Hey all, I don't exactly know if this belongs here, but I'm only asking to self improve so here it goes. I have some habits that I do not know if they count as masturbation. The first is very common I assume with us men, I touch myself. Not sexually, but just having my hand on my penis. It happens when one hand is free almost always. Does it arouse me? Only if I apply pressure on the "joint" that connects my penis to my crotch. The next habit is cuddling with my sheets. I can't fall asleep without cuddling my sheets, but that isn't the habit. The habit comes in when I try to replicate sex by lightly thrusting into them as if it were a woman. I probably won't be able to stop either, but it would be good to know if they count.
In my opinion, it's dangerous territory. I can imagine it easily turning into M, so I would avoid it. Surely, at the end of the day, we want to teach our bodies to physically respond to another human rather than to our own hand or bed?
Depends on how you feel. For a while I had to masterbate in order to relapse. I could actually watch porn but if I stopped before masterbateing I wouldn't relapse. When I got around day 15 I ended that and now touching a porn link is a relapse. Right now I have a single chance rule with "half masterbation". Soon I will be saying that is a relapse. Depends on what you feel should count and as you get bigger streaks start being very picky. So I think that you should stop them, but it's not 100% needed if they don't result in relapse.
It’s a bit embarrassing, but I actually can’t sleep unless I’m cuddling my pillow pretending it’s this girl I like. I don’t know if that’s cheating?
Well I mean, I haven’t popped a boner once from doing either of these. Just woke up with one as most do however.
True, since it is only the beginning I’m going to let it slide and stop doing it when I realize I am. Perhaps it won’t even be an issue come 90 days from now.
Just having your hand on your penis isn't what I consider masturbation, but if you are intentionally stimulating (e.g. pressing on the joint). Just having your hand down there is plain dangerous. Cuddling with bedding isn't what I consider masturbation, but thrusting into bedding is. I sleep cuddling a body pillow. I've had to cuddle bedding in order to sleep since long before puberty and my MO habit.
