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Masturbation
How
Much Is Too Much?
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As long
as you can still function in the world, at school, your
job, with family and friends, there's nothing wrong with
a high frequency of masturbation. Red flags include masturbating
instead of taking care of your day to day "life business"
that needs tending.
Other
red flags are- masturbating to the point of compulsive behavior,
obsessing over the next time you can do it, or doing it
to the point of causing physical damage to your genitals
from constant stimulation.
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Lisa
S. Lawless, Ph.D., C.E.O.
Holistic Wisdom Founder
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A common concern
is the frequency of masturbation. 'Normal' ranges from several
times per day, week or month to never masturbating at all. The
frequency of masturbation isn't a problem unless it is linked
with an obsessive compulsive disorder, where the same activity
must be repeated over and over.
Is
It Normal In A Relationship?
There's nothing
inherently wrong with masturbation in a relationship unless it
is taking away from the intimacy of it. The vast majority of people
who are coupled continue to masturbate, perhaps not as frequently
as they did when they were single, but they often still do it.
Masturbation and partner sex are both sexual, but they fill different
needs. Masturbation is about communing with yourself, and partner
sex is about communing with someone else.
Benefits
For Men
Ejaculatory
Control: You might be interested to know that to learn ejaculatory
control, sex therapists typically recommend... you guessed it...
masturbation. Men can masturbate to practice their control and
to identify what it feels like to approach their point of no return
when ejaculation feels inevitable. So if you want to start learning
control, practice while you masturbate: Approach your point of
no return, then stimulate yourself less so you back away from
it, then approach and back off repeatedly. That should help you
learn control.
Benefits
For Women
Increased
Sex Drive: Believe it or not, masturbation helps to increase
sex drive as it provides blood flow to the genitals and thus allows
for a healthier vagina! Anxiety and stress greatly reduce the
sex drive, using masturbation to relax and release, the body will
certainly crave more of the same rather than less!
Better
Sex: Also, women often find it more difficult to orgasm and
masturbating affords women the opportunity to learn what pleasures
them, which can be communicated to a partner during sex play,
thus making their sex lives richer as well.
Many women
say that masturbation causes longer, more intense orgasms than
they can experience during lovemaking.
Increased
Health
Many
women report that it helps ease menstrual cramps.
Benefits
For Both Sexes
Stress
Release
Masturbation gives you pleasure.
Rich &
Creative Imagination
This allows you to explore sides of your sexuality that may be
taboo to your partner or embarrassing to you.
Increased
Health
There is no
risk of disease, pregnancy or emotional trauma from masturbation.
Better
Sex
Masturbation
sessions allow you to be less inhibited than you would with a
partner.
Myths
About Masturbation
Masturbation
has been wrongly blamed for a host of human ills, including:
Blindness
Feeblemindedness
Madness
Physical decrepitude
Sexual perversion
Reduced sexual function
Neurotic disorders
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