This woman's disorder means she 'falls asleep' every time she orgasms

If you haven’t been unfortunate enough to have a partner fall asleep straight away after sex, you’ve probably had to listen to a friend complaining of the same thing. It’s 2017, a bit of conversation isn’t too much to ask, right?

But while most of us might just call it straight rudeness, for some people, it’s not really a matter of choice. We’re not talking about sheer exhaustion, either, but a medical issue.

Jessica Southall, a 20-year-old from Nottingham, is one of these people. Every time her muscles relax, she passes out. This means each time she experiences a strong emotion – or has sex – she’s fast asleep afterwards.

But her condition, narcolepsy with cataplexy, means that she’s not really asleep; she just looks like it.

Narcolepsy is a condition where a sufferer will spontaneously fall asleep, and cataplexy is a sudden muscle weakness. Combined, Jessica will look as though she’s just nodded off, while remaining completely conscious the whole time.

She first started having attacks when she was 16, and realised that every time she started laughing, she would collapse.

Now, she’s got into a somewhat better routine to help her body through the attacks. “I’ve learned,” she told SWNS. “I know my body now, so if I’m going to laugh I’ll grab something to hold on to so when my muscles get weak I’ll be OK.”

It might seem entertaining to Jessica’s friends if she falls asleep after a joke, but it was a subject that had to be carefully explained to her partner.

When they first got together, Jessica worried she would appear rude if she consistently passed out in the bedroom. “I just had to explain to him that it’s only going to happen when he makes me feel at my very best,” she said. “But it’s not ideal.”

Now that she’s got to grips with the disorder, Jessica sleeps for up to 13 hours a day.

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