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Bruce Willis Does not Know He Has Dementia

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Bruce Willis will not be conscious of his declining psychological well being.

The 70-year-old actor’s spouse, Emma Heming Willis, spoke out about his analysis of frontotemporal dementia on the podcast Conversations with Cam.

Throughout the look, Emma stated Bruce has “by no means related the dots.”

Bruce by no means, by no means tapped in,” Emma added.

“I believe that’s just like the blessing and the curse of this, is that he by no means related the dots that he had this illness, and I’m actually blissful about that. I’m actually blissful that he doesn’t find out about it,” she defined.

Bruce has anosognosia, she defined, which is “the place your mind can’t establish what is occurring to it,” and individuals who have it “suppose that is their regular.”

“Folks suppose this could be denial, like they don’t wish to go to the physician as a result of they’re like, ‘I’m positive, I’m positive,’ truly, that is the anosognosia that comes into play. It’s not denial. It’s simply that their mind is altering. This is part of the illness,” Emma identified.

That stated, Emma stated Bruce is “nonetheless very a lot current in his physique,” and as a household, “we have now progressed together with him. We’ve tailored together with him.”

“When somebody says to me ‘Does Bruce nonetheless know who you’re?’ Sure he does…he has a manner of connecting with me, our kids that may not be the identical as you’ll join with your beloved, nevertheless it’s nonetheless very stunning. It’s nonetheless very significant. It’s simply completely different. You simply discover ways to adapt to it and meet them the place they’re at.”

Watch the episode above.

Rumer Willis is giving some perception into dad Bruce Willis‘ well being journey as nicely.

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