A woman who has a sleeping disorder that can see her sleep for days at a time has described herself as the 'real-life Sleeping Beauty'. Joanna Cox suffers from hypersomnia, a rare disorder that once caused her to miss a holiday because she was in a deep sleep.
The mother-of-two was diagnosed with the condition after years of feeling restless and struggling to stay awake.
Joanna says she also suffers from “vivid hallucinations” and has a recurring vision of “hundreds of spiders crawling” all over her bed.
