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singledad

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Re: Alot of Masterbation
Posted: 08-20-06 09:29am

dpurifi wrote:
my boyfriend has this problem as well.. But the thing is, he can masterbate in one day, like 2 times alone, then we'll be together and have sex for hours, and he cums like another 5 times, and then afterwards while im sleeping, its like he needs to do it again.. He also loves to look at porn and stuff like that.. Which I dont mind much.. I figure, if this is the way his body is, then fulfill your need, as you need to. Its not like he takes up all his energy and has none left for me... Thats for sure.. But im afraid as he gets older, its gonna like, fall off or something.. Also, I have a question.. From doing this so often, can one become sterile?, cause I notice the change in consistency of the cum after the first couple of ejaculations..And we've been trying to have a baby, with no success... But by all means, i'm not complaining at all about my sex life..But it does worry me a little bit.. I would hate to think of it as him being selfish.. But sounds right to me..


the sperm count will drop precipitously after the first ejaculation, and takes 12 to 24 hours to recover to levels condusive to fertilization.
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Re: Masturbation Addiction
Posted: 08-20-06 09:33am

eljey wrote:
this young man is not asking for our opinions on the physical effects of masturbation. He is crying out for help with an addiction – a compulsive behaviour that he is unable to control.

Perhaps I have never experienced what he is going through to the extent that he describes, but for years I knew what it was like to be a slave to one’s own sexual desires. From my own experience, there is nothing healthy about being enslaved by one’s own body –physically or emotionally.

Even if the negative physical effects of a compulsive behaviour such as masturbation were, in fact, insignificant – one would still have to deal with the psychological effects, which can be devastating. I found that they far outweighed the pleasure I got from the habit. I can only speak for myself, but I feel so much better about myself since being set free from the habit of masturbation.


Isn’t it ironic that the very means this young man chose to bless himself has become a curse to him?


P.S. The judge who was caught masturbating while presiding over a case a few months ago brought disgrace not only to himself, but also his family and his profession. We can be sure that he did not get to that point overnight. What began years back as a private means of self-gratification eventually became such a powerful compulsion that he began to entertain thoughts of doing it in a public place. Evidently he felt it could be done discreetly. It seems that he didn’t factor in the risk and cost of being caught.


being obsessed with other people masturbating is a more disturbing neurosis than compulsive masturbation, imo.
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Re: Advice For a Wife?
Posted: 08-20-06 09:38am

confusedwife wrote:
sorry guys don't mean to invade on your private conversation here but what do you think about a husband who has been married for 20 years, is 38 years old and masterbates 3 to more times a day? It sounds like addiction to me. What do you think? I hear him in the bathroom (no porn in there), I know he is looking at porn on the pc a couple of times a day. We were separated for several months then starting seeing each other having sex alot. Now I have moved back in with him we are back to where we were before (no sex). Only have occasional sex and then it seems like he does not enjoy it. I have caught him masterbating to the porn, he denies doing it in the bathroom even though I can hear it clearly (you know it has a specific sound right?). He says he isn't doing it everyday, says that he does not have a problem. I know how to tell if he has watched the videos, been to porn sites etc. He says all men do it several times a day. The married men I have asked say they would rather have sex with thier wives than jack off. I am not overweight, men tell me I am very pretty and I like to have sex. Is it possible that he prefers to jack off. He looks at fat naked chicks on video and the internet. Chubbyland.Com is his favorite website. He says he just looks at them because they are normal. But they are huge fat pigs. Back to my question: I know guys that do not have someone to have sex with on a daily basis may jack off, but is it normal for someone who is in a relationship to jack off several times a day and not want to have sex the normal way? Since he obviously doesn't realize or won't admit he has a problem what would it take to get a guy to "get it"? Any comments are appreciated. Thanks, confused wife


if you can't beat him, join him.

Masturbation can be addictive, and one can become accustomed to levels of self stimulation that a partner cannot supply - try doing it with him and see what he does.

Still, if he's more interested in the porn than you and you're not getting what you need out of the relationship, then you've gotta do what you've gotta do - on the plus side, apparently he wouldn't mind if you got fat.
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singledad

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Posted: 08-20-06 09:51am

On a general note, re the side effects of excessive masturbation, there are some side effects, notably zinc depletion. Zinc is a neurotransmitter critical to brain function and is also critical in fertilization - the balls take precedence over the brain however, and zinc levels in ejaculate remain constant over multiple orgasms even though the sperm count drops.

Some of you guys may have high levels of zinc in your system, and excessive zinc can cause erections (oysters, legendary aphrodisiacs, are very high in zinc) but at some point you'll want to consider taking zinc supplements, which are metabolized better if you take them with calcium.

I'm not certain there can be any long term effects from zinc depletion, but it can probobly make you stupid for a little while.

Otherwise, I suggest moderation - easy to say, I recall suffering from throbbing, insistant erections quite a bit of in my younger years, but if you really want to cut down, find an activity where you can get some exercise, take up a hobby, play a sport, take a cold shower - break the operant stimulus reward loop for a few days, i.E., do something to take your mind off of it - the big one.
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Posted: 08-20-06 09:53am

Oh, one last thing - suppressing ejaculation can cause semen to back up into your prostrate, and lead to infection - I don't recommend it.
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Posted: 08-21-06 21:19pm

Get a hobby - oops you already have one! Get a job
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singledad

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Posted: 08-22-06 17:50pm

I know about the prostrate thing from experience - I used to do it with my ex to keep from crashing after ejaculation - to make a long story short, I ended up with an infected, swollen prostrate, and am actually under doctors orders to ejaculate as frequently as possible to keep my prostrate drained!

It's ok, nobody else believes me either, but i've since talked to a couple of other gentlemen with prostrate problems and they said their doctors told them something similar: "use it or lose it".


I think the hair on my palms is from rubbing the minoxodil in, I swear it.


Anyway, here's an article on zinc depletion: http://www.Hriptc.Org /zinc_deficiency.Html

and there are some fairly dramatic side effects possible - combine this with the fact that orgasms increase your testosterone production, and a small degree of statistical probability for drama presents itself, which should make the theocratic behavior modification ocd's happy.


The good news is that ordinary over the counter zinc supplements, or even a good multivitamin should keep you from going insane. I take a pre-formulated chelated zinc/calcium supplement once a day, and the cost is negligable.

Dunno about the guy that did it 21 times in one day, better google up zinc poisoning...
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davidMriddle

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to Much
Posted: 03-25-07 01:29am

I am 14 years old and masturbate as much as i can. I doesn't cause me pain but my penis is starting to curve and it's like i have to masturbate once an hour.

I have been masturbating since like 8 or 9 and i usually do it in my room but for some reason my craving got so bad that i had to masturbate right then and there and i was at school so i went to the bathroom.

I masturbate to porn, pictures, to my boyfriend on the phone or even to an empty mind. If i don't cut it down i am going to get caught and in trouble.

How can i cut down on masturbating?
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davidMriddle

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to Much
Posted: 03-25-07 01:29am

I am 14 years old and masturbate as much as i can. I doesn't cause me pain but my penis is starting to curve and it's like i have to masturbate once an hour.

I have been masturbating since like 8 or 9 and i usually do it in my room but for some reason my craving got so bad that i had to masturbate right then and there and i was at school so i went to the bathroom.

I masturbate to porn, pictures, to my boyfriend on the phone or even to an empty mind. If i don't cut it down i am going to get caught and in trouble.

How can i cut down on masturbating?
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Re: to Much
Posted: 03-25-07 13:20pm

davidMriddle wrote:
I am 14 years old and masturbate as much as i can. I doesn't cause me pain but my penis is starting to curve and it's like i have to masturbate once an hour.

I have been masturbating since like 8 or 9 and i usually do it in my room but for some reason my craving got so bad that i had to masturbate right then and there and i was at school so i went to the bathroom.

I masturbate to porn, pictures, to my boyfriend on the phone or even to an empty mind. If i don't cut it down i am going to get caught and in trouble.

How can i cut down on masturbating?


Read through what other people have written on this topic. I'm sure they have good advice for you.

1. Get active! Do activities you enjoy aside from masturbating, such as swimming, jogging, roller blading, skiing, etc.

2. Try to go cold-turkey. It's often been found to be a good way to stop severe addictions. yes, it sucks and yes, it's hard; but it takes 21 days to form a habit, healthy or otherwise!

3. Remove mastrubation paraphenelia. Throw out and delete any porn you have (nothing wrong with porn, heck no! But it's part of your problem). Turn on the safe-search filter in Yahoo and google. Delete links to porn sites.

4. When you get an urge to masturbate, do something else. Take yourself to a public place without bathrooms if you have to! Do push ups, cook, clean, but do something with your hands! You can do many of these things while on the phone with your boyfriend, if you get an urge while doing that.

5. Finally, remember that some masturbation is healthy, and in fact is needed for a healthy body, but an activity that was once an addiction always has the chance of becoming one once again. Perhaps slate a time of day that you will masturbate, like before bed or in the shower, and only do it then.
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Posted: 03-31-07 23:10pm

If you get your self busy with other activities you won't do it as much..

having the time to do 7-8 times aday tells me you don't have other activities, hobbies or barely a healthy social life..

so get your self busy if it reaches the point, xbox, reading.. find something that interest you, find friends that keep you in bigger social circles.

I truly believe in the depression side effect... but not due to physical activity.. rather to the fact that you are spending alot of time alone away from again a healthy social life.

I take vitamin E on the side.. hopping it prevents any future prostate issues... at least thats what the label say.
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Dilan

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Too Weak to Beat the Addiction
Posted: 04-01-07 21:37pm

Hi everyone. I have a problem- masturbation addiction. I admitted it to myself, to GOD and now to you folks. Masturbation and "getting off" negatively effects my life in many ways. It harms my health and my personal life. I know that it's hormones and there is nothing wrong with it (with libido/sexual drive). But it just feels wrong to ME to masturbate. I don't care what anyone says- that it is OK and "it is even healthy for your body." I WANT TO QUIT!! FOREVER! I am not trying to quit because some priest says it's wrong or a sin, etc. I am doing it because it ruins my life. I am 24 and never had a girlfriend. Went out on dates many times. Yes. But never had the actual relationship. The reason for that is my addiction. I just can't look a girl in the eyes because I feel she'll see through me. That she'll find out that I am a pervert, or smth like that. The result is- she thinks I have smth to hide, doesn't trust me and walks away. And the only thing I want is to care about someone and to be in a healthy, loving relationship with a nice girl. I want to be happy, to be FREE and to FEEL clean! And I hate porn!, even though there's nothing wrong with it in itself. I'd like to hear from someone who successfully overcame this problem. Any advice or tips for me?

Thank you so much in advance! God bless you!
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Re: Too Weak to Beat the Addiction
Posted: 04-02-07 00:13am

Dilan wrote:
Hi everyone. I have a problem- masturbation addiction. I admitted it to myself, to GOD and now to you folks. Masturbation and "getting off" negatively effects my life in many ways. It harms my health and my personal life. I know that it's hormones and there is nothing wrong with it (with libido/sexual drive). But it just feels wrong to ME to masturbate. I don't care what anyone says- that it is OK and "it is even healthy for your body." I WANT TO QUIT!! FOREVER! I am not trying to quit because some priest says it's wrong or a sin, etc. I am doing it because it ruins my life. I am 24 and never had a girlfriend. Went out on dates many times. Yes. But never had the actual relationship. The reason for that is my addiction. I just can't look a girl in the eyes because I feel she'll see through me. That she'll find out that I am a pervert, or smth like that. The result is- she thinks I have smth to hide, doesn't trust me and walks away.


The problem is, you do have something to hide: your own shame of your body. You are ashamed of your own healthy urges.

masturbation does not make you a pervert. I wouldn't trust someone who isn't comfortable with their own body either. I'd be afraid that they would think I am a "pervert" because I masturbate too. I wouldn't want to date someone like that.

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And the only thing I want is to care about someone and to be in a healthy, loving relationship with a nice girl. I want to be happy, to be FREE and to FEEL clean! And I hate porn!, even though there's nothing wrong with it in itself. I'd like to hear from someone who successfully overcame this problem. Any advice or tips for me?


The only way to overcome your natural, healthy urges is to sink furter into your mindset of the activity being peverted and harmful. The more you believe this, the less you will want to do it.

I don't know how many girls are going to be comfortable around a guy who doesn't like touching himself; I mean, is he going to be okay with sex? Will he be okay with mutual masturbation? What if he finds out I own a vibrator and masturbate every single night? What about sex toys in general? Is it just going to be boring, vanilla sex in the missionary position? Is he uncomfortable with other aspects of himself? He must not be a secure person. He must not be comfortable with his body or his image, or maybe he has some deep rooted fears about his body related to his youth...

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Thank you so much in advance! God bless you!


Women masturbate too, just so you know... and they masturbate just as much as guys do. Once, twice, three times a day!!

I think you have some insecurity issues. You think these women will think you're perverted... but they won't. They'll think you're normal. Everyone knows that guys masturbate, and it is healthy for you, period. If you think that denying yourself a safe, feel-good outlet for frustration and sexual desire is okay, well, then that's your choice.
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Dilan

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Posted: 04-03-07 01:10am

Thank you for your help. You are absolutely right. I'll take your advice and won't feel guilty about doing it anymore. But I will try to quit anyway, or reduce the number of times I do it. At least for health reasons...

Thanks again and wish me luck!
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Too Much Jerking Off?
Posted: 04-03-07 20:48pm

8 times a day must leave you pretty sore. If you are functioning OK in other areas quit worrying about it. Nature will slow you down eventually. I am more curious about your depression etc. Do you think this masturbation is your way of compensating for feelings that you are perhaps not allowing yourself to have in any other way? How are your relationships? Are you physically active. Are you productive in work, school or whatever? The blather from your well-meaning religiously-challenged individual can be taken for the bits and pieces that make sense. i.e. not allowing this to become your sole obsession etc. But don't delude yourself that satan is crawling down your am and working it up and down to help you on your way to hell. If you did not masturbate - at 18 (and a whole lot longer) your body is going to release semen through wet dreams, incidental discharge during bowel movements etc. It does not simply reabsorb everything. You were created a sexual being - one with responsibilities, true. While it will seem sacreligious to most - Christ Himself was a young man and would have had erections like any other man. We know nothing about His actual sexuality - but don't think you are any different in how your body responds to sexual stimulation. Jesus may not have masturbated (I fgind that doubtful) but his body certainly released anyway. So - don't flog yourself to death and keep yourself open to society, friendships and personal growth. You have a long and wonderful life ahead of you. Don't abuse it and Enjoy it without guilt.
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Re: Masturbation Addiction
Posted: 04-06-07 22:17pm

Hi im also 19 and i have been with the masturbation problem for awhile. I have gotten puberty early so it is bad. I would masturbate constantly and i have so much stress.....mmy hair line has already receeed, thinned and lossed. So is there anyway any can help me stop masturbation and help me get my hair back....will stopping masturbation help? Im very religous to the point where I havent had sex...only in marriage. So anyone frmo any religion or anyone with great words of wisdmo that can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much kind people....Plz help im losing myself im 19 and i already look very bad with my hair and masturbatino problem im afraid of going out without a hat...and laughing i always feel immense stress on my scalp and moving my hair hurts that how nad it is. PLz Help.
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KarimMet

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Re: Masturbation
Posted: 04-06-07 22:22pm

Truly amazing what you said im not christian but i do believe in what you said and i do believe in jesus. you brought tears to my eyes and gave me hope. I have had this masturbation problem and i have been experiencing hair loss......its getting bad. i want to know If i can get it back get back what i lost and and stop masturbation...will it help? Im so young and have yet to experience the wonderful life...I dont want this to hinder that. Im afraid. I know what im doing is wrong and i want to stop it i learned my lesson. i just to stop and grow my hair back and be the young man god wants me to be happy and full of life....but i cant feel that with the way I am please. Any words of wisdom or help?
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Re: Masturbation Addiction
Posted: 04-09-07 15:40pm

KarimMet wrote:
Hi im also 19 and i have been with the masturbation problem for awhile. I have gotten puberty early so it is bad. I would masturbate constantly and i have so much stress.....mmy hair line has already receeed, thinned and lossed. So is there anyway any can help me stop masturbation and help me get my hair back....will stopping masturbation help? Im very religous to the point where I havent had sex...only in marriage. So anyone frmo any religion or anyone with great words of wisdmo that can help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you so much kind people....Plz help im losing myself im 19 and i already look very bad with my hair and masturbatino problem im afraid of going out without a hat...and laughing i always feel immense stress on my scalp and moving my hair hurts that how nad it is. PLz Help.


First:
masturbation does not cause hair loss.
Stopping masturation will not make your hair grow back.
Your hair loss is likely genetic and linked to your father, his father, etc. If it is not, then you may have an actual disease or condition - unrelated to masturbation! - that you need to have a doctor look at.
Stress can cause hair loss, but only if it causes you to not eat well and lose nutrients in other ways.

Moving on... How often do you masturbate? You might not be addicted at all.


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Re: Masturbation
Posted: 04-09-07 15:41pm

KarimMet wrote:
Truly amazing what you said im not christian but i do believe in what you said and i do believe in jesus. you brought tears to my eyes and gave me hope. I have had this masturbation problem and i have been experiencing hair loss......its getting bad. i want to know If i can get it back get back what i lost and and stop masturbation...will it help? Im so young and have yet to experience the wonderful life...I dont want this to hinder that. Im afraid. I know what im doing is wrong and i want to stop it i learned my lesson. i just to stop and grow my hair back and be the young man god wants me to be happy and full of life....but i cant feel that with the way I am please. Any words of wisdom or help?


Masturbation does not cause hair loss!
Stopping masturbating will not grow back your hair.
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Posted: 04-23-07 12:33pm

Actually, compulsively masturbating can cause side effects. If you have a girlfriend and you masturbate too much, your penis becomes "desensitized". Okay, so masturbation does feel AWESOME...But ease off of it and do it less...So when you do masturbate, it's all the better and you're not desensitized.
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