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submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

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.

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[-] jackal@infosec.pub 107 points 6 months ago

Well, shit. I have this. It actually sucks.

From just this year, I can recall:

  • My spouse smacking my arm when I was furiously masturbating right next to her. I woke up with my erection in my hand. I asked her if she recalled it in the morning but she didn’t even remember smacking my arm.
  • My spouse informing me on two mornings last month about attempting to initiate during the night.

I can’t sleep next to anyone who doesn’t know about the condition and consents to the possibility of having to wake me to stop it. It caused friction in my early marriage (no other serious gfs) but once my spouse helped me realize what I was doing did i understand this occurred.

[-] whereisk@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago

I believe you but this is identical to werewolf movie tropes.

Sleep in a cage with your arm handcuffed?

[-] mjhelto@lemm.ee 27 points 6 months ago

Chastity belt? Handcuffs? Now we're taking about a good time!

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Segufix? Sleepsacks?

Can I join?

[-] jackal@infosec.pub 3 points 6 months ago

If my spouse were to ask for me to do that, that would be an actual discussion in which I would seriously consider it. My partner has not asked me for such a request so I don’t consider it.

Bet your siblings were happy when you stopped sharing a bed.

[-] jackal@infosec.pub 4 points 6 months ago

This was never something that came up as a child and I didn’t share a room in my teenage years.

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