Readers and friends who are familiar with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms may have heard of Cao Cao"I want to kill people in my dreams".The story is that Cao Cao, in order to prevent someone from assassinating him at night, said to the people around him, "Oh, I like to kill people in my dreams, it's so dangerous." The people around him were so frightened that they didn't dare to get close at night. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms also highlights Cao Cao's suspicion and cunning.
But there is such a married man in GermanyClaims to have sexsomnia. Violated his colleague in his sleep! Is this incident, which sounds the same as "I want to kill someone in my dream", just a cover-up? Let's keep reading!
Suffering from "sleepwalking** syndrome"? German man violated a colleague in his dream
The married man was sentenced to prison for "unknowingly" assaulting a work colleague in his sleep. The event, which took place six years ago, was finally tried in the Dublin** Criminal Court, sparking public concern and discussion about sexual sleepwalking, a rare sleep disorder.
Sleepwalking is a sleep disorder in which sexual acts are engaged in during sleep, including groping, arousing, and attempting to initiate sexual acts with a partner, which in severe cases may even lead to aggression. This is a sleep abnormality in which a person performs a behavior during sleep but wakes up without any memory of it, and is classified as a parasomnia.
The 30-year-old man from Dublin tried to convince the victim to share a bed with him and took off her clothes after she fell asleep and assaulted her. In court, the man's team of lawyers claimed that he was suffering from sexual sleepwalking disorder and that he had sex in an unconscious state. However, the judge stressed in his case that although the man admitted to having involuntary sex with the woman, he did not accept his wrongdoing, claiming that his actions were "involuntary".
In the description of the incident, the two went to the man's apartment in Dublin after attending a party on February 8, 2018, and arrived at 5:30 a.m. the next day. The woman initially declined the man's invitation to share a bed.
But because the living room was too cold, he finally accepted his second invitation. She fell asleep covered in clothes, only to wake up to find the man assaulting her. When asked what he was doing, the man simply replied, "You want me." ”The woman then left the man's apartment and reported the assault to ** a few days later.
The case is pendingThe man claimed to ** that he didn't remember anything except for **sleeping.** However, the victim expressed her feelings in a statement of victimization in court: "This feeling of being violated is like someone has taken a piece of you. You feel like you're being invaded by something disgusting, and you can't do anything to make yourself feel clean. ”
When the judge pronounced the verdict, the impact of the assault on the victim was also highlighted. The man's defense lawyer saidHe expressed "sincere regret and remorse" for what had happened to the woman.
The judge took into account 19 testimonies submitted by the court from his wife, family, former employer and friendsThe man was eventually sentenced to eight years in prison, two of which were suspended, including strict conditions for men to be supervised by probation services.
I couldn't help but sneer: yes! Don't say whether this man suffers from sexual sleepwalking is true or false, take 10,000 steps backIf you really knew you had this problem, wouldn't you have said it in advance? People Cao Apu also knows to be aware of the people around him!
And it's cold and I can't see my female colleague sleeping on the sofa, so I invite you to sleep in bed together? You're such a gentleman that you won't sleep on the couch, you're weird!
But then again, the condition of sexual sleepwalking does exist, and the proportion is not particularly low.
As with other sleep disorders such as sleepwalking and sleep apnea, triggers for sexual sleepwalking may include stress, depression, sleep deprivation, and excessive drug or alcohol use. Although it is considered a rare condition, accounting for only about 7% of cases referred to sleep clinics, experts believe that this number may be underestimated due to the feeling of embarrassment when seeking help.
The controversy of sexual sleepwalking is that some men accused of sexual crimes or even assault claim to be suffering from sexual sleepwalking, believing that they cannot be fully responsible for their actions, a situation similar to that of sleepwalkers. While it is true that some men have been diagnosed with the condition, and their ex-partners or wives can often provide a history of such behavior, there are also those who are found not to have the disease, which raises concernsFears that some men may use it as a potential excuse for their crimes
For sexual sleepwalking, doctors usually try to identify any potential triggers and try to address them. This may include an assessment of sleep patterns, a check for drug and alcohol intake, or an overnight stay in a sleep clinic to see if the patient has other sleep disorders that trigger sleepwalking.
I feel that if you have a disease, you should treat it, and don't drag it out, especially this kind of disease that affects the personal safety of the surrounding people. Although I can understand the embarrassment of this kind of patient when seeking medical treatment, it is better to face a professional doctor than to face the painful tears of the victim and the heavy hammer of the judge, right?