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Is excessive (twice a day) masturbation as bad as porn addiction after recovery?

Discussion in 'New to NoFap' started by Striver80, Mar 1, 2014.

  1. Striver80

    Striver80 New Fapstronaut

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    Hi,

    Its been 7 months since I have not watched any form of porn and I feel I have recovered almost mostly from Porn Induced ED.

    However I do not have access to "real" sex and so after abstaining for so many months, I finally started to masturbate a month back. I don't have any problem fantasizing and I come fairly easily.

    My question is: Is it as harmful to masturbate everyday once or twice? Is it as bad as porn addiction?

    The benefits and good things I am experiencing in my life after nearly 20 years of porn addiction far outweigh any desire that may again
    bring me down so want to know lest even masturbation (excessive) should also become a problem.

    Can you please help me get an answer?

    Thanks.
     
  2. seth

    seth Fapstronaut

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    Striver,

    Seven months is fantastic! I applaud you efforts! No matter what, you've come a long way.

    If you generalize the question to what's worse, porn or MO? Many people would agree that porn is the issue although this is far from unanimous. So personally, I think it's worse to watch porn than to masturbate twice in a day. HOWEVER, if you are masturbating everyday or frequently, it may be time to consider slowing down.
    If you can masturbate once in a while (like once a week or something) but to a point where you're not thinking about it and only doing it when your horny (opposed to whenever you can) I think that's can be considered moderation. But if you're asking if two times a day is ok, it sounds like this may be something you should slow down with.

    You made it incredibly far. Congrats on abstaining from porn and I'm glad to hear positive things. But try to stop yourself before you fall into the pit that you worked so hard to get out of.

    I wish you luck. Feel free to always post what's on your mind.
     
  3. Striver80

    Striver80 New Fapstronaut

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    Hi Seth. Thanks for responding earlier to my post. I am very concerned about what's happening.... I am mansturbating at least once a day since last 3 months though without porn. Problem is since am doing it so often, I feel I am getting back to old habits. The other day I was watching TV in the night and got aroused looking at partly nude / skimpily clad women. Only way I could relieve myself of it was to mansturbate. Frequency of this is increasing. Already happened 3-4 times in last week. May be brain is again responding to visual stimulus. I am very worried if I am going to fall back into the trap :-( can you please suggest? If I am going to live in this world am always going to come across such images that are so easy to find in popular media...prime time television, magazines, mobile devices...it may not be porn but sure does excite me...to the point that I mansturbate...I don't know How to differentiate....don't understand when it's addiction and when it's normal human desire and reflex to react to images. I suffered for nearly 2 decades...worked hard to overcome my addiction and now I feel I will be confused about my sexuality till am alive. Please help me understand what is acceptable and what's not. Many thanks in advance.
     
  4. seth

    seth Fapstronaut

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    It's alright to masturbate frequently, but I totally understand the worry. It's good that you blocked porn out of your life, but personally I don't think you should block MO out of your life as well. My advice to you is do everything you can to find a healthy relationship. You're allowed to have a sexual drive - it becomes a problem when it gets in the way of other important things. Don't be so hard on yourself but consider it an addiction if you find you're addicted to it. I know this might not be super helpful so feel free to ask others.
     
  5. 123@@@

    123@@@ Fapstronaut

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    Frequently masturbating will definitely harm your body very much (in all aspect). This statement is supported by Traditional Chinese medicine and cases in Chinese nofap community. So, porn>MO> no PMO at all. I suggested you should stop MO now.
     

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