I have read that having orgasms is healthy for your body, it helps relieve stress, helps you sleep better, that it will boost your immune system by increasing antibodies, make you look younger (I think this is due to physical activity/exertion...improves blood circulation), burns 4 cals/min, and relieves pain by increasing endorphins and corticosteroids, etc.
I have also heard this is all mythical, and that an orgasm is not proven to do anything. Rather that becoming addicted to the endorphins that are released during orgasm can effect you in negative ways.
Does anyone on here have any information on the topic?
My girlfriend and I have debated this. I have stopped masturbating as a mutual decision, that we would only have sexual experiences together, and I am used to WAY more orgasms than we are having as a couple. We are a younger couple, not ready for and not having sex. I am only talking about 4play. She thinks I should easily be able to go without, and it's making me irratable and crabby sometimes. And when I explain this to her, it makes me sound bad like it's all I want to use her for, and that's not it at all. So I was hoping someone else would have some more facts on the topic that I could perhaps discuss with her. Because if the problem does happen to be me-I am more than willing to work on it.