Do you masturbate?

[Spiderman]

Chasmophilia
Arousal to caverns, crevices, and valleys

If you have that, it's easy and cheap to get your fix

 

[Spiderman]

If you're doing violence to yourself, you are doing it way to hard, or need to use some lubricant. As for will I masturbate within the next year, will I breath within the next year? Drink water? Eat? Laugh and cry? Granted I don't do nearly as often as I used to once I started hormones, and I lost my interest in porn (but my mind has become more imaginative), but I still do it.
I do other things that hurt me much more, and cause more damaging to my body, sometimes in the name of pleasure and fun. And sometimes of course it's just unavoidable anymore such as the polluted air we breath. But masturbation involves no violence, and can even help relieve some stress and help you feel better at least for awhile.

I always appreciate your honesty

 

[Spiderman]

you'll go blind! if you keep that up. something your mother would tell you as a teenager, to scare you from doing it!

I seriously think it's a private matter, and everyone should do their own laundry.

a lot of women put their sexual desires out there in the open. it's too commercial. it's an assault on man's senses.

sex should be a personal matter, not a rampant social behaviour.

society loves it's fast food though, and treat sex the same way, cheap and convenient.

Yeah. However, since it's so common, and causes so many people to feel ashamed, maybe it is something that should be talked about.

As a member of AA, I know that just talking about my issues with fellow alcoholics can be very helpful.

 

[Spiderman]

Apotemnophilia
Arousal to fantasies of oneself as an amputee... The human mind is fascinating. I hope nobody ever amputated their own limbs to satisfy such a fantasy

 

[Polymath257]

You don't have to answer the question, but if you could answer the poll honestly, it's not going to show anyone what your answer is.

The longest I have gone without masturbating since I started at age 13 is about 1 week. So, yes, I will certainly masturbate within the year. That is, unless I die today.

 

[Laika]

You don't have to answer the question, but if you could answer the poll honestly, it's not going to show anyone what your answer is.

Yes. I masturbated this morning. I'm probably going to have one before I go to sleep this evening. Masturbating is probably the best part of my day. It really takes the edge off being single.

 

[Spiderman]

The longest I have gone without masturbating since I started at age 13 is about 1 week. So, yes, I will certainly masturbate within the year. That is, unless I die today.

Yes. I masturbated this morning. I'm probably going to have one before I go to sleep this evening. Masturbating is probably the best part of my day. It really takes the edge off being single.

Your honesty is appreciated. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

 

[Polymath257]

Your honesty is appreciated. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

Why would I be ashamed? BTW, I know my wife masturbates also. It's human.

 

[Spiderman]

Why would I be ashamed? BTW, I know my wife masturbates also. It's human.

Oh... Some people think it's disordered, dirty, and shameful... I still suffer from Catholic guilt and ask God for forgiveness afterwards... I also confess it to a priest

 

[Laika]

Your honesty is appreciated. It's nothing to be ashamed of.

You may want to read Wilhelm Reich's "The Sexual Revolution" if you are looking for a "Sex-positive" view. It will be quite a shock at first, but it could be good for your mental health. If sex is an innate biological instinct and part of being a human as another member of the animal kingdom, trying to suppress it will only hurt you.

 

[Spiderman]

You may want to read Wilhelm Reich's "The Sexual Revolution" if you are looking for a "Sex-positive" view. It will be quite a shock at first, but it could be good for your mental health. If sex is an innate biological instinct and part of being a human as another member of the animal kingdom, trying to suppress it will only hurt you.

I discovered that is true from experience

 

[Polymath257]

Oh... Some people think it's disordered, dirty, and shameful... I still suffer from Catholic guilt and ask God for forgiveness afterwards... I also confess it to a priest

It's also fun to do with a partner! You get to see what they like and they get to see what you like.

 

[Deidre]

It's also fun to do with a partner! You get to see what they like and they get to see what you like.

This!

 

[Spiderman]

It's also fun to do with a partner! You get to see what they like and they get to see what you like.

Yeah,... I haven't had a partner in over two years. just can't shake the guilt and fear that was put into me in my study of Catholicism... I also want to make sure I found sanity and sobriety for an extended length of time before I get involved in another relationship

 

[Laika]

I discovered that is true from experience

It doesn't hurt to know more.

There aren't many scientific studies on human sexuality, but Alfred Kindsey's work was the first large scale study.

 

[Laika]

Yeah,... I haven't had a partner in over two years. just can't shake the guilt and fear that was put into me in my study of Catholicism... I also want to make sure I found sanity and sobriety for an extended length of time before I get involved in another relationship

It may work in the opposite direction (I'm pretty sure you're therapist will say the same if you ask them). Having a loving relationship in which you are free to express and explore your sexuality, without guilt and fear, may help you find an inner balance. Its part of learning to love ourselves for who we are. The tricky part is learning to listen to your own desires and accepting them.

The guilt is something that we are conditioned in to. It is something we have learned. So we have to unlearn it but gently pushing our boundaries. When we realise its not as frightening as it seems, things get easier.

 

[Rival]

Yes. Started when I was about 8.

 

[Spiderman]

It may work in the opposite direction (I'm pretty sure you're therapist will say the same if you ask them). Having a loving relationship in which you are free to express and explore your sexuality, without guilt and fear, may help you find an inner balance. Its part of learning to love ourselves for who we are. The tricky part is learning to listen to your own desires and accepting them.

The guilt is something that we are conditioned in to. It is something we have learned. So we have to unlearn it but gently pushing our boundaries. When we realise its not as frightening as it seems, things get easier.

Good point!
It will have to be someone I'm in love with though. And I don't have luck with those types... So I figure I need to get my ducks in a row before hand...

 

[Spiderman]

Yes. Started when I was about 8.

Thank you for your honesty. Feel free not to answer, but were your fantasies masochistic at that age?

 

[Rival]

Thank you for your honesty. Feel free not to answer, but were your fantasies masochistic at that age?

Very.