Sexsomnia is a type of parasomnia, where the brain is caught in transition between sleeping and waking states. Other parasomnias include sleepwalking, sleep talking, and sleep driving.
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- Wikipedia: Sleep Sex Encyclopedia article that describes the condition.
- Stanford Sleep Experts Treat Medical Condition Behind Violent "Sleep Sex" How doctors can treat sexsomnia with traditional sleep disorder treatments.
- Sleepwalkers Who Have 'Sex Sleep' Looks at the symptoms of the condition and what triggers it.
- Sleepwalking Man Cleared of Rape A man accused of three counts of rape is cleared by a jury after telling the court he suffers from sleepwalking.
- Sex While Asleep - WebMD Causes and treatment options.
- A Phenomenology of Problematic Sexual Behavior Occurring in Sleep First-person reports of individuals' experiences of problematic sleep sex. Paper suggests these reports fall into six themes. [Full text may require subscription.]