Brad Pitt’s Face Blindness Condition Explained: What Is Prosopagnosia?

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Brad Pitt recently addressed his long struggle with being unable to recognize people's faces, and how that's led to some assuming that he's self-absorbed and even rude.In a recent interview with, Pitt commented on his problem with recognizing people and being able to recall facial features, lamenting, «Nobody believes me!» When the interviewer admitted that their spouse feels that they suffer from the same condition, Pitt exclaimed, «I wanna meet another.»While Pitt admits that he hasn't been officially diagnosed, he said he believes he suffers from a medical condition called prosopagnosia — colloquially known as «face blindness.»So what exactly is prosopagnosia?According to the National Health Service of the U.K., the condition usually affects people from the time they are born and is something they contend with throughout their entire lives.«Many people with prosopagnosia are not able to recognize family members, partners or friends,» the NHS explains on their website. «They may cope by using alternative strategies to recognize people, such as remembering the way they walk or their hairstyle, voice or clothing.»The NHS explains that people with the condition «may avoid social interaction and develop a social anxiety disorder, an overwhelming fear of social situations.

They may also have difficulty forming relationships or experience problems with their career.»«Someone with prosopagnosia may worry that they appear rude or not interested when they fail to recognize a person,» the NHS adds.Pitt previously addressed his struggle with prosopagnosia in an interview in 2013, sharing, «So many people hate me because they think I’m disrespecting them.» He added, «I can’t grasp a face, and yet I come from such a.