Several times a year, Gemma, 21, can be found mumbling her words and struggling to concentrate as she walks around in a dream-like state. Friends have accused her of being drunk. But, the truth is, Gemma barely touches a drop of alcohol. In fact, she suffers from a rare sleep disorder - Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS), also known as Sleeping Beauty Syndrome. The incurable condition sees Gemma fall into a trance and nod off for up to an entire week.
The beds are consumed by moss instead of customers at this abandoned hotel .
With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .
A mum-of-two has worn the same t-shirt for an entire year to raise awareness of a 1 in 7 million condition that prevents her daughter from talking .
LUMINOUS green rocks could easily be a beach from Superman's homeland of Krypton .
A Crohn's sufferer has slammed doctors who allegedly accused her of being anorexic after she lost 10st in just three months .
RAISING his flipper, this two day old seal pup gives a wave to the camera .
A 23st woman who was left humiliated after breaking a TOILET SEAT has lost an incredible 11st .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A soap bubble lands on the frosty ground and creates a shimmering snow globe as crystals form around it .
At first glance it might look like someone has taken their revenge on the makers of those infuriating insurance ads .
STARING eagerly into the camera, this little toad is full of curiosity .
Recovering from a rare form of breast cancer, Deborah Barnett, 43, of Stoke-on-Trent, thought she'd made it through the worst, but she was betrayed by former colleague Sandra Ramsay, of Mow Cop Road, Mow Cop, Stoke-on-Trent .