Actually, 'sleepy sex'

The patient was "riddled" all night but only the next morning, when he looked at his wife's face, did they understand what happened.

Dan Sayer, 24, a British patient, shared on DailyMail that he had suffered from the disease more than a year ago, when he was married. The couple can 'relate' up to 3 times a night, but when Dan wakes up he can't remember anything at all. His wife, Anita, said when she tried to ask about him during the night, the response was always silence and a blank look. Her husband is actually 'sleeping' while doing that.

According to doctors, Dan was diagnosed with 'Sex dreams' , a syndrome that can make patients feel excited and even 'go to the top' during sleep, but when waking up, their whole memories are only is a white area.

Dan Sayer and his wife

Most patients are unable to control what they do during the night and three quarters of patients are male, the researchers said.

Dan says his disease recurs every 2 weeks and sometimes can last for many nights. There are no rules and there is no clear reason why this happened on this night and not another night.

According to statistics, in the UK there are about 4% of infected adults 'Sex dreams' with many different levels. Modern medicine discovered this disease for the first time in the 90s of the last century, but it was not until 2003 that public opinion paid attention to 'sex dreaming' after the article in the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. Sex sleepwalking is put together in sleepwalking, when patients can do enough things like walking, chatting, laundry, cooking . while they are still sleeping.

Consequences of stress?

Professor of neurology at Matthew Walker of London National Neurological Hospital said sex sleepwalking often occurs in the first half of the night, when the patient is in a deep sleep state.

'At that time, the thinking part of the brain was turned off. But the part of the brain responsible for basic needs like eating, relationships . still works , "Professor Walker explained.

There are a number of characteristics in this disease that researchers have summarized: it only happens when the patient is sharing a bed with his wife / partner, not that they wake up and go "hunting" the victim. The disease usually occurs during periods when patients are stressed or affected by alcohol, stimulant drugs, patients who have previously been sleepwalking. Most notably, the proportion of men suffering from diseases surpasses the weak ones.

However, this disease also raises doubts about sexual offenses that can be used as an excuse to justify their behavior. Darren Greenwood, a 33-year-old window repairman in London, was cleared of raping a woman last year, because he told the Court that he had sex sleepwalking.

The method is limited, according to Professor Walker, that patients must practice to get deep, 'quality' sleep. Bedroom without light and noisiness, not drinking coffee after 4 pm, not drinking alcohol before sleeping, always getting enough sleep because of lack of sleep, frequent sleeplessness can also cause behavioral disorders. Anti-stress therapies can also help. However, with severe cases, patients will have to take medicine.