Dr. Eric Bender

And I don't mind people not liking me because that's also part of being a psychiatrist is tolerating how people feel.

And I'm okay with my patients being mad.

I'm okay with my patients being really unhappy with me because I think that's part of being in therapy, having that space to be angry, to be upset.

Yeah, it's a good point.

Yes, it's a muscle I'm continuing to flex every day.

Nice.

Yeah, I feel really lucky.

A lot of people have really loved it.

They want to know more.

If you think about your favorite TV shows and movies,

You're like, oh, I wonder what's going on in that world still.

Or why did he get that way?

Or how did she respond?

And why did she do that?

Why does she have that relationship with her father?

So when I talk about what might be there, people love it because it's their characters, it's their shows, and they wanna know more.

Every now and then I'll get some negative comments, like you're wearing the wrong glasses.

Those are terrible ties, that kind of stuff.

But then the other thing that people really feel strongly about is certain things with treatments.

Like I would never offer that treatment.