Bruce Willis Doesn't Know He Has Dementia
Bruce Willis is not aware of his declining mental health.
The 70-year-old actor’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, spoke out about his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia on the podcast Conversations with Cam.
During the appearance, Emma said Bruce has “never connected the dots.”
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“Bruce never, never tapped in,” Emma added.
“I think that’s like the blessing and the curse of this, is that he never connected the dots that he had this disease, and I’m really happy about that. I’m really happy that he doesn’t know about it,” she explained.
Bruce has anosognosia, she explained, which is “where your brain can’t identify what is happening to it,” and people who have it “think this is their normal.”
“People think this might be denial, like they don’t want to go to the doctor because they’re like, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine,’ actually, this is the anosognosia that comes into play. It’s not denial. It’s just that their brain is changing. This is a part of the disease,” Emma pointed out.
That said, Emma said Bruce is “still very much present in his body,” and as a family, “we have progressed along with him. We’ve adapted along with him.”
“When someone says to me ‘Does Bruce still know who you are?’ Yes he does…he has a way of connecting with me, our children that might not be the same as you would connect with your loved one, but it’s still very beautiful. It’s still very meaningful. It’s just different. You just learn how to adapt to it and meet them where they’re at.”
Watch the episode above.
Rumer Willis is giving some insight into dad Bruce Willis‘ health journey as well.