Bruce Willis quits acting due to aphasia diagnosis

[milotic2]

Facebook postThe actor was diagnosed with aphasia, his family announced. “To Bruce’s amazing supporters, as a family we wanted to share that our beloved Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” his family wrote in a joint statement to social media,

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[fauxkaren]

This sounds like a devastating diagnosis. I can't imagine dealing with something like that.

[ty]

I'd want assisted suicide.

[justbolognese]

Wtf kind of comment is that

[joyriders]

an honest one? idk. they didn't say anybody else should want that, they said they would want that. we euthanize animals when their quality of life suffers, why can't humans also decide if they want to die with dignity due to a terminal or degenerative health condition?

[justbolognese]

No, sure I understand. It just shocked me because i read it as Diagnostic Then Suicide, which is very very rough

[scaredsquee]

ableism.

[littlepunkryo]

Yeah, no, not wanting to go through life with your brain slowly dying so you forget who you are/who everyone else is and lose the ability to even speak is not "ableism" and it's ridiculous to act like people aren't allowed to have negative feelings about that. Your brain going is not remotely the same as you being a wheelchair, there is no way to spin a cognitive degeneration as positive for your life and something you could happily live with if the world was designed and built in a more inclusive way.

[bluescluesbooze]

My mom has Aphasia as a result of a brain aneurysm that ruptured. It’s absolutely frustrating at times, but 10 years out from the rupture, it’s amazing how much of her language she’s gotten back. I commented further on about this in the post, but the plasticity of the brain is amazing (and of course situational). She went through in and outpatient rehab and therapies, and surpassed expectations. It’s not “perfect” and she has good and bad days, but she lives a very independent life. We accompany her to situations where it’s important to make sure she convey her thoughts clearly, like big medical appointments.

[rosytintedflash]

idk about for this. I'd def want it for things like end of life cancer or even severe depression meds don't affect.

[dbwayfarer]

I get a type of migraine that mimics stroke, and a few times have had temporary aphasia where I couldn't speak to explain to my ex what was wrong, or where I was aware and *thought* I was talking to the EMTs who had been called but apparently in reality appeared unresponsive. It's terrifying, you feel trapped in your body - and technically that's not even the most severe case since I could still understand/remember language.

Our brains can do such fucked up shit to us.

[laurondo]

I know I'm responding way late to this but your comment reminded me of the time my shunt (to help with hydrocephalus) was malfunctioning when I was a preteen. What I remember is going to the kitchen to grab the phone and looking out the backdoor for a minute or so, then standing in the living room to talk to my mom. What really happened according to my mom was I came out into the living room and just stood there for a couple of minutes, then passed out. Scary shit out brains will do, for sure.

(lol I'm watching a Bruce Willis movie and couldn't remember what medical condition he had so I searched on ontd)