Anosognosia

The inability to recognize one's own illness is the leading reason that people with severe mental illness do not adhere to treatment. In this video, learn about the condition, see how it looks and hear what is needed.

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[neilamadhava]

Vsauce

[Randye Kaye]

Thanks as always to Dr. Torrey and the wonderful Treatment Advocacy Center. When I speak to audiences about our story (my son is in treatment for schizophrenia - even though he says he "doesn't need it" he is still doing it - and now is on the Dean's list in college as well as gainfully employed part-time), many still seem unconvinced about anosognosia.

Thanks!

Randye Kaye, author "Ben Behind His Voices: One Family's Journey from the Chaos of Schizophrenia to Hope"

[roxyb03]

Depends on your definition of "fat". If a person is so obese that he/she is developing life threatening illnesses but refuses to admit to being overweight I would think the term would apply (mere non-compliance with weight control recommendations would not be anosognosia ,if the person doesn't deny being overweight). If by "fat' you mean someone who you think is unattractive because she/he isn't model thin,if that person has a healthy BMI then you are the one whose thinking is distorted.

[rfrantzt]

these are the type of people who watch fox news

[Alex Ander]

monkeys

[Kombaiyashii]

Question:Do people who are fat but don't know they are fat suffer from anosognosia?

[MrJenssen]

PMS must be a form of anosognosia then. My girlfriend never admits that she's overly angry about something really small and insignificant when we have a fight, coincidentally a few days before it's that time of the month.....

[Welly Ness]

Incarceration or forced drugging, according to Russian prisoners who were forced to take anti psychotics, the drugs were worse torture than incarceration. Forced permanent brain damage, with 'help' like that, who needs enemies.

[Alexander Leatherman]

the frontal lobe is a hot word in trendy neuroscience, such as what you might read in the AP.

what research has shown us is that anxiety, adhd, depression, basically many problems do show brain activity in this area, however, it is not this simple.

[Pony Faygot]

I cam from Vsauce and I'm not from reddit...

What's your point?

[Darla Eaves]

Are you taking your medication?