Signs And Risk Factors Of Sexual Disorders, Sexual Behavior Performed During Sleep

Illustration of sexual behavior performed during sleep or sexsomnia (Freepic)

YOGYAKARTA The most known sleep walking, sleep talking, and even driving while sleeping. But it turns out, sexual behavior during sleep or called sexsomnia, is one of the types of parasomnia. Parasomnia is a primary sleep disorder whose symptoms study says are experienced by eight percent of the 832 participants at a sleep disorders clinic in Canada.

It is not clear how common sexsomnia disturbances occur. In research in Canada reported by Healthline, Wednesday, July 24, men are almost three times more likely to experience this disorder than women. Women with sexsomnia tend toGREE. How dangerous is this disturbance and how are the symptoms and who has the risk of experiencing it?

Sexsomnia is different from sex dreams. Sex-themed dreams are not a disorder. But sexsomnia, including abnormalities that have sexual behavior while sleeping and often with other people. The difficulties of people who have sexsomnia disorders, they may not realize that they have had this disorder. Couples, parents, classmates, or friends, may pay attention to this behavior for the first time.

People's common behavior with sexsomnia, includes caressing, foreplay with a sleep partner, pelvic thrust, behavior that mimics sexual intercourse, onani, sexual intercourse, spontaneous orgasm, teary and empty eyes during this behavior, and not realizing sexual behavior afterward. People who have sexsomnia may open their eyes and be awake. However, they have an episode of amnesia and remember nothing.

People with sexsomnia, may be more assertive during sex episodes while sleeping than when he woke up. The obstacle may be lower because they are asleep, so his behavior may seem different for his partner. So there is a subtle difference in sexual behavior between him waking up and sleeping.

Factors that contribute to people with these sleep disorders include lack of sleep, increased stress, anxiety, fatigue, certain drugs, drinking alcohol, using recreational drugs, irregular sleep patterns. Medical records that conditions trigger sexsomnia, including simultaneous sleep disorders, including sleep speech, sleep walking, restless leg syndrome, destructive sleep apnea, sleep-related epilepsy, gastroesofageal reflux (GERD), head injuries, and migraines.

Doing things you don't remember ever doing during sleep, can be worrying. Some sexsomnia behavior may be harmless, such as malnourished. But for others, it can also be very serious. In fact, sexsomnia has been used as a defense in rape cases. Diagnosis requires observers who witness sexual behavior while sleeping.

Doctors also diagnose conditions or ask to undergo a sleep study. Sleep studies, usually performed in special medical facilities. Tests are also called polysomnography which records several things during sleep including heart rate, respiratory pattern, eye and leg movements. Doctor diagnosis determines further treatment. Treatment for sexsomnia is often very successful. Treatment includes overcoming sleep disorders that underlie behavior.