Brad Pitt has revealed that he once experienced suicidal thoughts over "family stuff".
The 62-year-old actor has revealed that for most of his life, he has been "a congenital optimist" and "never suicidal in any way".
However, there was "one little period" where he experienced suicidal ideation because he couldn't "see a way out" of that painful time.
"I've never been suicidal except for one little period. And in that one little period, I just thought - I just couldn't - just didn't see a way out," he candidly told Esquire. "The pain was so oppressive that - I wasn't going to act on this, but I could feel - I could feel the cold steel of the bullet in my head, and it felt like relief.
"And I thought, Oh, okay, now I understand - I understand suicide, in the sense that it's just relief. It's just looking for relief from the pain. But I also think we have incredible survival instincts. And for me, that immediately kicked in, but it was just..."
After a pause, the Fight Club actor added, "Yeah. Like, listen: This s**t ain't easy. And you're talking to a guy who won the lottery."

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