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Dr. Eric Bender

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1592 total appearances

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The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

And I think there can be a good side that comes out of it.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

Maybe you are showing it hoping for the views, but maybe you're also doing good at the same time.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

But I do think that showing...

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

expression is important.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

Showing how connected he was to his trainer is important.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

Showing this was an important relationship and that you're going to grieve a relationship when it ends.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

I think there can be good things from that.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

I'm often skeptical when I see somebody just trying to get views, but again, there can be good that can come out of it.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

For sure.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

What I find interesting is that movie, Dark Knight, is one that we've talked about, colleagues and I have talked about, I've talked about, and even in the most recent Joker, talked about that.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

But there are all these different depictions of these characters.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

And I find that interesting because it's almost like when I see people on different days.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

One day they'll come in this way, one day they'll come in that way, and they might feel this.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

So it depends on the depiction.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

But the overarching theme of the Joker is that he is really a psychopath.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

So a psychopath is someone who's callous and uncaring.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

They will use people as pawns to get what they want in their lives.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

They really don't care about anybody else other than that person affecting them in a way that they want.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

So he really is a psychopath and he's not psychotic.

The Checkup with Doctor Mike
What Hollywood Gets Wrong About Mental Illness | Dr. Eric Bender

Psychotic means a break from reality, hearing things, seeing things, hallucinations, delusions.