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Parasomnias have been divided into several categories by the American Psychiatric Association that includes, nightmare disorder, sleep terror disorder, sleepwalking, and other parasomnias. A sleep disorder called "Somnambulistic sexual behaviour" is a Parasomnia also known as Sleepsex or Sexsomnia that is a variant of unconscious sleep walking. It is a rare behavioral malady present only in human as it has not been observed in other primates.

Acts could include from vocalization, masturbation to extreme acts. Although the term is relatively new the phenomenon is wide and the sufferer has been described as sexsomniac. Some of the characteristics include; moaning, Sleepwalking, nocturnal seizures, rhythmic movement disorder, tooth grinding or (bruxism), enuresis, talking, sleep terror, masturbation and attacking or exasperating the partner. In the last few years atypical behaviors and sleep related violence during sleep has received interest where several people have been found not guilty due to the ‘defence of sleepwalking’.