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If you buy something through a link on this page, we may earn a small commission. How this works. Sexsomnia or sleep sex occurs when an individual engages in sexual acts while asleep. Most available research has found that sexsomnia episodes occur mostly during non-rapid-eye-movement NREM , the dreamless, deepest stage of the sleep cycle. Sexual dreams are not considered a type of sexsomnia because they do not involve physical actions or behaviors aside from arousal and ejaculation. Sexsomnia is considered a type of parasomnia, an abnormal activity, behavior, or experience that occurs during deep sleep.


Sexsomnia: What is sleep sex?




Sleep sex: What to know about sexsomnia
The datasets generated for this study are available on request to the corresponding author. Objective: The main aim of this study was to explore the perceived relationship between sexual activities, sleep quality, and sleep latency in the general adult population and identify whether any gender differences exist. Seven-hundred and seventy-eight participants females, males; mean age Statistical Analyses: Chi square analyses were conducted to examine if there were any gender differences between sexual activities [i. Conclusions: Orgasms with a partner were associated with the perception of favorable sleep outcomes, however, orgasms achieved through masturbation self-stimulation were associated with the perception of better sleep quality and latency. These findings indicate that the public perceive sexual activity with orgasm precedes improved sleep outcomes. Promoting safe sexual activity before bed may offer a novel behavioral strategy for promoting sleep.



Sex and Sleep: Perceptions of Sex as a Sleep Promoting Behavior in the General Adult Population
Doctors and others, including prosecutors, need to take this reality into account, he added. Shapiro and colleagues reported the results of an anonymous item Internet survey that had validated responses. Shapiro said, and like all Internet research it has limitations, "but for me it's a proof of principle. Shapiro's Toronto sleep clinic, is under way, he said.





To formulate the first classification of sleep related disorders and abnormal sexual behaviors and experiences. A computerized literature search was conducted, and other sources, such as textbooks, were searched. Kleine-Levin syndrome 78 cases and parasomnias 31 cases were most frequently reported.
