The actress, 25, who played Lucy Beale in the BBC soap, revealed the condition had left her feeling anxious during the coronavirus outbreak.
Eastenders star Hetti Bywater suffers from sleep paralysis
Taking to social media, Hetti expressed her concerns over sleeping while reaching out to her followers on Instagram Stories.
The actress wrote: “I’m so scared to sleep too as I’m concerned my sleep paralysis will kick in.”
She later added: “Sleep update: I didn’t. I knew it would happen. Anxiety was so bad and I was so deprived that paralysis happened.
“Every time I start to nod off it kicked in, waking me back up in fear, stirring my anxiety further.
The 25-year-old opened up about her fears as she battles sleep paralysis
Hetti updated her Instagram followers on the condition
The actress revealed she had turned to meditation
“I tried so hard to breathe and had herbal remedies but when it gets that bad it’s almost a lost of cause.”
Hetti admitted the ordeal had thrown her off her routine, saying: “So guess I’ll have to wait until tonight. And let’s hope.
“Mainly annoying because it means by first day of routine has been ruined. And routine is what I need right now.
“Insomnia is a killer! So is anxiety!”
The star shared: ‘Every time I start to nod off it kicked in’
Hetti admitted to also suffering from anxiety
She is best known for playing Lucy Beale on the BBC soap
According to the NHS website, sleep paralysis “happens when you cannot move your muscles as you are waking up or falling asleep.”
Hetti revealed she had turned to “meditation, music and yoga” to help keep her mind occupied amid her anxiety over the pandemic.
She said: “Mediation, music and yoga is the answer. (And a bloody good progressive/innovative TV series.)”
It comes after 54 more people have today died across the UK after testing positive to coronavirus – with the death toll climbing to 335 in a day.
Hetti was on Eastenders until she was killed off in 2014.
She made her final appearance in the soap on February 19, 2015 in a special flashback episode that explored the unanswered questions from the night of her death.
