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Are you or someone you know a sexsomniac?  What is a sexsomniac?  Well basically it is someone who desires to have sex while they are asleep and often attempt to have sex or perform sexual acts while fully asleep.

The first time Angie realized her boyfriend was a sexsomniac she was about 25 years old.  Her peaceful sleep interrupted by her boyfriend’s aggressively wandering hands.  She had no idea he was asleep and because he seemed more aggresive than usual, she just assumed he really wanter her now!

Feeling flattered by this, she went along with what happened.  At one point she even climbed on tom of him.  However in the morning to her dismay he complained because she had “woken him up for sex.”  She assumes now that he was asleep until she climbed on top because he does not recall any of it.

Sexsomnia, also known as sleep sex, is a term that entails 11 different sex-related sleep disorders.   Many of these do not occur in people without other types of sleep disorders.  In fact, many never know they even have it until a bed mate, roomate, or family member tells them.

Many people who live with sexsomniacs learn to live with the condition or may not even mind.  However for some, they may feel as though they are being violated because they cannot control the sleeping person.  This condition has even been brough to court.  A Canadian man was recently acquitted on sexual assault charges.  The man allegedly climbed on top of a girl that was passed out on his couch, he claimed sexsomnia as his defense.  However, the acquittal was recently overturned.

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