Herschel Walker for Senate Mental illness carried more of a stigma back then.
It was hard to admit you needed help, and it was even harder to get it.



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Fellow American,

In 2008, my former wife, Cindy, and I gave a TV interview to share our story
– not about the glory days of football but about the pain of my mental health
struggles and their effect on our marriage. It was uncomfortable to bare our
souls like that. Mental illness carried more of a stigma back then. It was hard
to admit you needed help andeven harder to get it.

Cindy helped me through the hardest time of my life. Because our story
ultimately was one of healing, forgiveness and redemption, I knew that if we
came forward, we could convince others that there is no shame in asking for
help. I hoped we would help people who were struggling and maybe even save a
few lives.

I think we did. That interview was part of my life's mission to advocate for
mental health awareness and treatment. I wrote a book about my experience –
every painful detail.I visited military bases around the world to deliver the
message that seeking treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder isn't a sign
of weakness but of self-awareness and strength. I met with youth groups and
mental health organizations. I continue to do everything I can to end the
stigma. I always say I would much rather listen to a friend talk about his
struggles than go to his funeral.

I've had a simple message for our troops, veterans, and others struggling with
mental health:there's no shame in asking for help. I needed help, and I asked
for it.

But now that I'm running for office, my struggle has become the subject of a
nasty and dishonest attack ad.
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A group supporting our opponent and funded by Democrats has placed an
advertising buy attacking me.

The ad is titled "The Real Herschel Walker," but its producers are the ones
hiding something: that I took accountability for my actions and got treatment,
that she gave this interview because I asked her to, and that we did this and
other interviews together. The ad makers took something designed to do good and
turned it into something evil, which will harm innocent people.


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Democrats have already spent over $25 million on false attack ads, and that
number is growing EACH DAY. Every hour that Democrats attack me without our
campaign having the ability to refute their lies with our own ads, we're at a
tremendous disadvantage.

I need your help to combat their vulgar, gutless attacks against me. Please
donate to our media fund right now so we can refute the lies Democrats are
peddling and set the record straight.
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With high gasoline prices, skyrocketing inflation, increasing taxes, and
rising crime at the forefront of voters' minds, it's easy to see why my
opponents don't want to talk about the issues. They are desperate enough to
crawl into the gutter with false attacks against me personally.

The silver lining of this disgusting attack is that it gives me another
opportunity to highlight the importance of mental health awareness and
treatment.If you're suffering, know that your life has value. You aren't alone.
And I will never stop fighting for you.

Thanks,


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Herschel Walker

P.S. The topic of mental health is so important to me that I recently wrote
an op-ed in theWall Street Journal with much of the information contained in
this email. In spite of the attacks, I will never stop my efforts to help
others.


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