Daisy Maskell: Insomnia and Me
Radio DJ Daisy Maskell tackles her insomnia, revealing emotional insights into her own mental health. She meets experts and some of the thousands of young people who can鈥檛 sleep.
Daisy Maskell, the UK鈥檚 youngest ever breakfast radio host, has suffered from insomnia since childhood. For as long as she can remember, she has survived on as little as a couple of hours of sleep each night and is wide awake until the early hours of the morning. With an ever-increasing workload, running on empty is starting to take its toll, so Daisy wants to uncover the roots of her insomnia and take the first steps towards treatment.
She is not alone. According to research by the NHS, hospital admissions due to sleep disorders among young people have almost doubled over the past eight years, and the recent Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated the issue further still. In research conducted by Kings College London on a cross-section of 2,500 people across the UK, almost half of 16- to 24-year-olds stated that they were sleeping significantly fewer hours than they had been prior to lockdown, in comparison to just a third of those aged 35 and over.
Daisy meets experts and fellow sufferers to investigate why thousands of young people in the UK are struggling with sleep disorders and insomnia. Gaining tips along the way, she tries a multitude of remedies and treatments in a bid to get a better night鈥檚 sleep. We see her explore the roots of her insomnia, with revealing emotional insights into her struggles with her own mental health.
Last on
Clip
-
Where Daisy鈥檚 insomnia began
Duration: 01:26
Music Played
-
Years & Years
If You're Over Me
Credits
Role | Contributor |
---|---|
Presenter | Daisy Maskell |
Director | Emmanuel Ayettey |
Executive Producer | David Dehaney |
Editor | Fredrik Limi |
Production Company | Proper Content Ltd |
Broadcasts
Featured in...
Celebrities: Behind the Mask
Personal, powerful stories from celebrities battling to live their best lives.
Mental Wellbeing Season
Famous faces shine a light on mental health issues affecting society today.
Behind the Medicine
The latest developments in the medical world uncovered.
Documentaries
A selection of the best documentaries from 成人快手 Three!
Mental Health Awareness Season
A selection of programming from 成人快手 Three with focus on issues of mental health
A Matter of Life and Health
Global breakthroughs, thought provoking experiments, and medical triumphs