Brad Pitt reveals the rare medical condition behind his "vain" behavior
People think he's "selfish", he says.
AMegastar among megastars, you might expectBrad Pitt To prove to be vain - and he admits that he probably does it. Reason, however, is not reputation, fortune or a feeling of law, but rather a medical condition that shapes and thwarts its social interactions. Pitt says he is often afflicted by this disease, which, according to him, alienates others on a daily basis. Read the continuation to learn more about the surprising medical reason than Pitt says that he probably presents himself as "selfish" - and why you may know people of your own life who suffer from the same thing.
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Pitt says he suffers from this rare medical situation.
Pitt says he has an extraordinary difficulty in remembering the faces of people and thinks that he suffers from prosopagnosia, also known as facial blindness. "So many people hate me becauseThey think I was lacking in respect," he saidSquire In 2013. "So I swear to God, I took a year when I just said, this year, I'm just going to face it and say to people:" Okay, where did we meet? "But that has got away. People were more offended. From time to time, someone will give me a context, and I will say:" Thank you for helping me. But I go away more people. You get this thing, like : "You are selfish. You are conceited".
Pitt admits that the face of blindness is a surprising condition for someone in his profession. "It is a mystery for me, guy. I cannot grasp a face and yet I come from a design / aesthetic point of view. I will test it," he said at the time.
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Face blindness is surprisingly common.
It turns out that facial blindness can be more common than you think. According to the national health services of the United Kingdom, as much asOne in 50 people To the blindness of the development face, which means that they have never developed the ability to recall or distinguish faces, without damage known to the brain. It is also possible to acquire facial blindness by an injury, although it is rare, says the organization.
"It's like dyslexia,"Heather sellers, author of a book on the subject calledYou don't look like anyone I know, explained toTime in 2010. "I know what a face is, but it isreally difficult faces to read. [With dyslexia] you know what the word is, but you go much more by context and you need a lot of work [to understand it]. It's like walking up in the wind. ""
People with facial blindness can find themselves more on external clues to help them remember the identity of a person, such as a haircut or a distinctive clothing style.
Pitt never met anyone else with Prosopagnosia.
In an interview for the August 2022 coverage ofGq, Pitt shared that he had never met anyone else with facial blindness - but that he would like. ""Nobody believes me! "He told his interviewer, the authorOttessa Moshfegh. When Moshfegh shared that her husband suffered from the same condition, Pitt was intrigued. "I want to meet another," he said.
He says that, generally, the new presentations come with the fear of offending others - a common trap of his very visible and resolutely social career. Pitt says that because of his difficulty in recognizing others, he no longer likes to go out. "This is why I stay at home," he shared withGQ. "You meet so many damned," he said at the point of sale. "And then you meet them again."
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His reputation is humble, given his celebrity of list A.
It is not surprising that people question the state of Pitt: after all, his behavior would be easily explained by his celebrity, whether due to the right or the constant carousel of the social interactions that his work provides.
However, many interviews with those of Pitt's orbit reveal that its reputation is a humility and a real interest in others. In fact, he even avoids being called actor. "In the forms, he lists his occupation as self -employed workers," wrote Moshfegh, adding that he bristles even more to be considered a celebrity. "I have always loved. It's a humble way to describe what we are doing," said Pitt. He adds that if a foreigner asked him for his occupation: "Well, I would be very midwest on this subject, very Missouri. I would say, this and that. I would say, I am a father, like you."
So, if you have the spectacular good fortune to meet Brad Pitt more than once, do not take it personally if he does not recognize you. It is not vanity or fame, the star maintains, but rather an affliction with which he says when he tries to connect with others.
