Sexsomnia: An embarrassing sleep disorder no one wants to talk about - eviltoast
Sexsomnia: An embarrassing sleep disorder no one wants to talk about | CNN
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Imagine having sex with your partner in your sleep and having no memory of it once awake. Welcome to the world of sexsomnia.

A 38-year-old man repeatedly tries to force his wife to have sex in the middle of the night but has no memory of his actions when he wakes up.

A married woman in her mid-20s often tears off her clothing and masturbates but remembers nothing when her partner rouses her.

For a dozen years, a 31-year-old man masturbates while asleep, at times injuring his groin. Embarrassed due to his unconscious behavior, he avoids relationships for eight years.

These are all clinically documented cases of sleep sex, or sexsomnia, part of a family of sleep disorders called parasomnias that include sleepwalking, sleep talking, sleep eating and sleep terrors.

  • Kyrgizion@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    As the other half of said couple, thanks! I can corroborate ;) The secret (imho) is communication. I try to model my way of communication/love language after my grandparents, who are approaching their 90’s and are very much still in love.