Lately I've been thinking about Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, and not just because it's Mental Health Awareness Month. Fetterman did a very honorable thing when he was very sick: He let the world know about it. He let it be known that his sickness was depression, that he needed a long time to get better enough to return to work, and that he needed hospitalization to do that. And now he is better. He was helped.
Though it's none of my business, I wonder how his after-treatment is going. Does he see his depression as a chronic thing, one that he'll work to ward off throughout his life? How is his self-care? Is he making time for what his health demands?
