This Morning's Josie Gibson 'cannot move' as she reveals debilitating illness that affects her everyday

Josie Gibson has opened up about her debilitating health condition during a chat on This Morning.

The ITV star was hosting today's show alongside Craig Doyle, where they were chatting about an upcoming segment.

Encouraging viewers to get involved and share their recent dreams, she revealed she suffers with sleep paralysis.

Speaking on This Morning, she said: "I do get really weird dreams. I get sleep paralysis which is even weirder. If anybody knows about sleep paralysis, you cannot move. You're awake but you're still asleep. You think you're awake but you cannot move."

It's not the first time Josie has opened up about her sleep paralysis. During a previous segment with Dr Sara Kayat, who was giving her top tips about sleep to This Morning viewers Josie explained: "I'm so glad you're here. I've literally not been sleeping a wink.

"The other day, I probably had about three hours sleep a night in a four days, and I was shaking. I was actually shaking by the fourth day, I felt like I wasn't really here. So I need all the tips that I can get."

Craig added: "I'd bite the hand off you for three hours sleep a night. Honestly, yeah! It's bad at the moment, isn't it, for a lot of people," as Dr Sara chimed in: "So it is so important we get on top of this, absolutely.

"I'm so sorry to hear both of you are struggling so much. Ideally, you want to be sleeping anywhere between seven or eight hours a night on average.

"People that get significantly less than that are at increased risk of health conditions, strokes, cardiovascular disease, dementia, depression, even early death. It is really important that we regularly get better sleep."

She added: "Lack of sleep can have a number of different underlying issues. It could be