Jennifer Aniston Reveals Struggle With Insomnia: "Am I Going to Die Young?!"

Get the scoop on the actress' problem in the bedroom

By Brett Malec Dec 18, 2014 7:40 PMTags

Jennifer Aniston is revealing she has a serious problem in the bedroom: She can't sleep at night!

During a visit to The Dr. Oz Show this week, the 45-year-old actress discussed her ongoing battle with insomnia.

"I have a hard time sleeping. Sleep is a tough one for me," Justin Theroux's gal said. "My brain, the committee in my head, if I wake up at three in the morning I just start having conversations and they won't shut up and then I can't get back to sleep. I do have three animals and a human being in the bed, so there are all these distractions."

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Aniston continued, "I got an app on my phone that allows you to sort of track your sleep rhythms, like how deep you go. I don't really quiet ever get into the deep, deep, deep sleep. And am I going to die young?!"

Aniston also opened up about the physical transformation she went through to play woman suffering from chronic pain in Cake. For the dark role, Aniston let herself go.

"It's interesting when you stop exercising," she said. "It really was interesting how my Serotonin levels went down. My stamina was shot. I was cranky. I was irritable. I'm usually really not any of those things. I just found myself short. I was hungry like crazy. Then, you realize exercise is just so important to our soul. Not just being able to fit into skinny jeans, just your state of mind, your soul, all of that. I surrendered into it. I actually didn't fight it. I didn't think oh this is horrible. It was such a part of what I enjoyed about mining this character."