Negative Effects Of Masturbation

© Allan Street, 2008


It is a hotly debated question among many today, “Can over masturbation be harmful to me in any way, and at what level does masturbation become over masturbation?” This question has been asked by many thousands of people before now and the results seem to be fairly widely held as being true for the majority of people.

Even though we are taught various different aspects of masturbating throughout our lives, whether it be from our parents, our schoolyard friends or even our teachers and other adults in authority, generally the information that is received is misinformation, or in a lot of the cases, is incomplete information. It is now a scientifically proven point that masturbation in general, meaning, not excessive or deviated from basic masturbation practice, that there are no harmful physical effects to the body.

This of course, will depend upon the particular case of masturbation. Although masturbation performed in moderation will have no harmful physical effects on our bodies, over masturbation or prolonged masturbation using bad technique, can have effects upon us. For this reason it is perhaps important here to loosely define masturbation and over masturbation. The difference between the two levels of masturbation can vary greatly from person to person, and maybe the most prominent sign of over masturbation is, pain or other ill effects in the genital or even muscular regions of the body. Friction sores are a dead giveaway that over masturbation is occurring.

In loose terms, over masturbation occurs when, there is not enough time between masturbation periods for your genital area to repair any wear and tear that might be taking place. As masturbation involves friction and pressure, there is always a period of rest and recuperation required after any masturbatory or sexual action. Over masturbation occurs, simply when this period of rejuvenation is cut short and not being able to take its course properly.

There are many common myths about what physical effects can occur after masturbation, a lot of which are commonly passed around at school amongst students who really don’t know any better. Some of these include the statements that “Masturbation causes blindness, hair to grow on one’s palms, impotence to occur in later life, leads to mental illness, can reduce your sexual appetite in later life, and even, that masturbation can have negative effects on semen production and quality”.

All of these common myths are just that, myths, and have been proven by science to be untrue, unless specific rare circumstances occur, but which are not directly connected to masturbating, but are the effects of some other disease or illness. In fact, such famous research scientists as those who work for Masters and Johnson, have been hard at work trying to answer this very question about the effects of masturbation. So far their findings indicate as stated above, that masturbation in moderation has no immediate medical effects on the body and can in fact in some cases have beneficial effects on the body.

Despite the evidence found by Masters and Johnson, however, there is one area that is not touched upon and that should be seriously considered when learning about masturbation, and especially when teaching or giving advice on the issue. This effect is more of a long term effect, brought about by the learning of bad or incorrect techniques, that then develop into real problems in later life. Lets take a look at an example of this effect as it would play out in the case of masturbation, and how it can harm us in later life.

It is common for most people to start exploring masturbation during the teen years of our development, meaning that in most cases we are at school when we start to masturbate. Being at such a young age, it is very rare for people to feel comfortable talking about their experiences and discussing techniques and problems as such. This often means that the technique that we develop when we are teenagers is the technique we use for many years.

Now, being a teenager, and performing masturbation, is usually an act that is done for one simple purpose, being the pursuit of pleasure, the desire to feel climax from ejaculation. For this reason, it is very common for teenagers to masturbate as fast as they can to get to that climax feeling as fast as possible, both for the feeling of pleasure, and often, also to get the act performed without being caught by anyone.

So over the years we go on masturbating as fast as possible and as such, do not realise that we are teaching our bodies to climax as quickly as possible. This is one of the major factors towards male sexual problems in recent times, and more specifically,. Premature Ejaculation.

So in conclusion, No, there are no immediate harmful effects of masturbation, as long as it is performed in moderation with enough healing time between acts, and that we are using healthy techniques that will help us to maintain a strong healthy libido and endurance level in later years of our life.

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