A mother-of-two from Yorkshire says she’s a real-life “Sleeping Beauty” thanks to a disorder which means she sleeps up to 22 hours a day.<br /><br />Joanna Cox, 38, has idiopathic hypersomnia. It is a rare condition which leaves sufferers with extreme daytime sleepiness, often resulting in struggles to wake up and feeling “unrested” and “mentally foggy”.<br /><br />Cox says she once slept for four days without waking up due to the condition.<br /><br />“It’s honestly ruining my life - I’m like a real-life Sleeping Beauty,” Cox shared.<br /><br />“It’s such an isolating condition to live with and I just really want some help.”
