for 24 years, and was most likely undiagnosed for many years before that.

It never really goes away, but once it is controlled, you're a better and stronger person than you ever thought you were. When your depression is controlled, after having it for many years, you see the world differently. You see people differently. You're more empathetic to the plight of others. You're stronger, and you're wiser. You're gentler. You made it through the worst battle of your life, and you carry a sense of pride for making it through that battle.

In short, you become a better human being, or maybe you just recognize and take pride in the fact that you always were a great human being, only you never recognized it before.

I encourage anyone suffering with depression to seek treatment. I encourage you to understand that how you view yourself while depressed is not how others see you. You are valuable, and you are only feeling the way you do because you have an illness. And that illness results in your brain trying to kill you. That's all depression is, in obvious layman's terms.

People who have depression travel to hell and back quite frequently. They are strong people, and they deserve our high respect, not our pity. And the people who succumb to the ravages of this illness deserve our high respect as well, because it was an illness that killed them, just like other illnesses sometimes kill.

Depressed people are not crazy. Quite the opposite in fact. Depression is an illness like any other, and the supposed "stigma" that some people equate to it is misinformed bullshit.

Fetterman has recovered from a stroke, he takes things to heart, and he's been under tremendous stress. I think he's going to be alright. He's doing what he needs to do to mend himself. And I think he will prove to be a tremendously talented senator. And if it happens that his depression treatment does not improve his condition to the point where he can work, it's our loss, but he will still be a person to be loved and admired.