My boyfriend hit me in his sleep the other night. This is the third time it s happened in about 4 months. The first time it was an elbow to the eye socket. The second and third time it was a punch to my eye. They haven t been hard enough to leave a bruise or even a red mark, but it does hurt. What concerns me more is the reason why he s doing this. Is he acting out some sort of aggression or abusive tendency he s trying to hide from me? Or is this simply caused by a lack of sleep which he does suffer from. Is it normal to be hit by your partner while sleeping? This is the first time I ve shared a bed with someone for this length of time. His mother recently told me this his father beat her for 23 years. When I told my boyfriend what she said, he said she was making it up. I don t know what to believe, and I am starting to become very concerned. When I told my bf that he hit me again the other night, he became very defensive and said I was making it up!?!