This is the name given to any sexual behavior that occurs while asleep . Although there are no statistics, there are some documented cases. In 2004, the Australian doctor Peter Buchanan related the episode of a patient who, although she had a stable partner, went home sleepwalking and had relationships with strangers. And in 2005, the case of a man who was prosecuted for raping the woman he slept with came out in the press. His defense alleged that he suffered from sleep disorders and acute somnambulism, and the sentence considered sexsomnia as mitigating.
Sometimes the bed partners of sexomnes choose to sleep separately so as not to be disturbed, although some have confessed that sex with their sleeping partner is better than when they are awake. In any case, a serious disorder is beginning to be considered among the causes of which are epilepsy and drug and alcohol use.
