Bizarre sleep sex condition sexsomnia explained - symptoms and when you should seek help

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strange medical conditions, 'sexsomnia' may just be up there with the oddest.According to study published on health website Sleep Foundation, around 8% of people at a sleep centre showed signs of the bizarre condition.Sleep Foundation said that it's "difficult for experts to estimate how many people experience sexsomnia", due to it being so difficult to diagnose.For couples, it can be a particularly strange one to deal with, but thankfully there are things people with the condition can do to try and stop themselves from being subjected to the sleeping problem.So what is sexsomnia and how can it be stopped?Sexsomnia can be anything from masturbating in your sleep, fondling or attempting to fondle your partner, or attempting or having intercourse all while you are asleep.Sexsomnia is considered a 'parasomnia', which are disruptive sleep-related disorders.

Forms of parasomnia include sleepwalking, sleep paralysis and bedwetting.As the person is asleep, they do not know what they are doing and have forgotten what they did in their sleep the next morning.Clinical psychiatrist Dr.

Daniel Block told Newsweek that a person's eyes can be "open during the act but there is amnesia for the event upon awakening to full consciousness.

If the person's eyes are open, they are usually glassy and have a faraway look."This can be a grim problem for some couples to deal with.