Bruce Willis' wife admits she's 'not good' and experiences thoughts of 'doom and gloom' as she continues to care for the actor amid his dementia diagnosis
Emma Heming Willis said that she's "not good" as she continues to care for her husband Bruce Willis.
She admitted that she often ends up experiencing thoughts of "doom and gloom."
The famous actor was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in February.
Over the last year, Bruce Willis' family has been open and honest about the actor's health following his aphasia diagnosis in March 2022, before he was later diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in February.
The degenerative condition is similar to Alzheimer's and happens when nerve cell damage affects the part of the brain responsible for speech, language, and personality.
Willis' wife, Emma Heming Willis, has shown what life is like for the family as she continues to care for him at home — previously asking for space when paparazzi started shouting at Willis while he met up with friends for a coffee.
In a new Instagram post Monday, Heming Willis opened up about her own mental health struggles during this difficult time as she thanked fellow carers for sharing photographs of their everyday activities with her.
The model said the photos made her "so happy" and she was pleased that her fellow carers were taking the time to indulge in self-care because "it's important to break up our thinking which can feel, for me, very much like doom and gloom."
Heming Willis said that she has to make a "conscious effort" to make the most of life because of her responsibilities as a carer.
"So I know it looks like I'm out living my best life," she said. "I have to make a conscious effort every single day to live the best life that I can. I do that for myself, I do that for our two children, and Bruce, who would not want me to live any other way."
"So I don't want it to be misconstrued that I'm good, 'cause I'm not," Heming Willis continued. "I'm not good, but I have to put my best foot forward for the sake of myself and my family, because, again, when we are not looking after ourselves, we cannot look after anyone that we love."
She concluded: "This is a conscious effort. It does not come to me easily but I am just doing the best that I can, always."
The Willis family is still making time to enjoy life with Bruce, even taking a trip to Disneyland with their kids in June to ride Splash Mountain before it closed.
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