Dr. Eric Bender

I think both.

I think both.

And also you can do a lot of damage to people by saying, oh, this person has this.

Clearly this person has this.

You have no idea.

or this person's doing this.

You can talk in generalities.

I can say, when I see behavior where someone might do this, I think there could be these kinds of things going on.

So I'm not diagnosing anybody that way.

I'm actually giving more information and using it as a way to teach.

But you have to watch when you're doing media interviews because you can get clipped where suddenly they're saying it.

And I'm sure you've had that experience where suddenly you're, wait a minute, that's not what I said.

Correct.

And that's the way I look at it too.

You don't have the whole picture.

I had a conversation with my wife a few months ago.

She said, do you realize how much power you have as a psychiatrist when you're telling somebody how you see them and how you understand them?

And I do, that's why I don't say certain things.

That's why I'll help people explore what's going on in their lives.

I don't want to label people with things and especially people I don't know.