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feet in bedThe first time it happened, 25-year-old Angie's sound sleep was interrupted by her boyfriend's wandering hands. Since he was more aggressive than normal, Angie just assumed he could not wait to have her.

Flattered by his eagerness, Angie went along with the unexpected, middle-of-the-night sex session, even climbing on top in enthusiasm. But in the morning Angie's guy complained that he had been "woken up for sex."

"I guess he woke up when I got on top, because he had no recollection of anything before that," says Angie. "He just went with it, but he assumed I started the whole thing."

Sexsomnia, or sleep sex, describes 11 different sex-related sleep disorders, most of which occur in people with other sleeping disorders, such as sleepwalking. Most never know they have the condition until a bed mate, roommate or family member (mortifying much?) has to convince them that, yes, they really were vigorously going at it with themselves or a partner in their sleep.

Click here to read more about sleep sex and how it's affected Angie's relationship.



Although Angie's boyfriend didn't believe her when she first explained that he'd initiated the encounter, eventually she convinced him. "He was really shocked and embarrassed, since he didn't remember any of it," she says. With a little research -- and factoring in his past history of sleepwalking -- they were able to piece together what was going on.

Angie has a sense of humor about her boyfriend's condition and now knows to just push him away and go back to sleep when he starts making the midnight moves. But others in the situation have felt violated by their partners' unusual bed manner.

The condition has even been brought to court. A man in Canada was recently acquitted on sexual assault charges for climbing on top of a girl passed out on his couch when he claimed sexsomnia as his defense, but the acquittal was recently overturned.

Sleep sex can be an embarrassing topic, and most aren't eager to share their condition with others, but luckily sexsomnia is treatable. For more information on sexsomnia, click here for fast facts, related medical news and treatment options.

Tell us! Have you ever dated a sexsomniac? What's the weirdest thing a guy's ever done while asleep?

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