Strange disease: Just laugh is ... numb

Ms. Kelly Timson has a strange syndrome that makes her whole body numb and collapses whenever she laughs. She worries that this syndrome can be inherited to her young son.

Ms. Kelly Timson, 25, suffers from cataplexy , which causes her body to become completely paralyzed when deeply touched, like surprise, anger or even happiness.

Kelly worries that her strange disease has passed on to her young son Ronnie

Kelly could not go to a comedy show or go to a bar with friends because every time she laughed, she was in a paralysis state that she could not move or talk, even though she could still hear people around.

Every day, Kelly is attacked by cataplexy syndrome about 20 times. She often falls down in an uncontrollable state so she is easily injured. Once, Kelly almost suffocated when she fell flat on the sofa. Therefore, Kelly's mother and brother are often around her in case she falls.

Kelly also suffers from narcolepsy - a syndrome that occurs in 70% of people with temporary paralysis syndrome, causing her to suddenly fall asleep at any time of the day.

'I can't count the number of times I sleep while having dinner. I did not dare go to the restaurant with my boyfriend in case I collapsed on the table. That makes me very embarrassed. I used to fall at the supermarket and people thought I was drunk or drunk , 'Kelly told the Daily Mail.

Kelly first found herself suffering from narcolepsy when she was 16 years old. Kelly's condition is getting worse and even she can sleep while having dinner or bathing.

Kelly's symptoms began to change when she was pregnant with her first son when she was 19 years old. She felt heavy and difficult to walk when holding her baby and felt her head became heavier. Kelly's illness became more severe until she became completely paralyzed and incapacitated to speak temporarily in 2007 and was determined by a doctor to have temporary paralysis syndrome.