‘There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.’ –Aldous Huxley
Brain injuries caused by strokes, tumors or head trauma can, on occasion, result in Unusual Changes in Sexuality, as discussed in an earlier blog post. A new case report by Bianchi-Demicheli et al. (2010) describes a unique paraphilia in a married 34 year old man. The authors called it Sleeping Beauty paraphilia:
This [man] felt sexually aroused from seeing sleeping women as well as from taking care of their hands and nails while they were asleep.
The patient came to the attention of the authors when he was brought to the emergency psychiatric unit after assaulting his wife with pepper spray while wearing a latex mask.
photo { Helmut Newton }
