Brad Pitt had depression for years, and no one noticed or knew. He says this is because his particular case of depression was low-grade. But even that term is a slippery slope. No matter how famous you are, you shouldn’t grade your depression or weigh it next to others. That is solely a therapist’s job. Once we begin undermining our own conditions, that can become very dangerous. Luckily, Pitt seems to have a handle on it now.
In talking to GQ about his low-grade depression, the actor said:
He lamented:
So Brad Pitt had depression but continued to work through it and seems to have a much better understanding of his true self as a result of it. But again, naming your condition ‘low-grade’ depression is something we don’t suggest. Sadness is not a scale nor a contest for who has it worse. It’s safe to assume his oft stressful marriage to Angelina Jolie must have factored in too, but he skirts that discussion. Pitt is a class act like that.
So in closing, Brad Pitt definitely had depression, but the key word here is “had.”
