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is it ok to stop ejaculating for 3 months straight??
Answered by
Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D. - Sexuality, family, Sexual Identity
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is it ok to stop ejaculating for 3 months straight??
by coolbeans, Jan 17, 2007 12:00AM
hello. i am considering stopping masturbating and ejaculating completely for 3 months. is there any risk of physical harm in doing this? can one harm their physical sexual health by doing this? what could happen? i know it will be hard, and there will be mental and some physical symptoms. this i expect.
but what i am wondering is is there any danger of long term damage if i dont ejaculate for 3 months straight?
what happens to all the semen that is built up? where does it go if i dont release it? does it just sit there in the scrotum? is that healthy?
please advise. thank you
but what i am wondering is is there any danger of long term damage if i dont ejaculate for 3 months straight?
what happens to all the semen that is built up? where does it go if i dont release it? does it just sit there in the scrotum? is that healthy?
please advise. thank you
Doctor's Answer
by Pepper Schwartz, Ph.D., Mar 01, 2007 12:00AM
, Mar 01, 2007 12:00AM
There is absolutely no health risk that I know of that will be incurred if you stop masturbating or ejaculating. New semen is manufactured all the time and the old stuff is just absorbed into the body with no ill effects all around.. Maybe there is some exotic problem somewhere- but I wouldn't worry. There is some data published by the Journal of American Medical Association that higher emissions were correlated with a lower rate of prostate cancer-- but this is over a long period of time-and the increment of health is slight.
I am wondering why you would want to stop masturbating? There is nothing wrong with it and it feels good. If it is just a test of self discipline- ok- but i don't see any reason to do it unless you like self denial for the sake of it.
I am wondering why you would want to stop masturbating? There is nothing wrong with it and it feels good. If it is just a test of self discipline- ok- but i don't see any reason to do it unless you like self denial for the sake of it.
Just curious, though; what made you decide to do this? Why three months?
so you think there is no risk huh?
Hope your spiritual advisor doesn't ask you to give up something like eating or sleeping, or something that will harm you.