BELLA Kilmartin’s rare medical condition sends her to sleep when she laughs.
She has nodded off in nightclubs and almost drowned in a swimming pool.
Bella said: “I lose control of all of my muscles, but only when I laugh.
“My knees go weak, my head droops. I’m conscious and aware and able to hear everything that is going on, but I just can’t move my body at all.”
The 24-year-old was diagnosed with narcolepsy when she was a teenager after falling asleep in exams.
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