Anosognosia

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Anosognosia: A neurological condition where a person is unable to perceive, or is unaware of his or her own illness.

When practicing probate law, I was on the court bailout list. Judges used the list to put probate lawyers on cases that needed them but didn’t have them. Due to being on the bailout list, I represented many clients with mental illnesses, usually people who’d had guardianship petitions filed against them. I was a…