Emma Heming Willis says Bruce Willis not knowing he has dementia has been both 'the blessing and the curse'

""I think that's like the blessing and the curse of this is that Bruce never tapped in. He never connected the dots that he had this disease," Heming Willis said on Wednesday's episode of "Conversations with Cam" podcast. "And I'm really happy about that. I'm really happy that he doesn't know about it." Heming Willis went on to explain why her husband didn't fully grasp his condition."

""It's not for everybody, but there is this term, this neurological condition that sort of comes with FTD and other types of dementia as well, called 'anosognosia,' where your brain can't identify what is happening to it," she said. Anosognosia is a condition in which people can't recognize the health conditions or problems they have, according to the Cleveland Clinic. It commonly affects people who have conditions such as Alzheimer's, dementia, or schizophrenia."

Emma Heming Willis says Bruce Willis is unaware that he has frontotemporal dementia and that he "never connected the dots" about his condition. She describes his lack of awareness as anosognosia, a neurological condition in which the brain cannot identify what is happening to it. Anosognosia commonly affects people with Alzheimer's, dementia or schizophrenia, according to the Cleveland Clinic. In 2022 Bruce Willis was diagnosed with aphasia and stepped away from acting. In 2023 his family announced a diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia. Heming Willis moved him to a nearby home for round-the-clock care and says watching his progressive decline has been heartbreaking.

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