Here is the anatomy of Dementia with Anosognosia. Denial I used to marvel at her powers of denial. When she was less ill, she bristled at every ...HomeForumsWhat'snewResourcesMembersLoginRegisterTogglesidebarMenuInstalltheappInstallHomeArchiveARCHIVEFORUM:SupportdiscussionsYouareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser.Anosognosia:animportantinsightintoMum'sdementiaThreadstarterBigEffortStartdateJul20,2013123Next1of3NextLastBBigEffortAccountClosedJul8,20121,9270Tostart:myheartisbroken.Despiteyearsofkindnessfromme,MumKNOWSallthischaosisduetome,causedbyme.HereistheanatomyofDementiawithAnosognosia.DenialIusedtomarvelatherpowersofdenial.Whenshewaslessill,shebristledateverycriticism,orperceivedcriticism,anddespitehavingverysignficantdifficultiesexpressingherself(initiallyfindingtherightword,andlaterhavinganattentionspanlongenoughtocompleteathoughtandexpressitwithoutdriftingofftoanothertopic),shealwayshadafluent,forcefulcomeback.Andshehadthememorycapacityto'remember'allthesebadthingsIhavedone.Forthepast6monthsherfallbackrefrainis"Youareahorrible,horriblewoman.""Youaresocruel.Youshouldbeashamed,soashamed.""IfDadcouldseethishewouldbehorrified,horrifiedatwhatyoudotome,saytome."ThesephrasesarewrittenintelligiblybecausewhenindefensemodeshecanspeakasfluentlyasIcan.Itisextraordinary,atrickofmind,somethinganypsychiatristwouldbefascinatedtosee.Soforfouryearsshehasmaintainedatotalwallofdenialarounddementia.Sheiswell,healthyandsoon.Rightnowshecan'tdressherself,shecan'texpressherself,shedoesn'tgarden(alife-longpassion),andshegetsthewrongendofthestickabouteverything,soIthinkwordcomprehensionisamajorissuetoo.Mymindhasalwaysboggledathowsomeoneincapableofshowering(whatdotowithshampoo,conditioner,what'sthat?nowrinseyourhair.HowdoIdothat?Washbetweenyourlegswiththisgentlesoap?Doyoumeanhere?)canactuallybelievetheyarefullymentallycompetent.Isn'ttheresomeinklingthatsomethingisamiss?Apparentlynot,notwithMum.Herdenialistotal.Co