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OCD is, you're uncomfortable.

OCPD, you make other people uncomfortable.

Can narcissism overall be genetic?

On the ADHD side, how does it generally show itself differently in men and women?

I think one of the most common things that can really hurt a couple is when someone says,

I'm going to go. men and women. I think one of the most common things that can really hurt a couple is when someone says, Hi guys, welcome back to the show. Joining us today, we have Dr. Eric Bender, a triple board certified

psychiatrist with a psychotherapy practice based in San Francisco and a feature host of GQ's The Breakdown, a digital show discussing mental health depictions in film and TV. Welcome to the show.

Thanks so much for having me. It's great to be here. We're so excited. And the right over here, we kind of got a little bit of information about you, and I think I'm learning more about you as a person. And you have more

depth to you in and outside of medical than I would have ever imagined. But can you give us, like, an

overview of, like, how you got into the profession you are today and what that looks like for you. I grew up in South Jersey. I always start there because I feel like I need to defend New Jersey.

It's not always depicted on TV the best way.

So I grew up in South Jersey and my family was very much a service-oriented family.

So at a young age, I learned, okay, we can try to help others.

And that's a good thing to do.

So over the years, I was teaching, I was tutoring.

And after college, I did a volunteer teaching year and really enjoyed that.

But I wanted to find a different way to help people.

And so then I did some social work.

And I was working with the elderly Italian population in San Francisco.

Wow. I used to know Italian.

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