How much is too much?

There are lot's of habits that are healthy and normal. My habit to meditate twice a day, go to the gym every other day, eat good healthy food etc....

It's the habits I can't control that are unhealthy, if I said right I'll never meditate ever again and time and time again I'd slip into meditating when I least expected it that would be unhealthy

 

My philosophy now is 'once is too many'. The habit of watching porn is really bad so yeah stay away from it. I feel better every day.

 

I'm not sure that is the best question Anon. I'll attempt to answer it though. I would keep masturbating if I thought the following were true:

-I was comfortable with my sexuality.
-I did not use masturbation to deal with stress, boredom, loneliness and any other emotions or situations that should be dealt with in a more constructive and effective way.
-I don't find myself over fantasizing to the point where it becomes an obsession or it hinders any real interactions or relationships I might have.
-I felt that there was more benefit for me to masturbate once in a while than to fight a part of myself.
-I found my own way to achieve motivation and confidence and the other supposed "super powers" that come with abstinence.
-I felt self empowered from having my own way of life and trusting I know what's best for myself and not needing to rely on a group or a strict regime.
-I felt no guilt or negative feelings about it.
-I felt that trying to abstain was becoming too much of a thing in my life and I was spending too much of my time working with this ideal.

I feel that watching porn probably doesn't lead to much good, I'm comfortable not ever watching porn.

If all this were true and I'm living a healthy life with healthy relationships and views on sexuality I think masturbating once in a while for whatever reason is perfectly fine in my book.

I appreciate this forum and this movement as I'm sure its helped pull people out of unhealthy places in their lives. However I worry that some people might be drastically over compensating for their issues. So I say whatever you feel works for you.

~Endy

 

There isn't, sorry.