Sen. John Fetterman is opening up about his battle with depression. On this morning’s episode of The View, the Pennsylvanian politician revealed that online hate during his campaign played a part in his decision to seek treatment.

Six weeks after Fetterman — who suffered a stroke last year — was sworn into Senate, he checked himself into an inpatient treatment center for clinical depression, where he remained for a little over a month.

“It was incredibly difficult and ironically, it got much worse after I won the election,” he said of his mental health at the time. “I was confusing people and my children. They were like, ‘Dad, you won. What’s wrong? Aren’t we enough?’ I knew I was harming them.”

According to Fetterman, his depression became so bad that he “couldn’t get out of bed” — even on Thanksgiving, which is his favorite holiday. Things only got “worse and worse” until he finally decided to find help.

While there wasn’t “one specific thing that triggered” Fetterman’s depression, he told The View that the “volume” of online “hate” was certainly a factor.

“It wasn’t with the things that they said — terrible things — it was just so many, millions of views and videos making fun of if I miss a word or anything like that,” he explained. “It was like, ‘Is this gonna be my career?’”

The senator’s mental state became so dark that he even contemplated harming himself, he said.

“If you don’t check your depression, you can actually begin to have the conversation with yourself about harming yourself. I was in that place,” he told the panel. “At first, I really didn’t want to talk about that but then I realized if I can help as many people as much, I wanted to have that conversation.”

Fetterman urged viewers struggling with their mental health to “get help” and “promise” to never harm themselves.

The View airs on weekdays at 11/10c on ABC.

If you or someone you know are experiencing suicidal thoughts, call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 988.