"SIDE" Effects Of Masturbation:
http://www.mckinley.uiuc.edu/handouts/masturbation.html
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:
http://www.4-men.org/overmasturbation.html
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.
Don't dismiss masturbation myths!
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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.
2006-10-30 03:07:32
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answered by ButtahChick (ButterChick) 4
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Guys Masturebating
2016-12-14 19:32:51
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answered by ? 4
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masturebating 5 6 times week healthy guys
2016-01-21 22:13:48
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answered by ? 4
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Masturbation is definitely healthy - it lowers risk of prostate cancer, releases sexual tension and even helps you get in touch with the workings of your equipment which can make you a better sex partner. Also, it reduces wet dreams and has other benefits.
As far as sex with others goes, it too can be healthy but only if it is done with a person you are attracted to and who is attracted to you and it is safe and consensual. Oh and the fewer trnasmittable diseases you both have the better.
So, yes, feel free to enjoy yoru masturbation a few times a week or even daily and enjoy. And when you are ready for sex with a willing partner, take it slow and easy and be sure to learn how to make them enjoy it as much as you will.
2006-10-28 13:58:38
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answered by Anonymous
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Hello,
Most often premature ejaculation occurs in younger men, but it can affect men of all ages. There could be a number of different reasons for the problems, both physical and psychological. The good news is that there are certain solutions available that have proven effective, such as the Ejaculation Trainer (see site here http://www.goobypls.com/r/rd.asp?gid=565), which can show a man how to develop permanent ejaculation control. By successfully addressing a man’s ejaculation concerns and teaching him how to control it, he will quickly become more confident and both he and his partner will be much more satisfied.
Have a nice day
2014-09-10 22:50:53
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answered by Anonymous
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If you are like me, and I work out 5-6 times a week and I always feel hungy, then instant oatmeal might help. If I eat instant oatmeal as a small meal my cravings stop for like 3-4 hours. I think my stomach is easily irritaed and that oatmeal sooths it.
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2016-04-16 07:45:13
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answered by ? 4
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I have been suffering from premature ejaculation for most of my life, but I found the most amazing invention to tackle this issue and since then I never looked back, and it is so simple. You can find the solution here ( http://prematurejaculation.kyma.info ) When a man is suffering from premature ejaculation, he is often climaxing before his partner and in the case of most men it is difficult if not impossible for them to continue intercourse after ejaculating. That's because chemicals are released when a man ejaculates and these are the same chemicals that make a person feel sleepy and/or not aroused. It’s not that they have suddenly lost interest, just their brain is telling them that the sex is over. This effect is more prominent after intercourse than after masturbation because intercourse actually causes four times more of these chemicals to be released. If premature ejaculation occurs frequently, it can lead to embarrassment for the man and sexual frustration for both partners.
2014-09-29 14:22:56
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answered by Anonymous
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masturbation is not good at all
Youth and children of both sexes engage in moral pollution [masturbation] and practice this disgusting, soul-and-body-destroying vice.
Moral principle is exceedingly weak when it conflicts with established habit. Solemn messages from heaven cannot forcibly impress the heart that is not fortified against the indulgence of this degrading vice. The sensitive nerves of the brain have lost their healthy tone by morbid excitation to gratify an unnatural desire for sensual indulgence. The brain nerves which communicate with the entire system are the only medium through which Heaven can communicate to man and affect his inmost life. Whatever disturbs the circulation of the electric currents in the nervous system lessens the strength of the vital powers, and the result is a deadening of the sensibilities of the mind.
If the practice is continued from the ages of fifteen and upward, nature will protest against the abuse she has suffered, and continues to suffer, and will make them pay the penalty for the transgression of her laws, especially from the ages of thirty to forty-five, by numerous pains in the system and various diseases, such as affection of the liver and lungs, neuralgia, rheumatism, affection of the spine, diseased kidneys, and cancerous humors. Some of nature's fine machinery gives way, leaving a heavier task for the remaining to perform, which disorders nature's fine arrangement; and there is often a sudden breaking down of the constitution, and death is the result.
MASTURBATION CAN CAUSE INSANITY
and i dont really know the answer to your other question
2006-10-28 14:02:58
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answered by lil kid 2
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That's low. You should be doing it 5 or 6 times a day. A healthy prostate is a happy prostate.
2006-10-28 13:40:23
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answered by S K 7
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Hell ive been doin it 5 or 6 times a DAY for the last 15 years, and im fine. Use it to learn control so when your finally gettin some azz you wont drop your wad to quickly. Talk to ya later, im gonna go rub one out now.
2006-10-28 13:41:27
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answered by CDog 3
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No increase it to 5/6 times a day. Practice makes perfect m8.
2006-10-28 13:40:51
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answered by Anonymous
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