BAKE OFF winner John Whaite has revealed he suffers from sexomnia, causing him to grope his boyfriend in the night. The chef, 31, opened up about the rare condition on Channel 4's Steph's Packed Lunch, describing it as the opposite of a nightmare.
He told host Steph McGovern: “You have night terrors, I have night pleasures because I have sexomnia. “In the night, I’ll be fast asleep...
My boyfriend wakes up and I’ll be fondling him. He’s having the time of his life and I’m fast asleep.” Sexomnia is a type of parasomnia much like sleepwalking or night terrors.
Sufferers can fondle or even have sexual intercourse with partners while fully asleep and unaware of their actions. Stress, lack of sleep and drink and drugs can all trigger episodes in.
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