Emma Heming Willis, in a series of recordings published on Sunday, called on the media to pay attention to the way they describe dementia and the lives of people affected by it. She referred to press reports about Bruce Willis’ condition. “This is far from the truth,” she said.
Bruce Willis’ wife posted a series of videos on social media on Sunday about the way some media portray the lives of her husband and other people with dementia. – I’m outraged – she said at the very beginning. As she further explained, a moment earlier she had seen a press headline that suggested that the actor’s life, after being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, “was no longer joyful.” “Let me just say that this is far from the truth,” she continued.
Later in the video, Emma Heming Willis asked “everyone who creates these stupid headlines” to “stop scaring people.” – Stop scaring people that as soon as they hear the diagnosis of a neurodegenerative disease, it’s over – she said, emphasizing that “it’s quite the opposite.” She added that although the diagnosis of this type of disease is associated with “sadness and regret”, it is also “the beginning of a new chapter” in life, in which there is room for more than just unpleasant feelings. – Let me tell you what this chapter is filled with. “It’s filled with love, it’s filled with closeness, joy and happiness,” she continued.
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Bruce Willis’ wife appeals to the media
In another video published on Sunday, Emma Heming Willis emphasized that what particularly disturbs her when some media present only the dark sides of the lives of patients with neurodegenerative diseases is the harmfulness of such statements to people who have just been diagnosed with this type of disease, their partners and loved ones trying to find their way in a new situation. As Bruce Willis’ wife emphasized, this type of narrative may discourage people affected by dementia from helping and supporting them. – I’m not saying that dementia is all rainbows and unicorns. This is not the case. But there is also the other side of this coin, which is beautiful, she said.
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In the spring of 2022, due to health problems, one of the biggest action movie stars ended his career. At Bruce Willis diagnosed with aphasia. In mid-February 2023, the actor’s family announced that “his condition has worsened” and the disease he is struggling with is frontotemporal dementia. Neurologist Dr. Anna Filipek-Gliszczyńska explained on TVN24 that this is the case “a neurodegenerative disease that mainly affects the areas of the brain responsible for emotions and behavior”.
Since the actor’s diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia, his wife has regularly spoken out in the media in an attempt to raise awareness of this and other forms of dementia. Occasionally, he also shares new information about the actor’s health and shows what his life is like now.
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