Hello,
I'm an 18 year old male and have been masturbating since I was about 8 years old. Since then, I've been masturbating anywhere from once every 2 weeks to twice a day depending on how I feel, stress levels, etc. Does anyone know of any problems that can be caused from excessive masturbation, especially by doing it before reaching puberty?
In general, people seem to agree that masturbation is healthy - but I'd like to know of any risks I should be concerned of (Like f-ing up the skin on the tip by pulling it back too far, premature ejaculation, etc).
The overall concensus seems to be ambiguous,
I'm an 18 year old male and have been masturbating since I was about 8 years old. Since then, I've been masturbating anywhere from once every 2 weeks to twice a day depending on how I feel, stress levels, etc. Does anyone know of any problems that can be caused from excessive masturbation, especially by doing it before reaching puberty?
In general, people seem to agree that masturbation is healthy - but I'd like to know of any risks I should be concerned of (Like f-ing up the skin on the tip by pulling it back too far, premature ejaculation, etc).
The overall concensus seems to be ambiguous,
Masturbation is fine. All the people I've seen who claim masturbation is bad for such and such reason, have always advertised some product. Take the second post for example, he's advertising some product called "maca". I've been masturbating several times a day, every day, since 12 or so and I'm 19 now and I'm just fine.
Hey everybody. I am also interested about this topic. I think that masturbation, when done properly, can't cause any masturbation side effects even though overdoing it will have some unwanted side effects. I have a friend who was masturbating 2-4 times a day for couple of years and I can say that loss of concentration is significant. Also,he complained to me that he is often tired and he doesn't have a firm erection as he did which affects his sex life. Just don't overdo it because it will ruin the pleasure of it and also you could lose your focus.
I've masturbated since I was 12...now 25. I've done it on average, about 2-3 times daily. I've gone weeks without masturbating and the maximum is 8 times in one day. I'm hispanic by the way.
I like the climax...and I only get better at it each time so it even feels better. Even when I have a g/f I still want to masturbate. The main reason is to keep myself in check. If I know I will be studying with a hot girl (in her dorm room) I'll masturbate before I go...then I won't cheat on my g/f. Or if I'm going camping and I don't want to be doing anything crazy, stay away girls at work, etc. I feel like I can control my biological urges by doing this. I also masturbate thinking of a girl I want to be with (but can't because of my g/f) so I feel like I've actually been with her in my mind which means I have no reason to actually sleep with a hot girl.
I masturbate mainly when I'm turned on (90%) of the time. I can tell that my erections last longer when I have sex (I have more control from releasing too soon) and I feel like I'm working out my penis. I have not had skin issues and I think the blood vessel has only slightly thickened (for more blood flow). I've practiced shooting further while I'm at it. But also, I only use my thumb and fore-finger so I've avoided bad irritation this way, and for some reason it's more pleasurable this way, anyway.
I like the climax...and I only get better at it each time so it even feels better. Even when I have a g/f I still want to masturbate. The main reason is to keep myself in check. If I know I will be studying with a hot girl (in her dorm room) I'll masturbate before I go...then I won't cheat on my g/f. Or if I'm going camping and I don't want to be doing anything crazy, stay away girls at work, etc. I feel like I can control my biological urges by doing this. I also masturbate thinking of a girl I want to be with (but can't because of my g/f) so I feel like I've actually been with her in my mind which means I have no reason to actually sleep with a hot girl.
I masturbate mainly when I'm turned on (90%) of the time. I can tell that my erections last longer when I have sex (I have more control from releasing too soon) and I feel like I'm working out my penis. I have not had skin issues and I think the blood vessel has only slightly thickened (for more blood flow). I've practiced shooting further while I'm at it. But also, I only use my thumb and fore-finger so I've avoided bad irritation this way, and for some reason it's more pleasurable this way, anyway.
I am 41 and have been masturbating since I was 11. When I was younger I would masturbate only once per day but I do it much more often now. I don't believe its the number of times you masturbate but the length of time you masturbate for. I sometimes have extensive sessions where I masturbate for several hours whilst watching pornography. I might do this for several days and gradually my ability to have an errection stops or the errection is not very hard and disappears quickly without stimulation. Usually I can still ejaculate even without a full errection if I continue to masturbate, but then sensation when I ejaculate is much less. I can suffer from poor errections for weeks or months unless I stop masturbating. If I abstain for prolonged periods the errections improve. Sometimes when watching a very erotic film after a long period without masturbating I can get very hard and have a really intense orgasm and this situation can be maintained if I only masturbate occassionally. In fact once I am back to getting good errections I find occassional masturbation is better than none at all but if I over masturbate I go back to losing the errections again. Interested to know if anyone has similar experiences.
Guys,
To answer the question, will I ever stop masterbating?
The answer is NO.
Here are the facts:
You are human.
Humans ARE sexual.
We can choose to act on our sexual impulses or not.
We KNOW we can choose not to engage in sexual behavior, or not.
You don't just jump any good looking person you see in school or at work...why not? Cause you are in control of your impulses. You don't run out of class to start a ball game during a Math Test. Why not? Cause you've trained yourself how to behave in a civilized manner.
What does this have to do with masterbation?
Everything.
You can CHOOSE when to express your sexuality, and with whom, and where. You can choose when to masterbate, and when not to.
But the reality is that your body, having reached a readiness level to reproduce, will continue to produce sperm and eggs FOR YEARS. Your body will sluff these products off regularly no matter what you do.
For guys, if they do not produce a climax, it's roughly every 14 days or so. We call these wet dreams. Gals have a monthly cycle. Not exactly the same thing, but it's evidence that we ARE SEXUAL BEINGS.
So, rather than worry if you are masterbating too much, work on developing interests and partnerships with other people. It is OK to masterbate, in private or with a partner. You will continue to do so for YEARS and YEARS during your marriage or adulthood. Nobody stops cold turkey. And anyone who tells you that they do, is lying.
Now, they may not admit that they do it, just like they may not admit to having sex with their spouse, their boyfriend, their main squeeze, or whatever... but, they ARE a sexual being and they CHOOSE when and where to discuss it, and when and where to express it.
So, don't worry about too much masterbation. Just make sure that it doesn't become the main focal point of your life. You need other interests or else you become an introverted, lonely person.
Remember, nobody ever meet their mate by staying shut up in a bathroom or bedroom. They had to meet and charm people. Those are the skills you should be working on.
Good luck!
To answer the question, will I ever stop masterbating?
The answer is NO.
Here are the facts:
You are human.
Humans ARE sexual.
We can choose to act on our sexual impulses or not.
We KNOW we can choose not to engage in sexual behavior, or not.
You don't just jump any good looking person you see in school or at work...why not? Cause you are in control of your impulses. You don't run out of class to start a ball game during a Math Test. Why not? Cause you've trained yourself how to behave in a civilized manner.
What does this have to do with masterbation?
Everything.
You can CHOOSE when to express your sexuality, and with whom, and where. You can choose when to masterbate, and when not to.
But the reality is that your body, having reached a readiness level to reproduce, will continue to produce sperm and eggs FOR YEARS. Your body will sluff these products off regularly no matter what you do.
For guys, if they do not produce a climax, it's roughly every 14 days or so. We call these wet dreams. Gals have a monthly cycle. Not exactly the same thing, but it's evidence that we ARE SEXUAL BEINGS.
So, rather than worry if you are masterbating too much, work on developing interests and partnerships with other people. It is OK to masterbate, in private or with a partner. You will continue to do so for YEARS and YEARS during your marriage or adulthood. Nobody stops cold turkey. And anyone who tells you that they do, is lying.
Now, they may not admit that they do it, just like they may not admit to having sex with their spouse, their boyfriend, their main squeeze, or whatever... but, they ARE a sexual being and they CHOOSE when and where to discuss it, and when and where to express it.
So, don't worry about too much masterbation. Just make sure that it doesn't become the main focal point of your life. You need other interests or else you become an introverted, lonely person.
Remember, nobody ever meet their mate by staying shut up in a bathroom or bedroom. They had to meet and charm people. Those are the skills you should be working on.
Good luck!
I have never read so much ***in a forum before. For the benefit of younger readers who might actually believe some of the rubbish being written on here, let me assure you that there are NO long lasting or irreversible adverse side effects of masturbation. Your own body will tell you if you are masturbating excessively; you may feel sore around the penis and testicle area or have pain in the lower abdomen. If this happens, just reduce the level of masturbation until these areas are no longer sore. This short term soreness and pain is simply due to staining this part of your body, just the same as your arms might hurt for a day if you have lifted something very heavy. There is NO long term damage from masturbation. If you masturbate 50 times a day and have none of the soreness mentioned above it means your body can cope and you have nothing to worry about. The posts on here about long term physical or mental damage are by people just having a laugh.
I agree very helpful so now that i know there are NO Side affects. What are the best ways to do it. Also were is the best place, too. By the way I'm Male.
Jan. 27, 2009 -- Frequent masturbation in young men is linked to higher risk of early prostate cancer, but it lowers prostate cancer risk for men in their 50s, a study shows.
High levels of male sex hormones, or androgens, may increase a man's risk of prostate cancer. But different studies of this question, done in different ways, have reached different conclusions.
To look at the question in a new way, a team of researchers at England's University of Nottingham looked at whether men with more intense sex drives were at higher risk of prostate cancer.
Polyxeni Dimitropoulou, PhD; Rosalind Eeles, PhD, FRCP; and Kenneth R. Muir, PhD, obtained detailed sexual histories from 840 men. About half the men got prostate cancer by age 60, and about half did not have cancer.
The findings were surprising. Sexual intercourse did not affect prostate cancer risk. But frequent masturbation did -- in different ways, at different times of life.
"Frequent masturbation during men's 20s and 30s increased their risk of prostate cancer," Dimitropoulou tells WebMD. "But men in their 50s who masturbated frequently had decreased risk."
Of course, masturbation frequency is relative.
For men in their 20s, "frequent masturbation" was two to seven times per week. Compared to same-age men who reported masturbating less than once per month, 20-something frequent masturbators had a 79% higher risk of prostate cancer by age 60.
For men in their 50s, "frequent masturbation" was one or more times per week. Compared to same-age men who reported never masturbating, 50-something frequent masturbators had a 70% lower risk of prostate cancer.
What's going on? The study wasn't designed to answer that question. But Dimitropoulou and colleagues have some theories.
They suggest that young men genetically predisposed to have hormone-sensitive prostate cancer will be at higher risk if their bodies naturally produce high levels of male hormones -- the same hormones that give them an intense sex drive.
So it's not masturbation itself that's increasing prostate cancer risk in young men. More masturbation may just mean more sex drive -- and more androgens bathing prostate tissues.
That's not the case for older men. Dimitropoulou suggests that in older men, masturbation itself may actually be helpful, ridding the prostate gland of fluids that may contain cancer-causing substances.
"In mature age, it may be more important that toxins get flushed out of the system," she says. "And because the masturbation frequency was not as high in the men's 50s as it was in their 20s, even low levels of masturbation in the 50s has a protective effect."
These are just theories, Dimitropoulou warns. More research is needed to determine the exact role of sex hormones and sexual activity in prostate-cancer risk at different stages of life.
Meanwhile, Dimitropoulou, now at England's University of Cambridge, advises moderation for both younger and older men.
"It is kind of logical that a moderate level of masturbatory activity has to be maintained," she says. "Not too much, and not none at all."
High levels of male sex hormones, or androgens, may increase a man's risk of prostate cancer. But different studies of this question, done in different ways, have reached different conclusions.
To look at the question in a new way, a team of researchers at England's University of Nottingham looked at whether men with more intense sex drives were at higher risk of prostate cancer.
Polyxeni Dimitropoulou, PhD; Rosalind Eeles, PhD, FRCP; and Kenneth R. Muir, PhD, obtained detailed sexual histories from 840 men. About half the men got prostate cancer by age 60, and about half did not have cancer.
The findings were surprising. Sexual intercourse did not affect prostate cancer risk. But frequent masturbation did -- in different ways, at different times of life.
"Frequent masturbation during men's 20s and 30s increased their risk of prostate cancer," Dimitropoulou tells WebMD. "But men in their 50s who masturbated frequently had decreased risk."
Of course, masturbation frequency is relative.
For men in their 20s, "frequent masturbation" was two to seven times per week. Compared to same-age men who reported masturbating less than once per month, 20-something frequent masturbators had a 79% higher risk of prostate cancer by age 60.
For men in their 50s, "frequent masturbation" was one or more times per week. Compared to same-age men who reported never masturbating, 50-something frequent masturbators had a 70% lower risk of prostate cancer.
What's going on? The study wasn't designed to answer that question. But Dimitropoulou and colleagues have some theories.
They suggest that young men genetically predisposed to have hormone-sensitive prostate cancer will be at higher risk if their bodies naturally produce high levels of male hormones -- the same hormones that give them an intense sex drive.
So it's not masturbation itself that's increasing prostate cancer risk in young men. More masturbation may just mean more sex drive -- and more androgens bathing prostate tissues.
That's not the case for older men. Dimitropoulou suggests that in older men, masturbation itself may actually be helpful, ridding the prostate gland of fluids that may contain cancer-causing substances.
"In mature age, it may be more important that toxins get flushed out of the system," she says. "And because the masturbation frequency was not as high in the men's 50s as it was in their 20s, even low levels of masturbation in the 50s has a protective effect."
These are just theories, Dimitropoulou warns. More research is needed to determine the exact role of sex hormones and sexual activity in prostate-cancer risk at different stages of life.
Meanwhile, Dimitropoulou, now at England's University of Cambridge, advises moderation for both younger and older men.
"It is kind of logical that a moderate level of masturbatory activity has to be maintained," she says. "Not too much, and not none at all."
yea man i get this problem too.
i masturbated for about 2 and a half hours watching porn and by the time i orgasmd my erection was not at full hardness. ive never experienced prolonged weak erections bbut i can imagine thats wat happens if you masturbate for too long like that every day.
but the next day i masturbated for only 15 minutes while watching porn i regained my full erection the whole time and i think my penis actually got a little bigger from how aroused i was (i actually measured with a ruler)
i masturbated for about 2 and a half hours watching porn and by the time i orgasmd my erection was not at full hardness. ive never experienced prolonged weak erections bbut i can imagine thats wat happens if you masturbate for too long like that every day.
but the next day i masturbated for only 15 minutes while watching porn i regained my full erection the whole time and i think my penis actually got a little bigger from how aroused i was (i actually measured with a ruler)
I'm almost 29 years old, I masturbate usually once per day, but maybe 2 times if I'm really turned on.
Hate to say it but my situation doesn't look good. My right testicle shrunk and my penis is more crooked to the left side.
I've gone overboard with it and I need to calm down. My erections aren't as fulfilling as they were when I hardly masturbated.
And now that I think of it, I felt alot better when I strayed away from thinking about my sex drive or looking at pornography.
I'm also diabetic by the way, so if my bloodsugar is high, there won't be enough bloodflow for a satisfying erection.
Time to use my head and control my hormones :-(
Hate to say it but my situation doesn't look good. My right testicle shrunk and my penis is more crooked to the left side.
I've gone overboard with it and I need to calm down. My erections aren't as fulfilling as they were when I hardly masturbated.
And now that I think of it, I felt alot better when I strayed away from thinking about my sex drive or looking at pornography.
I'm also diabetic by the way, so if my bloodsugar is high, there won't be enough bloodflow for a satisfying erection.
Time to use my head and control my hormones :-(
In truth i have concerns also about weather masturbating to much can damage anything. Ive always had problems having an orgasm, my mother..DONT ASK but some of my ex's seem to find it funny to discuss our sex life with my mother at the time..said that i was circumcised to close or what ever. But yeah, during sex i find it difficult to get off, or i lose all sensation, NOW i can keep an erection just im not feeling anything really and it's not because the woman is lose, ive been with virgins also, and i get the same sensation. Could this also be caused by over-excitement, or my mind not being focus..or would this be due to excessive masturbations causing a lack of sensation during sex?
I use a fleshlight for 2 to 3 hour masturbation sessions once each week. This is because my wife wants me to "finish up" when I am inside her after about 4 to 7 minutes (not nearly enough stoking). In fact my wife says long stroking sessions consist of a version of being impotent. I enjoy using the fleshlight for very long stroking sessions that help relieve stress.
i would have to disagree with some of you guys. im 15 and i have gotten severe problems for masterbating excessively. i have major problems sleeping, nerve damage and hard testicles. and i didnt even start as early asyou did i was12 years old. so would say just be careful of how much you masterbate. dont take it overboard. and is there anybody out there that know what possibly may be going on with me.
i also have to disagree on the point that Over-Masturbation Has no effects whatsoever...
Anything in Excess is not good.. for example me, i've been doing it since i was 13(M).. i remember back it didn't take me long to reach
Orgasm(first times i actually climaxed just by Watching Videos.. without even Rubbing!)back then i used to be Very Sensitive, getting an
Erection just by the smallest of Sexual thoughts(probably the right-after Puberty effect) ... years have gone on by...i kept doing it.. times between each Turn differed with me.. 1-2
days, 3-4 days MAX.. now at Age 17, i've kept on going.. but, Very Recently(just a few days ago to be precise).. i've noticed that it was getting harder to
Climax .... Lesser Sensation on my Head... so i've come to the Conclusion that i might need to slow down a bit, and widen the Gap between "Turns" to Regain more Potential Feeling.
Starting from Today, i'm gonna try to hold myself back from the "URGE" for a longer time.. caz i mean.. i'm not even in my 20s yet and i
don't wanna take the risk of anything going wrong with my Tool that could affect the Sexual part of my Life %-)
i Believe Masturbation can be(and is) an Addictive Status on any person... just like a Smoking Habbit, Frequent Drinking, Drug Addiction.
Anything in Excess is not good.. for example me, i've been doing it since i was 13(M).. i remember back it didn't take me long to reach
Orgasm(first times i actually climaxed just by Watching Videos.. without even Rubbing!)back then i used to be Very Sensitive, getting an
Erection just by the smallest of Sexual thoughts(probably the right-after Puberty effect) ... years have gone on by...i kept doing it.. times between each Turn differed with me.. 1-2
days, 3-4 days MAX.. now at Age 17, i've kept on going.. but, Very Recently(just a few days ago to be precise).. i've noticed that it was getting harder to
Climax .... Lesser Sensation on my Head... so i've come to the Conclusion that i might need to slow down a bit, and widen the Gap between "Turns" to Regain more Potential Feeling.
Starting from Today, i'm gonna try to hold myself back from the "URGE" for a longer time.. caz i mean.. i'm not even in my 20s yet and i
don't wanna take the risk of anything going wrong with my Tool that could affect the Sexual part of my Life %-)
i Believe Masturbation can be(and is) an Addictive Status on any person... just like a Smoking Habbit, Frequent Drinking, Drug Addiction.