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Sleep sexSleep sex is a form of REMbehavioural disorder (a parasomnia) that causes people to commit sexualacts while they are asleep. These acts may be injurious to themselves or others, as in the case of a man who not only bruised himself with sleeping masturbation, but broke two fingers trying to escape restraints in which he had placed himself to control the behavior. Sufferers are often aware of their behavior for a long time before they seek help, often because they are not aware that it is a medical disorder or for fear that others will judge it as willful behavior rather than a medical disorder. However, the reality of the condition has been confirmed by sleep disorder researchers who have made sound and video recordings of patients with the condition and observed unusual brain wave activity during the episodes similar to that experienced by other parasomniacs. The (likely) first research paper that suggested that sexual behavior during sleep may be a new type of parasomniawas published in 1996. Later, several papers were published describing the problem and suggested that problematic forms of sleep sex are medically treatable "conditions" (see external links). On 8 December2004, a court in Norwayfound a rapesuspect not guilty based on that he might have been asleep when he had sex with a woman. On 30 November2005, a Torontocourt acquitted a man of sexual assaultafter he was diagnosed with sleep sex disorder [1], although prosecutors have filed an appeal of the aquittal as of February2006[2]. In Britain a man from Yorkwas cleared of three counts of rape on 19 December2005[3] External links
Categories: Parasomnia
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