Is not masturbating unhealthy?

I looked that up too. After I went two months of NOFAP (awhile back), I started getting a weird feeling around my groin, like a sharp pain. but, It was probably because my body was getting use to me not ejaculating. The websites I actually FOUND it saying porn is healthy wern't realiable. WEBmd, stated masturbation in young adults "causes" risk of prostate cancer because of increase in sex drive. Heres the link http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20090127/masturbation-and-prostate-cancer-risk

 

webmd isn't really a reliable source. Anyways doctors say that masturbation is healthy but what they really mean is ejaculation is healthy. They suggest masturbating because it is more accesible than sex or wet dreams. Even then they suggest once a week. Anyways I get enough wet dreams so that is probably healthier.

 

WebMD has a valid point only if an individual is not circulating there energy. As you guys know, and i believe needs to start changing, Western civilization on the whole rarely takes into account Eastern culture philosophies, energy practices and knowledge. (Which predates our understanding of medicine by a couple thousand years). Many of which are still in practice today because they work!
I wouldn't be quick to assume that orgasm is healthy. Here is an alternative source for information that i highly recommend: http://www.reuniting.info/science
I have been practicing it and it has changed my life, and my outlook on sex in general. It has also made quitting PMO much easier. Before this stint i went 77 days, but then had 1 weak day, so time to learn and grow again.

 

You don't get prostate cancer just from not touching your dick that's fucking stupid. Even if it was true would you rather be depressed every day or feel amazing and your true self with a tiny risk of prostate cancer?

 

WebMD is not expressing an opinion; they are reporting on a study. Without knowing more about the methodology of the study and whether the results have been investigated further and/or repeated, it is impossible to know whether or not the data were reliable and whether the relationship they observed between masturbation and prostate cancer was causal or merely correlative.

Asking people on a board like this their opinions about whether abstaining from masturbation is physically unhealthy is not a good move. Nobody's opinion about that makes any difference, nor does any individual's anecdotal experience; it's a matter of medical science. I've never seen any medical evidence whatsoever that suggests that abstaining from masturbating is unhealthy for your body.

 

Not anything scientific but just my 0.02$

It might be healthy for some people to masturbate in moderation but not for an addict! I just past day 30 a few days ago. At first you think your balls will explode because they keep getting filled with no release but that is complete nonsense!

 

I think you're asking the wrong question. The question should be "if my body doesn't get rid of its semen after a certain period of time, can that cause health problems?"

The answer to THAT question is yes. Unfortunately, there some medical professionals who then conclude that a certain amount of masturbating is healthy--because it evacuates the sperm and allows for a replenishment.

The truth is that our bodies already have a built-in mechanism for getting rid of old sperm without sexual activity--it's called a wet dream.

Whenever I hear someone talking about how masturbation is a necessary behavior for optimum health, I hear someone who's trying to rationalize something they've already decided to do.

 

Excess and unused semen is broken down, reabsorbed, and recycled by the body.

 

ignore me i'm only posting to check my nofap count in my sig

 

This is something really interesting, anybody got more about this?

 

Not stupid at all ... you never know unless you ask.

A wet dream (or, "nocturnal emission", as it's known in the medical world) is the phenomenon where you basically have a sudden orgasm in your sleep. You may have never experienced this because you've spent years (or even decades) having intentional orgasms on your own, so your body never has to resort to its own mechanism like that.

That being said, your body WILL eventually get rid of old sperm, with or without your help. I highly advice against masturbating, but if you're going to do it anyway, just don't be deluded that it's somehow necessary.

 

Welcome

 

That's ridiculous ... not that it happened (yes, it's totally normal), but that you'd worry that you messed up your NoFap challenge because of something you have no control over. You can't control your dreams. Don't worry, you're still golden.

Keep up the good work. You can totally do this.