Nothing is Wrong
`It is surprisingly difficult to get an anosognosiastic patient to recognize their own paralysis. If you ask them to do something with their paralyzed hand, for example, they will say that they can see and feel the action, despite their inactivity. You could ask them to clap and they would hopelessly wave one hand in the air – but say that nothing is wrong with their technique. When pressed about their inactivity they may make up excuses, such as that they are tired, or arthritic. Also, anosognastiac patients seem unaware of other patients’ paralysis as well – as if paralysis was not something that happened to humans.
In the worst cases, one may even forget that certain appendages are their own – most commonly their paralyzed arm. They will vehemently deny that their arm is theirs, even when it is pointed out to them that it is attached to their body.’
