What causes Sleeping erections?!


Question: Often when my boyfriend is asleep he gets an erection, I dont know if its from dreams or what, but whenever I go to...um shall we say mearg dreams with reality he always turns away from me so I cant reach him. We have a healthy sex life so I dont think its because he's not satisfied, and whenever I ask him about it he always says he doesnt remember what he was dreaming about.
So is there any other reason for him to have an erection? Do guys often remember sexy dreams? And what can I do to encourage him to be more responsive to midnight romps (seeing as he does initate heehee)?


Answers: Often when my boyfriend is asleep he gets an erection, I dont know if its from dreams or what, but whenever I go to...um shall we say mearg dreams with reality he always turns away from me so I cant reach him. We have a healthy sex life so I dont think its because he's not satisfied, and whenever I ask him about it he always says he doesnt remember what he was dreaming about.
So is there any other reason for him to have an erection? Do guys often remember sexy dreams? And what can I do to encourage him to be more responsive to midnight romps (seeing as he does initate heehee)?

This is completely normal. When people sleep, they cycle through several "stages" of sleep. One of the stages is called "REM" sleep, which is when dreaming occurs.

REM stands for "rapid eye movement". We tend to move our eyes while we are dreaming.

And during REM sleep, we also have erections. No, it does not mean we're dreaming about sex. Erections happen during this stage of sleep no matter what we're dreaming about.

Sleep researchers have even used this phenomenon to detect when a person enters REM stage by using a pressure sensor placed on the genitals during studies.

And believe it or not, It's not just men that do this. Women's parts become "engorged" too during this stage. It's just less noticeable. And neither men nor women are aware of these things happening, except if they wake up and notice that it hasn't gone away yet.

Sleeping sex

keeps the blood flow and organ alive by regulating circulation.
its a natural occurance. blame it on science.

<EDiT> ... wow, are there ever a lot of clueless people out there!! If you want to initiate, its always nice to wake up to a nice hummer... especially when its already standing at attention. I am sure no guy is gonna push you away for some playtime at midnite!!

Dirty Dreams

Man tend to dream dreams closer to morning. Most likely he dreams up a sexual experience with you. Erected penis in the morning is natural.

Because I got a few bad ratings for my original answer I thought I'd see if there was anything out there that proved my answer right, but it was wrong and here's why...

It is a common myth that morning erections are caused by a full bladder. This is untrue. While the reason for morning erections is unknown, we do know that the erections are closely associated with REM sleep (the time in the night when you dream and brain activity changes). These erections are also associated with an increase in heart rate. It isn



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