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John Fetterman: “It's a cancer that if you don't address it, it will consume…”

Featuring: John Fetterman, Democratic | U.S. Senate Pennsylvania

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You could convince yourself to do the most awful thing you can do to yourself. In the book, you describe being in remission from depression. Well, that sounds like a cancer. Well, it is. It's a cancer that if you don't address it, it will consume you. and it will turn you into a person that you just really don't recognize anymore. And then there's a responsibility to the people in your life that you love to stay in that game. (20:14–20:18)

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Asserts that untreated depression can consume a person like cancer.

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