Let’s Talk About Sleep Orgasms

Ever had such an erotic dream that left you panting and wanting more when you woke up? Chances are you had a sleep orgasm from it, especially if you’re all hot, sweaty, and drenched the sheets through and through. If you know what we mean.

Let’s uncover more about these types of orgasms in our short guide down below.

What are Sleep Orgasms?

Sleep orgasms are when we get off and feel pleasure mid-slumber, usually seeing the effects the following day. Dreaming or not. Healthline highlights that it’s the same as wet dreams and nocturnal emissions as they’re also these solo sex-related acts occurring when you’re sleeping.

Causes of Sleep Orgasms

There are various causes behind such orgasms, which include:

1 Consuming sexual or any kind of content

Getting your mind in the zone with watching content, sexual or not, can possibly impact your sleep patterns. Well, aside from making you stay late, your brain gets all wired up. But once it mellows down, the remnants of the content you consumed and your feelings from it can build up all these dream ideas that lead to sleep orgasms.

2 Sleeping on your stomach

This certain sleeping position is said to elicit more sleep orgasms as you’re very close to the bed, being able to stimulate yourself sexually. Additionally, this study cites that such a position leads to more detailed and sex dreams.

3 Genital hypersensitivity

Despite the limited knowledge surrounding the topic, well+good cites that it usually occurs during the rapid eye movement (REM) stage of sleep. Furthermore, clinical psychologist Dr. Britney Blair shared in that article that “during REM sleep, a neurological switch gets flipped that causes the muscles in our bodies to become atonic, or paralyzed, but the brain remains active.” As a result, there’s more blood flow to our genitals, which makes us hypersensitive and then eventually aroused.

Your body is also extra relaxed and calm here, making it even more possible to have sleep orgasms.

4 Sexual arousal and stimulation

It’s possible if you’ve touched your body before and remained aroused before bed, those feelings stay with you. It may even impact your dreams, which can lead to sex orgasms. But even without the dreams, it enhances the genital hypersensitivity you’d get while asleep.

5 It can also happen at random.

Consider this cause a unique wildcard. Because in your sleep, your body may find and feel things unexpectedly arousing. For example, the cool breeze of your AC or the tapping of a branch on your window pane. See? Random. Thus, you get an orgasm from it but usually feel the effects the morning you wake up.

Things To Know About Sleep Orgasms

Unlock more fun facts about these types of orgasms down below.

1 Anyone can have sleep orgasms.

From penis owners to vulva owners, sleep orgasms aren’t hindered based on your given genitals. Even if penis owners tend to ejaculate more in their sleep unexpectedly, vulva owners can experience them too, even if their discharge isn’t as wet as a penis owner’s. Arousal included as penis owners have hard-ons vs. vulva owners with that natural wetness that’s discreet and hidden.

2 You can’t give yourself one.

Sleep orgasms happen naturally and unexpectedly, even if there are potential causes for them. But you can still try that sleeping position we mentioned above. And also, while you can’t give yourself a sleep orgasm, they can’t be prevented either. But then again, it’s nothing to be afraid of.

3 It’s nothing to be ashamed of!

We can’t control what happens to our bodies when we’re asleep. Rather than feeling shamed or embarrassed like most people or media depicting it, we should learn to normalize it. Lessen the stigma around it and celebrate our bodies for what they are. Plus, they’re natural. If they come, let them come so you can come too. Pun very much intended.

Takeaway

Sleep orgasms may come unplanned and spontaneous, but they remind you that you’re alive and your body is unique on its own. While we can plan orgasms while awake, we can also get them while asleep when we least expect it. Whatever the case is, they’re natural, and it’s something worth normalizing and celebrating over feeling shame or stigma over. That way, we pave a bigger path for people to accept their sexual sides.

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