The first-term Pennsylvania Democrat said his openness about his mental health issues has been “weaponized” against him, prompting him to start showing up for votes and hearings he considers useless.
I want a job that I dont have to show up to if I’m having a bad day.
He shared his mental health struggles with friends and colleagues. Then he stopped taking his meds, became combative to his friends and colleagues and flaked on Senate duties. Friends and colleagues took him to task and insisted he address his mental health problems. I would call that support, not weaponization.
Having spent a year and a half in a relationship with a bipolar woman who regularly refused to take her meds, this is a common thing. Goes off the meds, gets paranoid, believes people are out to get them, turns on everyone trying to help.
It’s nearly impossible to get through the mindset that someone in that state is in. I had to take my ex to the hospital twice to get her committed so they could force her to take her meds. It’s horrible, and you fight having to do that to someone you care about, but sometimes it’s the only way to help them.
He shared his mental health struggles with friends and colleagues. Then he stopped taking his meds, became combative to his friends and colleagues and flaked on Senate duties. Friends and colleagues took him to task and insisted he address his mental health problems. I would call that support, not weaponization.
You’re missing the part where he thinks being an asshole is doing his job.
Having spent a year and a half in a relationship with a bipolar woman who regularly refused to take her meds, this is a common thing. Goes off the meds, gets paranoid, believes people are out to get them, turns on everyone trying to help.
It’s nearly impossible to get through the mindset that someone in that state is in. I had to take my ex to the hospital twice to get her committed so they could force her to take her meds. It’s horrible, and you fight having to do that to someone you care about, but sometimes it’s the only way to help them.