3 replies on “Understanding somnophilia and dormaphilia”
Thank you for the great talk! Super interesting to learn about these concepts.
I wondered if any specific events or experiences during childhood/teenage years were reported which may led to this interest?
Secondly, I just thought if one correlate of somnophilia/dormophilia may be sexual dysfunctions or subjective sexual performance issues which may cause the liking of situations where the partner is asleep, since it is an effective way to avoid their potential struggles during sexual encounters. Do you think this may be reasonable?
Kind regards,
Joseph
Hey Joseph!
Thanks so much for your comment and for watching my talk!
There were some specific events from childhood/teenage years that were discussed such as watching someone sleeping and in some cases experiencing abuse, however these kind of specific responses weren’t common at all and most participants responded with just an age or ‘child’ which was why we made the decision to make this categorical
Your second question is super interesting and is actually forming part of a study I’m in the development phases of – I want to do some more in-depth interviews with a forensic sample (if Covid allows me!!) and I plan to ask questions around those potential drivers. Sorry I can’t give more of an interesting answer to your question at the moment!
Thanks again,
Liz
Hey Liz,
thank you for the reply! It would be so interesting to exactly know the onset of such fantasies and their co variates at the time. However, probably illusional.
I am looking forward to hear/read from your insights. Very interesting to see how fantasy life relates to sexual functioning and satisfaction with ones own sex life. All the best for your research project(s)!
3 replies on “Understanding somnophilia and dormaphilia”
Thank you for the great talk! Super interesting to learn about these concepts.
I wondered if any specific events or experiences during childhood/teenage years were reported which may led to this interest?
Secondly, I just thought if one correlate of somnophilia/dormophilia may be sexual dysfunctions or subjective sexual performance issues which may cause the liking of situations where the partner is asleep, since it is an effective way to avoid their potential struggles during sexual encounters. Do you think this may be reasonable?
Kind regards,
Joseph
Hey Joseph!
Thanks so much for your comment and for watching my talk!
There were some specific events from childhood/teenage years that were discussed such as watching someone sleeping and in some cases experiencing abuse, however these kind of specific responses weren’t common at all and most participants responded with just an age or ‘child’ which was why we made the decision to make this categorical
Your second question is super interesting and is actually forming part of a study I’m in the development phases of – I want to do some more in-depth interviews with a forensic sample (if Covid allows me!!) and I plan to ask questions around those potential drivers. Sorry I can’t give more of an interesting answer to your question at the moment!
Thanks again,
Liz
Hey Liz,
thank you for the reply! It would be so interesting to exactly know the onset of such fantasies and their co variates at the time. However, probably illusional.
I am looking forward to hear/read from your insights. Very interesting to see how fantasy life relates to sexual functioning and satisfaction with ones own sex life. All the best for your research project(s)!
Greetings!