What Is Sexsomnia?
Definition: Sexsomnia is a rare sleep disorder in which the affected person has sex while asleep. As a parasomnia , the person affected performs the behavior unconsciously. Although the person with sexsomnia may be violent, they are unaware of what they are doing, and their behavior is considered unintentional.
Pronunciation: sex-SOM-nee-a
Also Known As: sleep sex
... Examples: A man who committed a sexual assault of a woman was found “not criminally responsible” because he suffered from sexsomnia and was asleep at the time of the attack.
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