2023-12-18 20:18:10
This Monday, December 18, Brad Pitt is celebrating his 60th birthdaythat although it does not appear physically, they have left a hard illness call prosopagnosiawhich he has been facing for 10 years.
Let us remember that last year, the actor revealed to ‘GQ’ magazine that he had this cognitive disorder. A condition that does not allow the sufferer’s brain to process the information necessary to distinguish faces.
In said interview, Angelina Jolie’s ex-husband explained that he had not yet received an official diagnosis, but spoke regarding the difficulties that come with living with this condition when interacting in social situations.
Brad Pitt suffers from a cognitive disorder
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According to Brad Pittpeople take him for being self-centered and distracted when, in reality, it is difficult for him to recognize faces, especially those of people he has just met. “No one believes me,” she admitted with frustration.
To avoid appearing rude, Pitt said he had made the decision to restrict his public appearances as much as possible because Meeting new people generates “a lot of anxiety”.
However, there is no medication or treatment that can reverse prosopagnosia, so the only thing those affected can do is train themselves and use a series of tricks to reduce the negative consequences.
Brad Pitt may not recognize himself
In some cases the syndrome can lead to not recognize yourself, whether in the mirror or in photographs. Patients do remember people they know: family and friends, and they remember their faces, but when they see them, they do not recognize them.
On the other hand, the recognition of expressions is maintained, thus being able to know if the face expresses happiness, sadness, anger or anger. They also detect sex, age and race and even distinguish faces that they find attractive from those that are less so.
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“To do this they have to resort to signs such as: clothing, glasses, hair, facial features such as scars, shape of the nose, wait for people to speak to them to know who they are by the characteristics of their voice, way of walking, etc
They are able to recognize the elements that make up a face (eyes, nose, mouth) and can distinguish a face from another object and even one face within another,” reads a Spanish study on the prosopagnosia of a clinical patient.
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