Feed the Right Wolf

Hi Friends,
Hope you are fine.15 Days with out porn and masturbation,I am really glad about it. But yesterday I heard from one of my friend that there is risk of physical harm with out doing masturbation.In this stage I am totally confused I mean, I am on my path of recovery,ya sometime it's hard to hold on.But I really happy with my recovery...But those rumors about masturbation interrupt on my focus.So my question is "IS THERE ANY DANGER OF LONG TERM DAMAGE IF I STOP MASTURBATING FOR LIFETIME"???waiting for reply...thank you...

Hi Flyingclouds,

No, there's not really any medical danger to not masturbating. Your body takes care of itself.

Your friend,
Absolution.

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Sobriety Date: October 25, 2011
"Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it."
-Rabindranath Tagore

I concur. Contrary to what you might read online doing it more is when it becomes harmful.

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Reasons for quitting: shame, regret, health, fear, self respect

Patrick Carnes, the guy who wrote "Out of the Shadows", said he didn't masturbate for around 90 days when he was early in recovery. I know someone in SAA who went 100 days before resuming his sexual relationship with his wife--he said it did him a lot of good and was well worth it. For me, I am trying to go maybe days without any sexual release so I can reboot my brain so to speak. I do think it is helpful to abstain from masturbation in the early stages because our brain's automatically associate it with porn, and I have realized that I cannot masturbate without thinking about porn that I have watched.

Like Absolution said, your body will have a release during the night if it needs it. So, don't worry about any harmful effects from not masturbating for a while, you'll be fine.

to my experience; I have found abstaining from masturbation to be one of the best decisions in my life.

Thanks everyone........

I agree with everyone, there is no harm in not masturbating, in fact studies have shown that after abstaining from masturbation for 7 you get a testosterone serum boost, which then slowly declines to a normal level.

Personally I've found a lot of benefits from abstaining, morning erections, increased energy, improved social skills etc.

Keep it up

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For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

Sober since: 19th May, 2013