What, if any, are the long term effects of excessive masturbation?

"SIDE" Effects Of Masturbation:

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ARE THERE SIDE EFFECTS?

There are no harmful side effects of masturbation. Medical science has debunked many myths formally associated with masturbation, such as hair growing on the palms, insanity, or that masturbation will drain excessive energy from the body.

Some people report feeling guilty about masturbating. Negative feelings associated with any behavior can threaten a person’s health and well being.

The American medical community pronounced masturbation as normal in the 1972 publication Human Sexuality.

WHY DO PEOPLE MASTURBATE?

Reasons given by people who masturbate include:

To experience pleasure

To relieve tension (sexual tension or general tension)

To relieve stress

To engage in sex when a partner is unavailable or does not want to have sex

To relax

To learn about what feels good to them and how they like to be stimulated or pleasured

MYTHS:

The following are myths relating to masturbation that are unfounded in medical and social science.

Only people, who cannot find sexual partners; or who are socially inadequate masturbate.

Masturbation leads to physical problems such as mental illness and growing hair on your palms.

Masturbation “ruins” a person for partner sex.

Men will run out of semen or sperm if they masturbate excessively.

Others, including medical doctors and sexual partners, will be able to tell if you masturbate.

HEALTH BENEFITS OF MASTURBATION:

A number of studies have proven the benefits of self-pleasuring to mental, social and physical health.

Masturbation alleviates premenstrual tension for many women.

Masturbation provides a healthy sexual outlet for people who choose to abstain from sex with partners or who do not currently have available sexual partners.

Masturbation can be a route to safer sex, to help prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.

Masturbation allows for sexual pleasuring for those who are not ready to engage in vaginal, anal or oral sex.

Increases blood flow to the genital region, which can help overall sexual functioning.

Masturbation can induce sleep.

Masturbation allows people to become familiar and comfortable with their body.

Masturbation is often suggested as a therapeutic technique for overcoming sexual dysfunction.

For women, it can help them learn how to achieve orgasm.

For men, it can help them increase ejaculatory control and manage rapid or delayed ejaculation.

Masturbation can help alleviate stress.

CAN A PERSON BECOME ADDICTED OR MASTURBATE TOO MUCH?

People often wonder about the normal amount of masturbation. Each person must decide for himself or herself how much to masturbate. Professionals agree that there are no physical or mental implications for frequent masturbation, unless it is symptomatic of an obsessive/compulsive disorder (OCD). Symptoms of OCD are repeatedly performing a behavior to the extent that it interferes with daily functioning, professional responsibilities, or personal relationships.

Behaviors that are performed to reduce stress or alleviate tension, including masturbation, are not considered symptomatic of a disorder unless they interfere with a person’s daily personal or professional life or hinder a person from fulfilling their responsibilities and commitments

EFFECTS OF OVER-MASTURBATION:

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Frequent masturbation and ejaculation stimulate acetylcholine/parasympathetic nervous functions. Excessive stimulation can result in over production of sex hormones and neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine, dopamine and serotonin.

Abundant and unusually large amount of these hormones and neurotransmitters can cause the brain and adrenal glands to perform excessive dopamine-norepinephrine-epinephrine conversion and turn the brain and body functions to be extremely sympathetic. In other words, there is a big change of body chemistry when one excessively masturbates.

Note: Masturbation is a healthy sexual behavior. Like other behaviors, when over practiced or addicted it can lead to both psychological and physiological imbalances.

Side-effects of Masturbation

Other than an immediate need for a towel or tissue, the effects of masturbation upon the male body were:

Fatigue. Feeling tired all the time

Lower back pain

Thinning hair / Hair Loss

Soft / Weak Erections

Premature Ejaculation

Eye floaters or fuzzy vision

Groin / Testicular Pain

Pain or cramp in the pelvic cavity or/and tail bone

When to say when

How much is too much masturbation (and sex for that matter)? That depends but it's suggested men keep their ejaculation frequency down to 2-3 times a week. However, sexual activity can be experienced more often if men learn how to orgasm without ejaculation. Doing so can actually store bioenergy into your system and make your penis firmer, your erections last longer, and your ejaculate volume bigger.

Over masturbation participants experience problems with concentration and memory. This is a dangerous side effect of over masturbation and signals that the brain is being over drained of acetycholine. Over masturbation drains motor neurons and neuro-muscular endings of acetycholine, which is eventually replaced. Over masturbation can lead to absentmindedness, memory loss, lack of concentration, and eye floaters. To fight these symptoms, the chemical levels in your body needs to be balanced.

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READER writes:

Having read a few posts related to the question, "Is masturbation harmful?", most of the answers I've seen seem to suggest that the only possible harm could be psychological, in the sense that masturbation may be a distraction from one's normal routine.

What about the actual PHYSICAL side effects? Some things can not be dismissed as mere "wives' tales"! For example, when I masturbate often, I do notice a darkening under my eyes. I am only 28, but having been at this a while, it does seem as though I can not as easily become erect, or stay erect for as long as I used to. I may not have grown hair on my palms, but I have noticed (and I'm willing to concede that there may be no causal relationship here) that I have become somewhat hairier, in all the wrong places.

Perhaps, when discussing the question of harmful side effects of masturbation, the real question is, how do medical professionals like yourself define the word "harmful"? Perhaps unsightly dark bags under the eyes, hair growing thicker in unattractive places, and decreased ability to get and maintain an erection strike yourself and your peers as "benign" side effects?

Surely, when people write to you asking if any harm comes from frequent masturbation, you are not thinking that they are concerned about it resulting in their imminent death?

Please set the record straight as to what, if any, harmful PHYSICAL side effects may result from masturbation, and why, in the face of my testimonial and no doubt countless others, such symptoms as I have described are dismissed by yourself and your peers as "myths."

ANSWER:

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, or worse yet, dismissive of your concerns, the real "harm" here is not physical. It's all the worry, shame, and conflict attached to masturbation by so many men, women, and children, thanks to negative associations with all kinds of sex — done by one's self and with others. These messages come from so many influential places — often for most of one's lifetime. It may not be true for you, but this cloud that hangs over many masturbators might send some looking for physical "harm" from this popular practice. It can be a way of justifying any bad feelings and beliefs about masturbation that might never allow going it alone totally okay.

That said, your "blame-it-on-masturbation" reasoning is understandable. If one sprouts hair in "strange" places, sports dark circles under the eyes, and says goodbye to those always reliable erections during and after stretches of solo-sex, one could easily conclude that these unwanted reactions came on as a result of whacking off. Then, could it not also be said that hair loss, far-sightedness, and love handles also owe it to masturbation? And what about greater self-confidence, career changes, and the urge to buy property? The point: is it possible that all of these occurrences stem from something besides genital stimulation? Might aging also be the culprit?

It may not come up 'round the copier and coffee table, but many twenty- and thirtysomethings now include big black nose and ear hair plucking in their regular grooming routine. They'd also put down difficulty getting it up and keeping it there as a getting older symptom. Bags under the eyes? Yep, that's on the list, too.

If you're not convinced that masturbation doesn't play a direct role in the physical "consequences" that you're now experiencing, how about conducting an experiment? Masturbate less often, or refrain from doing it for a few months. and see if your symptoms disappear. NOTE: not "relieving" yourself for an extended period of time may lead to other unwanted physical and psychological situations, including irritability, difficulty concentrating, insomnia, and wet dreams. Now, it is possible that any stress, guilt, disgust, etc. with your personal sex play is making it harder to get and stay hard — these feelings are frequently powerful obstructions to sexual arousal. Also, if you're masturbating past your bedtime, dark circles may stare back at you the next morning.

Excessive Masturbation

excessive masturbation can be roughly defined as either

a) when your penis becomes too sore top masturbate any more

or

b) when you masturbate so much that your normal social, family, work or school life, your level of sports activity, your hobbies and other things get put aside in favour of masturbating.

However, a daily self-pleasure session that does none of those things is good for you. Oh, and there are other ways for a couple to find mutual sexual pleasure aside from the olde standard of sexual intercourse. Why not discuss them with yoru partner and see if any of them strike your mutual fancy. Who knows, you could discover whole new ways to please each other and make your sex lives terrific despite her problems.

I would think it could only be excessive, as with anything else, if it in some way interferes with your life in a negative way. everyone has different sex dri ves at different times. There are no bad side effects. If it makes you happy, do it . the only circumstance you may wan't to hold back with is if some reason you wanted a concentrared sperm count as in wanting someone to get oregnant, then you wouldn't want to do it everyday to increse the chances of pregnancy.People don't talk about it much but do it alot

Masturbation is healthy, but if you do it too rough or use very hardcore visuals, it can interfere with your ability to experience pleasure with a real life partner. Also, you could chafe the skin like hell. Use lube and maybe a moisturizer after showering (Man1 Man Oil is made for the package). Blindness and prostate problems -- no. It might even be good for prostate health.

As said above, you may get raw. Use some kind of lubricant. But then again, too much of a good thing can be bad for you. Try checking out Sue Johanson's website. She's an expert on everything about sex.

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A guy always cums fast when its their first time. and especially if he's been waiting for a long time. Guys are erect at least 5 times a day so what I would do is some foreplay until he ejaculates or the both of you for that matter its not fair that he has orgasms and you don't so get him to do you first and then once you finish he will be more than ready for his orgasm. then use a condom because that cuts down the sensations for him if he feels he is about to come prematurely then tell him to come out and do some more foreplay on you so he has time to calm down. the condom should work but if you want a baby tell him to take the condom of before ejaculation and then finish in you. the longer you wait to make him come with foreplay the quiker it will be because he has to get it out of him.

He also does need time because you are the only one he has been with so once he gets used to it, you can really enjoy it once he gets his techniques down pat. Tell him what you like. Get some books and videos also until you both are experienced. Or you could even have a quickie in the morning, when you get home and then at night. he will diffently last longer because his mind has been free twice already. You get on top of him and you control the situation. Also my boyfriend tells me that he thinks about none sexual things for a while to help control him, tell him to think about a sport or something that calms him. If that doesn't work then just do IT over until you are satisfied

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From what I've been told it can reduce your sperm count so if you plan on having a family, I would stop.

A sore penis is the only problem