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Side effects of chronic masterbation

I've always been of the mind that masterbation is safe and healthy as long as a significant other is not being neglected because of it. However I'm currently writing an article, and would like to make sure I'm not steering readers wrong. Litteraly hours of surfing the net has not yielded any long term side effects of chronic masterbation, aside from chaffing of the skin, which of course is not long term and would only occur with very vigorous or very chronic masterbation.

Please get back to me with any information on the effects of chronic masterbation, what would be a normal range for how many times an average male masterbates, what would be the effects of masterbating a great deal more or less, if any.

I apologize if you have answered this before, I did look at several threads on different aspects of masterbation, but nothing that answered this question directly.

Thank you,
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I,m not sure if my first response got sent to you. Trying it again. How do you know if its related to masturbation?( out of breath or trouble breathing) Is it a personal belief or you read this somewhere? Will this correct itself with time? Thanks for your help!
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Hi! I read your post. What is Qi your talking about. And you said it is irreplacable. Learning more about this masterbation issue. And wanted to know  what is Qi. Thanks!
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Hi everyone -

Please remember that we are a medical site, and we do not allow overtly religious or spiritual posts on our site.

Also, masturbation is usually a normal activity for most people. Certainly, it can cause issues if taken to the extreme, but it does not cause blindness, baldness, infertility, etc.

Thanks,

Emily
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I have been masturbating almost every night (at least once) for 20 firkin years now, and there is nothing wrong with me. I am married, have 2 kids (only two because that's all I think I can afford. lol), a good job, and no health problems. If anything It is a benefit and helps me think with my proper brain. Not the small one.
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Satiating your lungs, thirst and hunger is also free will, Yogie. What does your 'demonic possession' have to say about that? So unless you want to stop breathing, eating or drinking, I suggest you think twice about posting your bible-bashing paranoia and fears.
Free will is about not being duped into guilt-trips put on you by religions and cults that wants to control you heart, mind and soul by wrapping it tightly up in a 'demonic' fear.
Get well soon.
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I think your wrong. Because even if you din't know the side effects you somehow could tell that something was up, thats why most of us are here.
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Don't worry, thats fine.  Some of us are like that.  I have a buddy who is 28, he's leaked big time since mid teens and always got lots of ****.   Needs two pairs undies each day else they get too wet.   He's just a lucky lad.
              Hangdog.
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Will I don't know masterbating feels so good the farthest I did was like 6 times in 1 hr is tat bad I can't stop and I have like depression and I think it is the masterbating
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I have always been a chronic masturbator. I really enjoy looking at porn and masturbating. So I guess I have an addiction to both.

I have been able to set a limit on the number of times I can masturbate in one day. And I have a certain time that I can masturbate. I am usually able to stick to my limits. But I do go over the limit sometimes.

I really look forward to my masturbation sessions. I only miss them if I'm sick, tired or I have company. I feel that I can't sleep if I don't masturbate. It is very hard to limit my masturbating. I do sort of cheat. I like to touch and stroke myself and get hard during the day. But I usually don't masturbate to an ejaculation. And this takes allot of willpower to do.

I do have premature ejaculation. I think I have trained myself to ejaculate fast with frequent masturbating and trying to orgasm as soon as I can.
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I also wanted to mention that i have a very large sex drive and it would no tkeep me from boning agf if i had one but yeah it does pass time when you are bored sadly
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I've been chronically masterbating for probly 8-9 years since i was 15  26 now and it's gotten me nothing but depression and carpel tunnel in my hand but just quitting cold turkey is so hard... with out having a gf around.. sigh it ***** that i have to give it up but  there's nothing else i can . Every time after i finiahed i'de feel really depressed that i had to resort to masterbation to get off and now recently i been getting rlly sharp pain in the upper part of my wrist and it's constant and it feels like my wrist is just hanging on by a thread of nerve.. so i had to give up Mb before it happened to both hands.

It might be healthy but it does have long term side effects that are not becoming such as carpel tunnel
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Ive been bateing a ton even at work, i have a younger gf too.  Im really depressed as well, i have no friends no money to do anything productive or fun. I golf when i can afford it. And get drunk on the weekends. So i think spankin it has had a negative impact on my life. I might even be bi-polar, but im afraid to be diagnosed. I had a bad childhood as well, when i was 4 my stepfather disaplined me by having me pull down my pants and lay on the bed and hit me with a leather belt across my butt and legs. Pretty messed up eh? I have 2 kids of my own and have never so much as scolded them , old folks compliment me all time about how well mannered and behaved they are. I only loved them and cherished them. Im all around ****** up i know, but sometimes i get the urge to choke it out of bordom for life . And to keep me from cheating on my GF. But im going to quit jerkin the gherkin to see if it cheers me up and gives me the energy to bone my gf more often.
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Masturbation itself is safe there aren't any established long-term actual physical difficulties with reasonable genital stimulation routines. Nevertheless, we are able to most encounter several unwanted side effects, whether they tend to be short-term, long-term as well as linked to long-term genital stimulation behavior.
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ive been masterbating over 20 years and i think it caused arthritis went to doctor told me there could be some problems with the tendons so i believe there are physical problems it causes
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Hi David, A lot that is written above only confirms some of the things that are written on  sites around the web, when will you have something written to read from the facts you have been given.
Good Luck
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can't agree more! same symptom.
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Hi ive been wackin my willie for about 4 yrs now.. I slowed down ALOT (2-3 times a week) but the first 3 yrs i was doin it 1+ times a day.. The reason i slowed down is beacause i noticed my wrist had this thick, muscle? that runs down my fore arm.. I was wonderin is this from masturbating too much or what?
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I have never seen so many old tales in my life.  Masterbation is natural as having a healthy relationship with a partner (male or female. straight or gay)and having sex once or more times a day; neither practice will cause you any physical harm.

Most of the problems are related to our culture and the sex is 'dirty'  tales fed to us when we were young.  It is all psychological.  Naturally if you masterbate regularly 3 or more times each day it will affect the amount of sperm you produce in each ejacuation. But other than some skin irritation on the penis there is no problem with 'cronic' masterbation!

Also often masterbation is combined with a fantasy you may have or combined with pornography you are attracted to (ie. watching gay or bi porn when married or watching rough sex which your partner it is not interested in) or both. This doesn't physically affect the body's ability to perform but psychologically it brings into question your real sexual inclination and that in turn may affect your ability to perform with your partner.  Some do not want face this and will continue to hide the truth by suppressing their natural urges  Inevitably this will lead to problems in any relationship and may eventually cause a breakdown in the relationship.

My only real advice is that you should seek professional advice from a Counsellor and do not rely on sites on the Internet.  This may or may not save the relationship you are in but psychologically it may save you from aelf doubt and help with your well being..  To those who are single, then masterbate as much as you want until you are in a relationship (hetrosexual or gay) and then things should take their natural course subject to my comments above.  

Just a few thoughts and I sincerely hope they help you.
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your hair should be washed daily for the most part anyhow, this is part of being human in general not masterbaing
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in fact, you have have answered all my questions about masturbation.
Also thanks for your advise.
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if you ever do read this.. since its 3years since your post. It is just your penis lubricating it's self so your ejaculation is not painful. I lack the lube you speak of and after i ejaculate for the next few hours i have a god awful burning sensation. I started masturbating when i was a child and this burning has been here all my life only if i ejaculate. So no STD lol as well i have been checked. The lack of the luby oily stuff your affraid of.. i wish i had more of it. It is safe, and a necessity.
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if you ever do read this.. since its 3years since your post. It is just your penis lubricating it's self so your ejaculation is not painful. I lack the lube you speak of and after i ejaculate for the next few hours i have a god awful burning sensation. I started masturbating when i was a child and this burning has been here all my life only if i ejaculate. So no STD lol as well i have been checked. The lack of the luby oily stuff your affraid of.. i wish i had more of it. It is safe, and a necessity.
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You need a goal. You need to sit down and ask yourself what you want from life. Then you need to plan out how you are going to get there.
There is nothing wrong with masturbating BUT if you are feeling mentally negative about the whole thing and feel that you are not in control of it and feel that your life is not heading in the direction you want because of your need to masturbate then yes I would say it's time to change it up a bit.

Remember that the only reason you masturbate is because your body knows it is the one thing that can give you pleasure. We all seek happiness, that is our drive of being human and at the moment (of posting this) you have no other stimulant in your life....so you need to find that.
I mentioned before that mental discipline can do wonders as it's a constant battle that you have to keep practicing but also exercise is a good distraction, I know I masturbate more when I exercise less and I am like you in that yes physically it is enjoyable but mentally it can feel troubling and not because of religious propaganda but because we know deep down that we are over indulging, we know we are concentrating too much on ourselves when other things need to be sorted in our life.
How do you get fat? By eating too much. Does it taste great? Of course. Do we feel like **** when we look in the mirror and realise our over indulgence has made us fat? Of course. So it's the same with our 'sense of being' I guess you could say. We are all looking to 'do' something with our lives that fulfill is and although masturbating feels good and is fine as a perk, it can't be the 'thing' we do in our life otherwise our 'sense of being' gets fat and weighed down you could say lol.
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