A brutally honest Brad Pitt

I posted a note on sexual wellbeing and mental health in which I defined some terms describing sexual and mental well-being. And boom! Here comes Brad Pitt (one of my favorite actors) to provide me with a practical application of one of the terms:

Forgiveness of past (sexual) experiences

We are not perfect and sometimes make mistakes and hurt ourselves and others. It is most painful when we hurt or are hurt by persons with whom we are most intimate. But when we make mistakes, we must deal positively with that past. It is important for both sexual and mental wellbeing.

Recently, Brad was unveiling his new sculpture and pottery collection at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere, Finland. He used this occasion to share the following sentiments (quote from Hollywoodlife.com).

“To me it’s about self-reflection,” he said. “It’s about where I have gotten it wrong in my relationships, where I have misstepped, where am I complicit. For me, it was born out of ownership of what I call a radical inventory of self, getting really brutally honest with me and taking account of those I may have hurt, moments I have just gotten wrong.”

Sometimes, our approaches to relationship problems are to ignore, forget or 'forgive' too quickly. We fail to honestly process things to account for what went wrong or how it went wrong, if at all. Such an approach often leads to self-blame, avoidance, toxic shame, regret and revenge. It is a destructive approach to relationships.

Thank you Mr Pitt. You inspire me to be brutally honest with myself, and not hide or run away from the fact that I have sometimes hurt the people that I care most about. Positively dealing with our past mistakes and hurts contributes to maximising our mental and sexual well-being.

Disclaimer: Mr Pitt does not mention anything about sexuality or sexual wellbeing. The link is made by myself.