Jennifer Aniston Opens Up About Her Battle With Insomnia, Says She Used To Sleepwalk Earlier

Jennifer Aniston Opens Up About Her Battle With Insomnia, Says She Used To Sleepwalk Earlier

We often think that those who are rich, successful, or lead a glamorous life, have little to no problems to deal with. But time and again, this prejudice is broken by celebs who’ve opened up about their struggles and shown that they are as much human as the general public. In fact, very recently it was Jennifer Anniston who revealed how like most people she also suffers from insomnia and that on days when she worries a lot it becomes even more difficult to fall asleep. I think most of us can relate to this, can’t we?

 

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Jennifer Aniston in an interview opened up about her struggle with insomnia and how she has been suffering from it for over two decades now. She says that she often keeps worrying which in turn causes a lot of stress, making it difficult for her to fall asleep. 

 

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The Friends actress went on to reveal that her battle with insomnia started when she was in her 30s or even before that and that one doesn’t understand the effects lack of sleep has when we’re younger but becomes more and more evident as one grows up. Jennifer Aniston added, “It began as something that I would just accept and then all of a sudden you realize the effects of your lack of sleep and how it affects your day and your work and your mind function and your physique.”

 

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The 53-year-old actress went on to explain how the more she worries the harder it gets for her to fall asleep at night. Jennifer Aniston goes on to say that there was a time in the past when it got so bad that she would sleepwalk. She added, “I have been known to [sleepwalk]. I’ve been woken up by house alarms going off that I’ve set off… And I don’t think I do that anymore — that was when I was super sleep-deprived. The body is saying, “Now don’t go out and set the alarm off again, okay?”

 

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Also Read: Jennifer Aniston Slams Comments About Her Choosing Career Over Having Children. Can We All Just Stop Commenting On Women’s Personal Choices?

Jennifer Aniston concluded by saying that she has sought medical help for dealing with insomnia. It was when she sought help, did the Murder Mystery actress was explained that it was lack of sleep that prevented her from keeping herself healthy. 

 

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On the work front, the actress is working on Murder Mystery 2 with Adam Sandler.

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