The more troubled a person is, the more insistently they may cling to the idea that they are entirely sane. It is a paradox of the mind: those most in need of self-examination often find the idea most intolerable. Certainty becomes a defence, not against others, but against the chaos within. By contrast, a sign of true mental health is a gentle willingness to doubt oneself. To ask, with curiosity rather than panic: What might I not be seeing clearly? Sanity is less about certainty, and more abou

Benicio Del Toro reflects on his troubled childhood and losing his mom at a young age which shaped the person he would become. | AXS TV