Do people that are truly “losing their mind” realise it, and if not, when someone thinks they are losing their mind, is that an indicator that they are in fact not?

Question

Do people that are truly “losing their mind” realise it, and if not, when someone thinks they are losing their mind, is that an indicator that they are in fact not?

In: Biology

Answer 1

There’s really no clinical definition of “losing your mind”, so you’d have to be a bit more specific. For some mental illnesses, yes, people absolutely know that they’re suffering from a mental illness. For others, they don’t, and suffer from [anosognosia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anosognosia).