A friend has this strange addiction of wanting to open his wife's
eyelids while she is sleeping. He has in fact done this a few times
when his wife has been too tired to notice. He says he gets some kind
of sexual satisfaction out of it, which I cannot understand. He also
says he feels guilty about having such a fantasy and especially about
acting on it, but he can't help himself. In all other ways, he is a
very normal and socially well-adjusted person. He is too afraid to go
to a therapist because he is worried he may be labeled as being
abnormal. Can anyone help interpret this addiction and what he might be
able to do about it?