There's probably a lot of people reading this thinking: '18 hours sleep a day?! When I was a teenager I could do that with my eyes closed.' Yeah, alright dad. Calm down.
This may sound like the every day life of teenagers, but it's a living nightmare for 13-year-old Harry Appleton.
The poor kid is suffering from a mystery condition that has baffled doctors. He goes into a deep sleep for up to 18 hours a day, and as a result has missed three months of school.
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His parents find it impossible to wake him up. They shake him, shout his name... nothing works. He stays asleep until his body wakes him upnaturally.
Doctors say it looks like extreme episodic fatigue, but the fact he can't be woken up is very unusual.
Harry, from Chesterfield, Derbyshire, has gone from being sociable, outgoing boy to being quiet and removed, says his mum, Jan.
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Speaking to Metro, Jan said: "We even thought he had died when it first started happening.
"He is just completely lifeless. You can touch him or move him and he just does not wake up.
"We even had a GP come round and he was shining lights in his eyes, but still he would not wake up. He used a pain reflex technique which should have woke him but still nothing,
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"It is almost like he is in some form of coma. You just don't know what time he is going to wake up during the day. It is really damaging his life."
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They even took him to hospital where he was admitted as they just couldn't wake him up.
Explaining the catastrophic effect on his life, Jan continued: "It is awful to watch your son go through this. He has gone from a happy active boy who played football every three-days to someone who is quiet and removed, a completely different person.
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"He cannot go to school and is unable to hang around with his friends like a normal 13-year-old. I can only thank Xbox Live for allowing him some form of normality with his friends or he would not have any social interaction at all."
Harry will now be taken to Sheffield Children's Hospital in an attempt to get to the bottom of his condition. Featured Image Credit: Supplied