Q&A Is ‘Sleep Masturbation’ a Thing?
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Question
My wife says I’m masturbating while asleep, though today she’s says I’m awake while it’s happening. I’m finding this very difficult because at no point since she’s been saying this have I woken up to find myself masturbating. I’ve haven’t woken up with my hand in my underwear. I haven’t woken feeling the effect on my penis of having been held and rubbed. I haven’t woken to an ejaculation. I haven’t had any kind of evidence that I’ve been masturbating. I’ve asked my wife to film me with her phone but she says that as soon as she moves I stop. So I have no evidence apart from her comment that she feels me doing it. She hasn’t told me that she’s seen me doing it; just that she’s felt me doing it. I'm not dismissing it and saying it isn't happening, I'm just saying I have no knowledge of it. I'm well aware my word doesn't count for much as the unfaithful spouse, but I’d like a little help please. If I am masturbating in my sleep, I don't know what can be done about it. If I am masturbating while genuinely asleep, I don't know if I’m sinning. I can't tell if my wife is imagining or dreaming it. If my wife is imagining or dreaming it, I would like to know what can be done about it.
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