Sleep Orgasm
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Sleep Orgasm
by Zahra Barnes Published: Sep 18, 2015
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Make your time in dreamland ahhh-mazing.
Have you ever woken up in the middle of the night all hot and bothered and wondered, “ Did I just orgasm in my sleep? ” If so, the answer is probably yes. “Women can have sexy dreams that end in orgasm, just like men,” says Michael Krychman, M.D., ob-gyn and executive director of the Southern California Sexual Health Center . An orgasm is the (insanely good-feeling) rhythmic contraction of your pelvic floor muscles, but it also triggers the release of neurotransmitters that create euphoria in the brain, says Krychman. As you’ll see, the marriage between your brain and body can create sensations that will tempt you to reach for the snooze button time and time again.
You might think your waking brain presents the ideal landscape for an earth-shattering orgasm. While those orgasms are certainly nothing to sneeze at, your brain is actually in a choice position to have an O while you catch some Zs. “During the day, you don’t have time to let your brain wander and think,” says Krychman. “When you’re sleeping, you’re in a state of peace and relaxation that allows your subconscious to explore aspects of your life, including sex.” And exploration is fun.
If you’re assuming you’re physically masturbating in your sleep, think again. It’s actually your rapid eye movement (REM) that is causing you to come.
Just like a washing machine has cycles, sleep has cycles,” says Jose Colon, M.D., author of The Sleep Diet: a Novel Approach to Insomnia and founder of Paradise Sleep . “The REM cycle is like the active rinse and spin cycle of a washing machine.” Since your brain during REM is about as active as it is when you’re awake, vivid dreams are to be expected. Another fascinating feature of REM sleep is that you’re basically paralyzed, so you can’t just unwittingly slip a hand to your nether regions when things start heating up.
Although you’re not physically bringing them about, those good sensations you feel are very real to your brain. During REM, your body experiences autonomic fluctuations, or the routine blood flow to different parts including your sexual organs. “That increased blood flow causes men to wake up with erections, but it can also cause clitoral engagement in women,” says Colon.
Combine that surge of blood with a sexy dream, and you can eventually dream you’re having an orgasm—or actually have one. “Nerves extend from your brain throughout your body,” says Colon. “There’s a mind-body connection when it comes to sleep orgasms.” Essentially, your body can react as though the dream is happening in real life. Unlike dudes who have physical evidence of their wet dreams, you may not know whether you actually came or just dreamed you did. Luckily, either option can feel pretty darn good. “Even if it’s just a dream, dreams are so intense that it may feel like the real thing,” says Colon.
If you’ve never experienced this midnight magic, there are a few things you can try. First, have a lot of orgasms. It may seem counterintuitive—if you’re having them while you’re awake, will your body really feel the urge to have them as you sleep? But orgasming more often can prime your body to want more pleasure. “It’s positive reinforcement," says Krychman. "The more you have good, pleasurable orgasms, the more you’ll want them."
If you’re really committed to getting it on as you sleep, step into the realm of lucid dreaming. “Lucid dreaming is an awareness that you’re asleep, which sounds like a paradox,” says Colon. “But people can train themselves to be aware of when they’re in their dreams, and then they can manipulate their dreams however they want.” As in, you can realize you’re flying in a dream, direct yourself to an island full of sexy people, and then take your pick.
The first step to lucid dreaming is setting the intention to do it. “When you go to sleep, think about the specific dream scenario you’d like to have,” says Colon. Don’t work yourself up too much, though, and remember: Part of the beauty of sleep is that it should be a landscape of relaxation. Then, every morning, write down your dreams, lucid or otherwise. “If you don’t write it down as soon as you wake up, you’ll probably forget it. This step is important because eventually you’ll see patterns,” says Colon. The more you pick up on patterns in your dreams, the more likely you’ll recognize them when you’re actually dreaming. That aha moment can help push you to take control of how things are proceeding.
Another way to realize you’re not awake is to try to pick out things that don’t fit. For Colon, that realization came when he found himself checking two alarm clocks. “I knew that didn’t fit because I only have one,” says Colon, who often lucid dreams that he’s flying around to explore different places.
Finally, use those midnight stirrings to your advantage. “Waking up four to six times as you sleep is normal," says Colon. "No one sleeps through the night." The heaviest dream period is in the second half of the night. Each time you wake up is the perfect opportunity to reset your intention to lucid dream and then slip into slumber with sexy thoughts on your mind.
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Though it may sound weird, sleep orgasm is a thing. When guys have them, they are called nocturnal emission or wet dreams. But what about women? Yes, women also experience sleep orgasm, though there is no specific term to describe the same.
Sleep orgasms are the orgasms where one wakes up climaxing. The phenomenon is common in women and men during puberty, adolescence and the time when later in life they are not sexually active.
Sleep orgasms are actual physical orgasm, say experts. Interestingly, most remember their erotic dreams right after waking up. While men will have physical evidence of an orgasm (wet dreams), women only have the memory and the jittery feeling.
Because women only remember having an erotic dream, sleep orgasm can be confusing for them. If it has happened to you, you would remember the feeling and know if it was just a dream, or if you really had a climax.
A 1986 study published in the Journal of Sex Research found that 37 per cent women have experienced at least one sleep orgasm.
Our bodies are in a paralyzed state during the rapid eye movement (REM), when sleep orgasms are most likely to occur. But during REM, your brain is technically still on and thus you can feel an orgasm. All the major brain systems become activated during orgasm, like a storm in the brain.
As we mentioned above, for men there is a proof (wet dream) but for women, the proof is only internal. Researchers in 1983 measured the physiological changes that occurred when a woman orgasmed in her sleep. They found the heart rate of these women went up from 50 to 100 beats per minute and the breaths increased from 12 to 22 per minute. The vaginal blood flow also increased.
During the REM sleep, you have increased blood flow in your erectile tissue and in women, it’s in their clitoral complex. Your brain recognises you have more blood flow in those tissues and it can lead to sexual arousal.
There are women who cannot orgasm in real life but can in their sleep. It’s because for women the act of orgasm involves both mentally and physically stimulation. If a woman feels uncomfortable due to any reason, it can be difficult for her to orgasm. Since during sleep, there is no discomfort, she can have pure, unadulterated fun.
There is not much research on the topic and whatever little there is, does not have much relevance since sleep orgasm cannot be easily studied in a lab. Anyone who has had a sleep orgasm knows it is damn unpredictable.
It’s possible that a sex dream can increase the blood flow of the erectile tissues, even more, leading to orgasm and erection. It can also happen the opposite way, the increased blood flow can actually prompt a sex dream, which can lead to an orgasm.
Women have reported if they woke-up mid orgasm and can’t remember their sex dream, it can make them feel anxious and leave them unsatisfied.
A study conducted in 2012 and published in the journal Dreaming found that sleeping on the stomach is associated with having sex dreams. It does make sense because in this position there is more contact between your bed and your penis/pubes/clitoris, which might turn you on.
Sleep orgasm is like a gift to your brain. You do not need to feel guilty or weird about them at all. Also, this definitely does not mean you are lacking sex in your life.
You cannot force sleep orgasm even if you want to. Maybe you try and think of sexy thoughts before bed and sleep on your stomach, but none of this can prompt a sleep orgasm. If you get one, celebrate it, if you don’t, do not stress about it.
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Yes, women orgasm in their sleep. Science explains why.
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I am fast asleep when I begin to have a sex dream that feels unusually real. The dream progresses, and suddenly, I feel a rush of pleasure throughout my body. I wake up and think, I orgasmed in my sleep! Did I orgasm in my sleep? Is that even possible?
Turns out—yes, yes, and yes. Sleep orgasms are completely real. "There’s an actual physical orgasm,” said Madeleine Castellanos, a psychiatrist and sex therapist practicing in New York City. “Most people, when they wake up, will remember having an erotic dream," she said. Yet while men will have physical evidence of an orgasm (yes, male sleep orgasms are better known as "wet dreams"), women will have only the memory.
Which is why, for women, sleep orgasms can be confusing. There’s no proof they happen, so many women wonder: Was it just a dream, or did my body really climax? As Castellanos explained to Fusion, despite our bodies being in a "paralyzed" state during rapid eye movement (or REM) sleep—when sleep orgasms are most likely to occur—the brain is technically still on and can feel an orgasm.
For women, the "proof" is internal. Back in 1983, researchers measured the physiological changes that occurred when a woman orgasmed in her sleep, and they found that her heart rate sped up from 50 to 100 beats per minute and her breathing from 12 to 22 breaths per minute—and she experienced a "very marked" increase in vaginal blood flow.
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Then there's the brain activity. While the 1983 study is one of the few to measure orgasm during sleep, Barry Komisaruk, a distinguished professor at Rutgers University, has studied "non-genital orgasms" extensively, including women who can "think" themselves to orgasm. His work mapping what happens in the brain during these orgasms helps explain how one can climax while unconscious.
When we orgasm, our brains light up. “All the major brain systems become activated during orgasm,” said Komisaruk, like “a storm in the brain.” This is
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