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Sexsomnia
(redirected from Sleep sex)

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Sexsomnia
A distinct parasomnia (sleep disorder) involving compulsive sexual behaviour while asleep
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I ask this because sleep sex is a term coined by US scientists to describe a phenomenon which can cause people to commit sexual acts on themselves or their partners while asleep.
Dr Miriam - Husband 'rapes' me while I sleep; LETTER OF THE DAY by The Mirror (London, England)
Dr Peter Buchanan, of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, has named her condition sleep sex.
Vital: The A to Zzzzz of sleep; A snooze flash: many of us are caught ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Dr Buchanan will discuss the case when he lectures on sleep sex ( the disorder has yet to be given a formal title ( at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australian Sleep Association in Sydney at the weekend.
Sleep disorder woman had sex with strangers by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
 
 
 
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