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Anosognosia: condition when brain can’t recognize one or more o
ther health conditions & Side Comment on Science Denial
By: Masked Man Date: January 11, 2026, 9:14 pm
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Anosognosia
Anosognosia is a condition where your brain can’t recognize one
or more other health conditions you have.
LINK:
HTML https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/22832-anosognosia
SIDE-COMMENT:
I really have a hard time differentiating "Anosognosia" from
not being synonymous with "asymptomatic" as in people who walk
around sick not knowing it or not feeling it with something like
covid.. seems almost the same to me but I guess it is referring
to a mental state that can't know something rather than
referring to 'invisible' symptoms they can't feel...
Anyway,
I speculate whether there are certain levels of
Anosognosia that are inherent in most people that serve to
protect the herd/community peer pressure mentality rather than
to serve the individual’s needs.. to me there is something in
most people that blocks out the memory of how bad it really was
getting ill.. some mechanism in the brain that takes away the
natural fear of illness that comes in the form of amnesia or
denial so that people don’t protect themselves from the illness
they just recuperated from and jump right back into society to
participate maskless and fearless in the face of a pandemic.
I just have this theory that most people have a sort of “illness
amnesia” which serves to protect the herd because a person
right after having recovered from some infectious disease is
usually more than willing to risk another one and immediately
gets back on the horse ready for battle so to speak ready to
serve their community with no regards for their own safety..and
unafraid of the true risks of what just a few days ago put them
in the hospital. It’s just not logical to not be afraid of
people once they give you disease but that’s exactly how most of
us behave.. but why is there no fear or aversion to people after
all that pain and suffering? All I can think is something blocks
out the memory so that people are unafraid of their herd. It’s
not totally unlike an abuse victim in domestic violence that
goes back for more.
How many people have you heard catch something like covid and
say "I thought I was going to die"!? So why don't we see trauma
from someone who came that close to death in illness compared to
the trauma of say for example a war veteran that gets hurt or
sees others in peril? The peril between being severely ill
discharging body fluids and such seems just as close to death as
one who is almost killed in other ways. So why don't we often
see symptoms of trauma and fear in a person that almost dies
from an agonizing high fever from an contagious infection when
they re-enter the population? Shouldn't they be scared for their
lives?
I am always amazed at those who almost die or suffer
tremendously are willing to take the same exact risks and repeat
the experience as if they don’t remember their last
illness/experience whatsoever.. you know we have all met people
who have undergone cancer treatment and survived cancer who will
light up a cigarette and continue to smoke.
…Unsure how widespread Anosognosia really is and if it goes
deeper than the article suggests.
Maybe I am thinking about…
An Illustrated History of Science Denial
SUMMARY:
In an age where instant communication can immediately spread
misinformation, the consequences of scientific denialism are
more serious than ever.
LINK:
HTML https://www.nyas.org/ideas-insights/blog/an-illustrated-history-of-science-denial/
Allow me to elaborate on my personal experience in regards to my
little “illness amnesia theory”
… I know I wear mask because I love myself the way I am and want
to protect myself. I know I had asthma/allergies as a child, I
know my grandfather caught malaria in WW2 and suffered long term
repercussions from having caught the malaria and then when
covid came along in 2020 I believe all these experiences served
as a reason for my public masking to prevent airborne illness
and airborne disease in me.
In 2020 It’s as if I decided not to block out my experience with
asthma as a child and didnt want to risk catching covid or it’s
long term repercussions that I thought might come with it and so
I think my reasons for masking are based on that remembered
experience I had with respiratory difficulties as a child
combined with the real threat of covid, overpopulation, climate
change , mass transportation and the possibilities the pandemic
challenges are far from over, plus a combination of real
memories I chose to indulge in such as I hate suffering and
being sick and even little things reinforced my precautionary
behavior such as things my grandfather told me about his
experience with repercussions from malaria.
I must add I base my decision to take precautionary measures
such as masking based on data on viruses and the condition of
humankind across the world .. I study patterns that evolve such
as from Data Report Info which substantiates my gut instincts
and personal viewpoints about what is occurring in our
environment and to people and animals with microscopic
entities. While I chose initially to mask for myself because I
believe in protecting myself I also think myself a scientist and
back up my reasoning for masking based on science and based on
my evidence that microscopic entities are at play and these
microscopic entities and particles very powerful and not to be
breathed in by this particular mortal.
Then of course my behavior was totally rewarded so I continued
my masking and precautions because overtime I enjoyed not
getting any airborne illnesses ever since I started masking in
2020.. so masking for me proved a rewarding experience and
benefited my health. At same time I mask for the future, for my
visions of what is to come as well as I base my decisions on
experience. I initially promised myself I’d wait for 6 months
after covid was totally eradicated before I considered not
masking But that never happened and then I continued to reap the
rewards of masking and not catching any airborne illnesses. The
experience of masking for covid simply reinforced my masking
precautions to prevent all sorts of airborne illnesses and
diseases as well as harmful particles from occupational hazards.
so even though I worried about long covid from the start and
begin wearing the mask to avoid catching covid and giving it to
my loved one I now appreciate and reap tons of benefits to mask
happily. Manifold are the health benefits and the powers one is
endowed upon when they utilize the mask and adopt a masked way
of living.
I now mask for my health and it’s simply good for me and I don’t
base my masking in whether covid becomes eradicated or not
because avian flu , whooping cough and more airborne illness
and challenges with disease simply entered the arena. I mask now
just based now on the fact it protects me , it doesn’t wane and
there aren’t any side affects from me wearing it.. it is a tool
for me now so I am spoiled by its powers having not been caught
by a single airborne illness in 6 years straight and counting.
Maybe I don’t block out or have any level of what I should term
“illness amnesia” from having had respiratory problems as a
child and my experience combined with what I foresee is
currently happening and the risks of the future besides the
safety health benefits I experience led me to lead a masked way
of life.
I certainly don’t have any of the higher forms of Anosognosia
or denial when it comes to precautions like masking and
preventing airborne illness and airborne disease!
It’s really nothing to make light of Keep in mind Anosognosia
may play a huge role with covid and long covid victims all this
being tied with brain fog and onset dementia.
Long covid & Anosognosia might be more intertwined than we first
suspect, so I feel justified in talking about masking and
preventing long covid in this discussion about Anosognosia.
Masking could actually prevent long covid and the Anosognosia
associated with long covid repercussions.
Now of course I wonder if there is such a thing as
antiprecautionosis a condition where your brain can’t recognize
the danger of not taking precautions such as masking in face of
dangerous illness and disease. Funny but true it seems equally
baffling to me why people simply don’t take more precautions
such as masking after catching something they say made them feel
like they were close to death. The rate of people that said they
felt like they were going to die doesn’t come near to matching
the rate of people who actually learn from the experience to
actually defend themselves from it happening again.
It’s almost as if the average person is so exhilarated and feels
so good when they get better from a contagious illness that no
matter how bad they felt or how much they wondered if they would
die that they completely forget the possibility of it ever
happening even possibly in the next flu season or so. It’s as
if they completely forget how bad it really was. If questioned
while they were sick if they wished they had taken precautions
to avoid being in the wretched state they are now, most people
would agree they wished they had taken precautions such is their
misery
Illness is akin to torture or imprisonment I suppose people will
promise to do anything make any deal even pray to the Heavens to
get better and stay better yet once they are well they often
forget their promises to themselves such as: “ thank you God I
made it alive! & I will never catch covid again .. I thought I
was going to die…and I will mask .. never do I want to
experience that ever again no matter what!” But instead It
seems like once the illness is over most people resume normally
as if nothing traumatic ever even happened.. that’s just the way
it seems to me. Most people don’t alter or modify their behavior
after having claimed to suffer immensely as they obviously did.
They have what I call antiprecautionosis a condition where their
brain can’t recognize the danger of not taking precautions such
as masking in face of dangerous illness and disease.
Let me give you something to ponder upon.. I’ve been in a couple
floods .. now when it rains heavy I tend to pace around the
house go over a few strategic things in my head then I go to
bed.. all this is not trauma.. it is preparation for flooding
that may actually occur again .. I strategize.. got my fresh
water supply and my flashlight in place and prepare for no
electricity.. then my body goes into sleep so that it can wake
up strong to deal with the flood. So where is that response in
people who survive contagious diseases that make them fear for
their lives such as surviving covid? Where are their healthy
defense measures/mechanisms?.. are they still sick? When you
nudge a snake with a stick does not the healthy ones either
coil up to defend or else strike? Why are most victims of
contagious illness so unresponsive when poked with a threat of a
repeat experience or in the face of a similar contagious illness
considering they were in so much peril and suffering… why don’t
they display string coping reactions & strategize & defend
themselves after such an attack of illness?
P.S. By the way My Side-Comment is just that: something on the
side to ponder...my Sid comment pertains mostly about behavior
of people as they get well, science denial, and explores a
personal theory I have about people ignoring or having some sort
of "illness amnesia".
For those interested in Anosognosia in particular I suggest they
research the subject more online as my side comment doesn't
address anything formally understood about Anosognosia...
"Anosognosia is a neurological condition where a person
literally cannot recognize their own impairment (like dementia
or severe mental illness) due to brain changes, while denial is
a psychological defense mechanism where someone knows something
is wrong but refuses to accept it due to emotional distress,
with denial potentially resolving while anosognosia persists".
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