People with sexsomnia engage in sexual behavior while they are sleeping—often waking to unfortunate consequences. This sexual interest is known as somnophilia, and it’s a subject i’ve been increasingly asked about by journalists, often in relation to stories about sexual assault It is a type of sleep disorder that people are usually not comfortable talking about
Sexsomnia: What You Need to Know About This Rare Sleep Sex Disorder
This condition can actually be distressing for the person suffering sexsomnia.
Somnophilia refers to the interest in having sex with a sleeping person
Using an online sample of 437 participants, the present study provides the first empirical examination of somnophilia, its various forms, and theorized correlates Participants completed the newly developed somnophilia interest … Sexsomnia, also known as sleep sex, is a type of sleep disorder known as a parasomnia Parasomnias refer to unusual sensations and behaviors, like sleepwalking, that people may experience or exhibit while asleep, falling asleep, or waking up.
Some people are turned on by the idea of having sex with a partner who is sleeping—or being asleep and receiving sexual attention from someone else
