OK, that's one for the unabridged dictionary

Do I have sexsomnia? And is that a bad thing?

NO, apparently sexsomnia is not lying awake thinking about sex. (And that doesn't happen to me very often.) Sexsomnia is defined as: "initiating or engaging in sexual activity with a bed partner while asleep". First question: if you're asleep, how do you know you did this? Now, if you wake up and find yourself pleasurably engaged, obviously you can conclude that you got started while you were still in snoozeland. But if you sleep through the whole thing, I guess you have to rely on your partner's reports of your a) prowess (in the case of the male) or b) amenability (in the case of the female). And do they tell you that you were asleep? Is that determined by whether or not they had a good time while you were asleep and giving them a good time?

There is so much to be figured out about this condition. Legally, if you (a male) get a partner pregnant while you were asleep, are you responsible for the child? Conversely, if a partner gets you (a female) pregnant while you were asleep, should he be responsible? Or should he have tried to wake you up to ask if you were interested in continuing to the likely conclusion?

Would a regular partner tell you if you were better or worse as a sex partner while you're asleep compared to your abilities while awake? (Should they?)

If you're asleep while having sex, can you have an orgasm? If so, is your orgasm better while you're asleep compared to when you're awake?

Finally, if your sex partner is better at sex when they're asleep then when they're awake, "not tonight, honey, I have a headache" might just be a ploy to get you to fall asleep and then get busy.

There is such a condition, populars.


Study finds that sexsomnia is common in sleep center patients