"My first words were: Good night, everybody.' You could hear a pin drop, Fetterman recalled. And it continued like this. I paused too many times. Every time I began a sentence, there was fear among supporters that I would not finish it. It was a disaster. He said the issue that night, as the two men argued why they should become Pennslyvania's next senator, was not the lingering issues he dealt with from his stroke it was nerves."
"I knew this was a make-or-break moment that would determine the outcome of the election, and I had wilted. I'd choked. His depression only worsened afterwards, as he scanned reactions on X. And he said he was already in a bad place mentally heading into the debate, thanks to criticism from Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson, Laura Ingraham, and Sean Hannity. For months [after the debate], I was suicidal. Paranoid. Not eating. Not sleeping. Not speaking. Not functioning. Resigned. Ashamed. Despairing,"
Sen. John Fetterman suffered a stroke months before an October 2022 debate against Dr. Mehmet Oz and struggled with nerves during the debate. The debate performance intensified his mental-health decline, and he scanned reactions on X amid criticism from conservative media figures. For months after the debate he experienced suicidal thoughts, paralysis of daily functioning, severe insomnia, and profound despair. The depression persisted even after winning the Senate seat, isolating him at home until his wife required he return only when he was himself. He began to recover after admission to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in February 2023.
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