The REAL sleeping beauty - VIDEO

But one young woman suffering from a rare condition gets up to 22 hours of shut-eye a night.Beth Goodier, 20, suffers from Kleine-Levin Syndrome, also known as 'Sleeping Beauty' syndrome, which dominates her life.The neurological condition - which began when she was 16 - means she sleeps, on average, for 18 hours a night.When an episode strikes, typically every five weeks, she can sleep for anything between one and three weeks - and requires 24 hour care. Even when she wakes, she can be in a child-like state, confused and not able to tell the difference between reality and dreams.  It's thought only around 1,000 people worldwide suffer from the disorder, 70 per cent of them male. It is not clear what causes it and there is no cure.  Miss Goodier, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, appeared on BBC Breakfast this morning to discuss her situation, which triggers episodes every five weeks.Discussing her frustration at the situation, she said: 'I spend half of my life in bed. The onset for most people is adolescence, when you are at college, university, getting a job, finding out who you are.'It [Kleine-Levin Syndrome] takes all that away from you at a crucial time. My life is on hold.'She added: 'I only remember snippets of an episode, so it's like half of my life disappears.' Miss Goodier was accompanied by her mother, Janine, who added: 'When she's up, all she does really is, she's either in bed or on the sofa and she'll watch telly, often the same things over and over again as she likes predictability.'(dailymail.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az