Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) has had a whirlwind of a career in the U.S. Senate, and he revealed a lot of his struggles leading up to his election and afterward in an upcoming memoir.

According to the Daily Mail, in his upcoming book, "Unfettered," the Pennsylvania Democrat admitted that he struggled with feelings of inadequacy and shame having been born to teenage parents, and noted that after his stroke leading up to the election, he said he should have quit. 

The book is reportedly full of revelations about his various struggles and decisions he might have regrets about at this time.

Fetterman has increasingly angered members of the Democratic Party as on many subjects, he's actually a reasonable thinker and, of course, because of his pro-Israel stance.

What did he say?

The book marks the first time he's opened up about his considerable health struggles leading up to the 2022 election. At the time, he suffered a stroke that landed him in the hospital for a lengthy period, but still managed to win the election.

Fetterman wound up with auditory processing difficulties in the wake of his stroke, which initially drew criticism from both sides of the aisle, with many of his colleagues suggesting that he drop out.

"In hindsight, I should have quit," Fetterman said.

The Senate Democrat went on to say that during the period that he dealt with those criticisms, he entered a state of deep depression that forced second thoughts regarding his political career. He also opened up about his childhood traumas.

The outlet noted:

In Unfettered, he traces these struggles to deeper psychological wounds stemming from being born to teenage parents, which he says left him with persistent feelings of shame and inadequacy throughout his life.

One of the most shocking revelations was regarding a dark thought he once had:

Once, as I lay in bed, I asked myself, 'what would you do if there were a pill on the nightstand you could take and not wake up?' I would have taken it.

Social media reaction

Fetterman, who has already won some level of respect from Republican voters, received mostly positive feedback from users on social media.

"Wow! An amazing story. I'm a conservative so I would not naturally listen to this, but two things, One, after my wife died I became suicidal so now when I see people discussing that, it interests me, and, two, I have seen Fetterman stand up to the Jew haters and as a Jew, I appreciate that, especially considering that now we see both parties tolerating very evil Jew haters inside the parties," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "Respect to him for sharing that, heavy but needed."

His book will probably do quite well, given his popularity.