'몽유 섹스'희귀병 첫 발견 > 초능력/최면

낮에는 멀쩡한 주부지만 밤에는 몰래 침대를 빠져나와 낯선 남자와 성행위를 벌이는 중년 여인. 그러나 여인은 자신이 밤에 한 짓을 전혀 기억하지 못한다. 잠든 상태에서 한 일이었기 때문이다. '몽유 섹스(sleep sex)'라 불리는 희귀한 병이 호주에서 처음으로 발견됐다고 일간 시드니 모닝 헤럴드가 14일 보도했다.

로열 프린스 앨프리드 병원의 수면장애 전문의 피터 뷰캐넌 박사는 자신의 환자 중에 이 같은 사례가 있었다고 소개했다. 그는 "처음에는 믿기 힘들었지만 남편의 증언과 정황 증거, 뇌파 검사에 나타난 이상 징후 등으로 볼 때 여인이 불장난 행각을 덮기 위해 거짓말한 것이라고 보기 힘들다고 판단했다"고 말했다. 여인은 자신의 증세를 듣고 망연자실했지만'이중생활'에 대해서는 전혀 기억하지 못했다. 2004-10-14

뷰캐넌 박사는 "몽유 섹스는 성생활 장애가 아니라 수면장애로 봐야 한다"며 "이번 주말 시드니에서 열리는 호주 수면협회 연례회의에 사례를 보고할 것"이라고 말했다. 그는 수면장애에 관한 국제 분류를 개정할 때 몽유 섹스도 한 항목으로 포함될 것으로 기대하고 있다.

Sleepwalking Australian woman enticed and had sex with strangers, doctor says

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A woman seduced and had sex with strangers while she slept and later had no recollection of her infidelities due to a sleeping disorder, her Sydney doctor said Thursday.

The middle-aged woman had no idea that she was sneaking from her house at night in search of sex with random strangers until her partner awoke, discovered she was missing from the bedroom, and found her having sex with another man, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital sleep medicine physician Peter Buchanan told the Sydney Morning Herald.

Her partner was already aware that she was a sleep walker and also had been confounded by condoms he found strewn around the house, Buchanan said.

Buchanan will discuss the case when he lectures on sleep sex - the disorder has yet to be given a formal title - at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Sleep Association in Sydney at the weekend.

"It is very complex, elaborated motor behaviour during sleep," Buchanan told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio Thursday.

"People are often stunned and overwhelmed when they're told what they've been doing."

The partners and doctors of people suffering from the disorder often do not believe the acts were committed while they slept, he said.

"It's very stressful both for them, for their partner or for their relationship," Buchanan said. "It also promotes an intense sense of embarrassment on their part, their partner's behalf and this inhibits people coming forward to seek potentially helpful professional intervention."

http://www.canada.com/news/oddities/story.html?id=3e61c39e-ddfa-4742-bf53-484404891280

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