Sir, I am masturbating once everyday from last 5 years. What kind of problems it may cause? i am trying to regulate it. But it got habituated to get sleep in the nights. How can I stop this doing everyday? Please suggest me an idea. I am curiously waiting for your response.

Dr. Poosha DarbhaSexologist33yrs exp

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The truth is that masturbation is a healthy and natural part of the normal human sexual development. It helps in relieving sexual tensions in men and women who do not have opportunity for safe sex in a comfortable setting. Scientific studies have proven that masturbation has no known ill-effects at all. On the other hand, it saves the individual from sexually transmitted infections including HIV, sex crimes and attendant social consequences. One can masturbate as and when the body and mind demands sexual relief. The count doesn’t matter as long as one masturbates out of need rather than habit. 

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Dr. Saul PereiraPsychologist46yrs exp

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Masturbation is not really bad; it is the addiction to it that is bad. Not even the number of years is a problem but the frequency and compulsiveness to do it is to be considered for its ill-effects. At your age you may feel it difficult and it can become addictive if you have alone time, if you obsess about it, and if you are not into relationships. The problem with addiction to this is that you may go on to prefer masturbation to heterosexual contact, even when you are married. That obviously would be an insult to your wife and will lead to a lot of conflict. Heterosexual contact is very wholesome and the physiology is made exactly for penile and vaginal contact. You will instead enjoy a poor replica of this and not know or care for the difference. The second thing that can happen with addiction is that it will become compulsive and will have no boundaries or limits, since it can be done all by yourself, whenever, wherever, and however too. The big problem a lot of children get into is the guilt around this. A useful way to discharge the energy is to get into contact games, or exercises, or even hobbies to channelize it. Also you should not spend too much time alone, and you need to keep your mind occupied with other interesting things and a lot of socializing. Even if you are not interested in marriage, for whatever reasons, it will help you to get into a friendship with a girl and enjoy the relationship where there will be a lot of excitement when you fall in love. Right now your hormones may be very active and your physiological apparatus is primed and ready for sexual stimulation. But because of your age and even otherwise it is important to develop good control and not feed into your impulses. Keeping yourself occupied and living a healthy social life are the keys to manage your sexual drives.  

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Dr. A. KumarSexologist30yrs exp

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You must understand that excess of everything is bad. Same is true with masturbation. Control masturbition. Dont do more than a once in a week otherwise it may cause some weakness. 

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