Brad Pitt He is a world-renowned star who became a trend a few days ago after officially introducing his new Spanish girlfriend, with whom he has been dating for over a year. But on this occasion, he steals all the attention because of the illness he suffers from at 60 years of age.
The famous actor of many international film successes was diagnosed with prosopagnosia, which is also known as “face blindness“This is a rare condition in humans and only affects 3% of the world’s population.
According to experts in the field, this disease prevents anyone who has it from recognizing other people’s faces, even if they are family members or friends, that is, familiar faces. In different interviews that the actor gave, he spoke about this and how much it affects him.
“I thought I just had a bad memory. At first it was a relief, because a lot of things from my childhood and youth started to make sense.“Pitt said of what it was like to learn about his disorder and how it helped him.
THE DRAMA THAT BRAD PITT IS EXPERIENCING AT 60 YEARS OLD
Although it was an unpleasant situation, with the passage of time and the support of those closest to him, Brad gradually accepted it: “My friends were the chubby one, the lanky one, the redhead… Boys who had an outstanding characteristic that made it easy for me to differentiate them from the rest.“.
“I don’t even know how to answer. I guess I see the same thing in everyone: eyes, mouth, nose, facial features… But those elements don’t fit into a whole, they don’t make sense together.”“, the ex-husband of Angelina Joliewho began to take it naturally.
One of the ways Pitt finds to force his brain to fight against this disease is by looking at photos and then he can begin to figure out whose faces they are, making an effort to recognize them.
