Bruce Willis, who is living with severe memory loss due to a brain disease, remains unaware of his illness.
His wife Emma Willis, 47, made the revelation in a recent interview, sharing that the 70-year-old Die Hard actor doesn’t recognize the effects of frontotemporal dementia and believes everything is normal.
“She never revealed that she had this disease, and I’m really happy about that,” radar online Emma quoted. “I’m really glad he doesn’t know about it.”
Emma explained that this lack of awareness is due to a condition called anosognosia, where the brain does not understand one’s illness.
The condition, extremely common in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurological disorders, is not dangerous in itself, but the condition can lead patients to resist treatment. cleveland clinic.
“People think it might be denial, like they don’t want to go to the doctor because they’re saying, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine,'” Emma told the magazine. “But it’s really the anosognosia that comes into play. It’s not denial. Their brain is changing. It’s part of the disease.”
More than two years after his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis, Bruce is still “present in his body,” Emma said.
She recently moved him to a care facility where he now receives full-time support from medical professionals.
