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Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has revealed she had to pull out of a play because chronic insomnia was ruining her life. She told the Radio Times that the condition was like "a gorilla sitting on her chest". Army veteran Fergus Kenny also suffers with long-term insomnia and believes he has not had a proper night鈥檚 sleep in a year. He served in the army for 15 years, which has left him with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He says he feels apprehensive about going to sleep. 鈥淚 suffer from anxiety as well; when you鈥檝e got something to do you tend to just play it your mind. Your mind goes into overdrive.鈥� 鈥淚鈥檝e got used to it, but it would be nice to get your head down.鈥� This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Wednesday 8 June 2016.
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