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Correct me if I'm wrong.

Issues can either be physical or psychological. Physical can be a natural defect, traumatic defect or production irregularity caused by external influence. Psychological causes can be singular traumatic events or periodical low-level accumulation of stress.

The course of discovery and treatment is narrowing down the possible causes and finding a solution for rehabilitation.

My presumption for sexsomnia is this:

• if physical cause, hormone glands irregularities could cause a heightened libido, which could be observed as a form of sex addiction or opposite that, a lack of production for a specific required product which can be suplemmented through sexual acts. Alternatively, physical trauma can also have other symptoms such as numbness in the extremities, clumsiness, delayed or knee jerk reactions, slurred speech or misuse or random words etc.
• if psychological, most likely are a form of anxiety or low self-esteem. If the sufferer has repressed issues in other areas, sexual performance can be seen as a coping mechanism. Introspection and resolving any persistent worries should minimize reoccurrence.

Well, shit. I have this. It actually sucks.

From just this year, I can recall:

• My spouse smacking my arm when I was furiously masturbating right next to her. I woke up with my erection in my hand. I asked her if she recalled it in the morning but she didn’t even remember smacking my arm.
• My spouse informing me on two mornings last month about attempting to initiate during the night.

I can’t sleep next to anyone who doesn’t know about the condition and consents to the possibility of having to wake me to stop it. It caused friction in my early marriage (no other serious gfs) but once my spouse helped me realize what I was doing did i understand this occurred.

I get it. I have like, life ruining levels of insomnia, which is like 90% because I have extreme nightmares every time I fall asleep. They're so bad sometimes I wake up crying. Sometimes I don't fall asleep because I know what's waiting for me when I eventually lose consciousness. I'm so thankful when I have no dreams at all. I've talked to doctors and psychologists about it and they just shrug at me like, wow that sounds tough. Nobody has ever helped me with it. And really who would take it seriously? It's just nightmares right? What adult is afraid to go to sleep? To dream about loved ones dying in gruesome ways right before their eyes? Or getting murdered in horrible ways, tortured to death, trampled, eaten alive by insects, being responsible for killing my whole family in a car crash, falling to death and remembering what the impact felt like, having my eyeballs plucked from my head, my stomach torn open and my guts devoured while I'm still alive. I'm not even close to the end of the list of what I've experienced over half of my life. Yeah they're just nightmares. But I have to experience them. For the rest of my life.

The only fighting chance I've been given is to move to a state where weed is legal because it basically prevents me from dreaming at all.

The level of jokes in this comment thread (circa 7:28PM PT Apr. 28) tells me that people really, really don't have great frames of reference for mental disorders of any kind. The article subheadings literally go

• Sexsomnia can ruin lives

• What triggers sexsomnia?

• Behavioral treatments are also available

This shit ruins lives. Lost relationships, arrests, and a complete inability to find any amount of support because of the sensitive nature of the condition. I have ARFID, a condition I won't even explain because it's gonna attract trolls like flies. I have lived in fear because of how it is associated with kids. It dictates my entire life. I have to plan where I can and cannot go to all the time, every day, monitoring what I consume so I don't fall into self destruction.

There is no direct cure for ARFID, just like the article explains for sexsomnia. I have had immense help with my condition when I found the right doctor. The fact that they understood my diagnosis and approached me with extreme respect made me cry. That's how deprived of support I was at 22 years old.

Love thy neighbor. Don't assume anything because you don't someone's demons.

I woke up once in the middle of having sex with my then-girlfriend. After we finished I was like, “You could’ve woken me up at least before we started.” She was like, “What are you talking about? You started all that!” So I guess it’s a real thing, my body just wants to bang at all hours.

I remember that episode of House

That sounds like something Zapp Brannigan would claim to have.