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Katherine’s brother Paul died eight years ago from cancer when he was 48 years old. And even when he was dying, he didn’t know he was ill. He said he swallowed bad acne and it got into his lungs and if he could cough it out, he would get better.
But Paul did have cancer, and he also had schizophrenia. He was diagnosed when he was 16, but he never acknowledged it. He told people he’d been shot in the head. It might sound like he is in denial, but he’s not. Paul sufferered from a condition known as anosognosia– the inability to recognize one’s own illness.
Maggie Freleng 
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