![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/this-morning-star-reveals-breakthrough-fix-that-ended-her-20-year-insomnia-struggles/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/newspress-collage-24261855-1696420520669.jpg&description=MANY of us struggle to nod off from time to time, but for some this can a issue that plagues them nightly. This Morning star Alice Beer appeared on the show to discuss her own struggles with insomnia, which she described as a 'form of torture' that lasted 20 years. 1 Alice Beer said CBT had lead to sleep properly for the first time in years Credit: ITV A third of Brits say they struggle to sleep on a weekly basis, and for some insomnia can be a nightly occurrence. The presenter counts herself among the 20 per cent plagued by insomnia every night and got candid with hosts Holly Willoughby and Josie Gibson, describing how sleeplessness seeped into every aspect of her life. But Alice revealed she'd recently found a new technique to manage it. The star said she'd never thought of herself as a 'great sleeper', recalling not needing 'that much sleep' when she was younger and always waking up quite early. But her real trouble with nodding off started after she had her twins Phoebe and Dora 20 years ago, she told hosts. "I know so many women - especially women - who identify with what I've been through. It's not just, 'Oh I had a bad night last night'. I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about the chronic, on-going inability to get more than about three or four hours a night." When questioned by Holly about how she functioned on a daily basis, Alice said: "You do function, but on a certain level. It affects everything." She went on: "It affects what you eat - I start eating sugar and put on two stone. It affects how I am in my relationships with people, work colleagues. It affects whether I exercise. It makes you teeter on pre-diabetes. It affects your physical and mental health. "It's torture. It is a form of torture. And all you want is to go to bed and sleep." Alice described trying every treatment under the sun: "If somebody says lavender spray to me, I'm going to stick that where the sun doesn't shine." She even admitted to resorting to sleeping tablets every night){kind=link}
MANY of us struggle to nod off from time to time, but for some this can a issue that plagues them nightly.
This Morning star Alice Beer appeared on the show to discuss her own struggles with insomnia, which she described as a ‘form of torture’ that lasted 20 years.
A third of Brits say they struggle to sleep on a weekly basis, and for some insomnia can be a nightly occurrence.
The presenter counts herself among the 20 per cent plagued by insomnia every night and got candid with hosts Holly Willoughby and Josie Gibson, describing how sleeplessness seeped into every aspect of her life.
But Alice revealed she’d recently found a new technique to manage it.