how much masturbation is too much??

Simple question really which I felt has been answered but I thought I'll start a new thread anyway....

I'm 29 and I have been masturbating on average every day since I was 13/14. Do you think this is too much? Is there a problem in daily masturbation?

The accepted, universal view is that masturbation of any frequency is ok and does not have any physical consequences. I want to hold back and cut down on the frequency but this is not easy as it's been a habit for so many years now.

There's no such thing as too much masturbation as long as it doesn't interfere with your daily life.

Yeah good old western medicine claims its fine with no consequences at all.The sheeples believe it because doctors would never lie or be wrong.Medicine changes all the time tho doesnt it?The world used to be flat and everyone belived it,yet it was WRONG.
Riddle me this batman,why is it the eastern cultures claim "sex is the gates of life" and not "masturbation is the gates of life"??
I wish someone would make a poll here and we could see a show of hands on how many people think there are NO physical consequences to heavy/frequent masturbation lol.Keep dumping huge amounts of nutrients and free amino acids directly from your cerbral spinal fluid.Orgasm away huge amounts of HGH,keep causing the release of inflammatory hormones wholesale.
I'm sure we can come up with a huge list of things healthwise that we used to believe which are no longer true,wouldnt that be fun.They dont even know why weed causes testicle cancer other then something like "well it must have something to do with testosterone since weed affects T levels.....

He doesn't need to be scared of masturbating, especially if you have nothing to back up your claims. And he is not asking whether or not it's healthy for him, he's asking how to cut back on masturbating.

And since I didn't answer that, my opinion is that there is no need to cut back even if you're not sexually active.

I agree with Dr Skipper, as long as it doesn't interfere with your life there is no problem. I am 50 (female) and I masturbate 4-6 times a week, 2-3 times in a day on my day off. It helps me relax, relieve stress and sexual frustration (I am single right now). I have been masturbating since I was 12.

If there are no negative reasons for cutting back on the frequency why do it? If you are masturbating instead of having relationships with another then that is a problem, but if you masturbate because you currently don't have a lover then no harm done.

He masturbates 1x a day for 15 yrs and now hes 29.I saw another post by him i'm pretty sure he was saying he needed constant stimulation to maintain an erection or he wasnt 100% erect.Now hes wondering/has some doubt,theres no physical consequences/limit to masturbation,right?I think on the other thread there was a mention of porn too.If you search on google for "yourbrainonporn" you'll find porn/excessive porn alters your brain chemistry.I've read the articles on "cure-erectile-dysfunction.org".I believe theres alot of truth to them and i wonder can we get an endocrinologist who confirms that the endocrine system does/can work the way it stated in those articles.To the original poster,if theres no limit/consequences to over/masturbation then why only 1x a day?Why not do a little experiment,lets say go 5x a day for as many days as you can,maybe you can reach 30 days.Come back and tell us if you noticed anything that may make you believe there was physical consequences?I was trying to give him some direction to look into things for himself.

The fluids women produce are meaningless compared to what men lose.There is a huge difference,the vitamins/minerals,free aminos and HGH men lose,theres no comparison.The inflammatory hormones from masturabation,cortisol/prolactin/coolidge effect whatever may be equal but not the nutritional loss.

You should see what women ejaculate from their bodies once a month. And yet here we are, going to work, school, living out perfectly capable lives despite the blood loss and the eggs and the cramping, etc. I think a little fluid loss now and then won't kill ya, Dr. Phil.

That was so funny, DrSkipper.

ultrarapidcycling - should men also cut down on partner sex in an effort to save precious vitality?

Is that a quote from Dr phil or your calling me dr phil?

Women have my sympathys BUT your born with all your eggs so its not like losing an egg a month is draining nutrition,the blood loss yes but not the egg right? I looked online quickly and theres two sides.One side believes there no physical or mental consequence to masturbation.One site even had some dctr answering emails and 1 said i mstrbate 16x in 1 day is it harmfull?Every answer was basically "its normal and harmless".I wont go into the other side since everyone here is entrenched in the completely harmless camp.To answer the original ? which was(i think) is mstrbating 1x a day have physical consequences?No matter what you believe it really comes down to the person right?For some it may not have consequences and others it might not.If the original poster doesnt believe theres any physical consequences why ask if mstrbating 1x a day is too much?confused....

Sure i'm being prodded with a stick now huh?lol.I think you have the wrong vibe from me to ask that ? Look ive taken a road never travelled(through no intention of my own).Its led me to some pretty crazy not well known info MEDICALLY.If you people think you know it all you are sorely mistaken.Please feel free to enlighten me on your knowledge of the most severe expression of pelvic myoneuropathy/uccps in men and how you would go about fixing that lol?Not many DOCTORS even know what that would be no less how to fix it.The stage is all yours,Dr Phil...

The thing is, there was a belief in the 19th century that men should preserve vitality and limit themselves. It has seen been disproven. It was a widely held belief, supported by the medical opinion of that day.

LOL this has gotten way off.

I do not see why it is way off. You expressed an opinion and I pointed out that that opinion was held widely at some point of time and has since been disproven.

How is that off topic?

I meant the original post.Limit themselves as far as what sex or masturbation or both?Ive noticed the general consensus on this forum which is any amount of masturbation seems harmless.I disagree and maybe we should start its own thread.Theres alot of variables that play into this situ for different people and its not a 1 answer across the board in my mind.Some of what i believe is definitely NOT considered fact/correct medically but medicine changes all the time.

And how many men have severe pelvic myoneuropathy/uccps? Very, very, few. And how many of those men with those conditions have masturbating to blame? A very rare, laughable amount.

If you want to scare him into thinking he's got some rare disorder simply because he masturbates, that's pretty cruel thinking even with the best intentions.

This topic again has absolutely nothing to do with the amount he masturbates. If you want to start your own thread go ahead, but leave this thread for the people who can answer the question on topic.

First off i never tried to scare anybody,2nd i never said the original poster had some rare exotic disease.I said i believe theres physical consequences to overmasturbation for men.I didnt even say the original posters schedule qualified as too much.

Your statement about UCCPS is WRONG.I'll leave you to your belief tho.

For everyone who believes theres no physical consequences to overmasturbation for men,theres probably an equal # who attribute a huge amount of serious symptoms to it.Commonly referred to as sexual exhaustion,yeah maybe its not a verified condition,and maybe the definition of it is wrong in some places depending on whose defintion your reading.The symptoms are real tho.

Had the original poster asked HOW to reduce masturbating i could have answered with some advice.He just said he was worried about cutting back because its been such a long time habit.Seemed like he wanted confirmation no amount of masturbating is too much,thats the long held facts...

Yeah i'll leave the thread alone.Maybe i'll go post on my beliefs and success on going from raging bipolar 1 ultra rapid cycling to complete remission with no pharmaceutical meds?Nah i'll leave people to their doctors and pharmaceutical meds that work so super fantastically lol

Since I have never seen "sexual exhaustion" mentioned anywhere in print until I read the quoted part, and I have been literate in English since age 6, I doubt that "commonly referred" is a true statement of fact.

"referred" - might very well be, but "commonly" - no

And even if something is "commonly referred", it still does not automatically make it true.

rofl Doc, your post last page was bar none the funniest thing I've read on my time here. Thanks for that.

To answer the OP's question, please don't worry about it. Once per day is pretty normal, IMHO. Masturbation is, in my opinion, only unhealthy when done to the point that it disrupts daily function or in the event you do something that is harmful to yourself in your practices, which is extremely unlikely. If you do wish to cut back (which I'm curious...why, if you don't mind me asking?), it's a matter of will, honestly. Disrupting the environment in which you masturbate helps (such as moving the computer, if that's a factor, away or out of your bedroom, making any sort of accessories harder to access, etc). But as far as beating the "urge" itself goes...I would imagine it's a "simple" matter of consciously abstaining, which is difficult, to say the least.

As far as the growing debate here goes, men produce more sperm than can ever possibly be used, even if the 5x per day challenge were to be accepted for years on end. I'm not going to say that there isn't a significant protein content in ejaculatory fluid, but they've pretty generally served their purpose once they're let loose into the world. Ejaculation isn't some sort of hemmorhage of nutritional content. If one thinks of our ancient ancestors, losing nutrients at such a rate would be counterproductive to the continuation of the species.

Furthermore, and respectfully...where anatomically do I lose spinal fluid out that particular portion of my body?

yeah whats funnier the way both of you reinforce your own misquotes or the referring of uccps as a rare or exotic disease.And since all current knowledge of everything is complete and correct and with references(of course),yet to the ? of whats the most severe expression of ucpps in men which doesnt even have a definitive or official name,of course was not answered(to make my point not all knowledge is complete).At the very least keep on with the current thinking that NO AMOUNT of masturbation has any consequences.Especially males guided under that assumption from childhood,what proportion will continue on to excessive internet porn?God knows theres no internet presence of males which an endless list of health problems they attribute to excessive masturbation.A funny phenomenon with the internet how people reinforce their own beliefs.Carry on...

I do not quite understand the meaning of that sentence.

Do you imply that before the Internet age - you know, in the preceding millennia - people did not tend to reinforce their own beliefs?.. If that is so, how come the belief that the Earth is flat was so popular?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_Earth

Oh I'm sorry, I thought we were done with the conversation. In fact the OP has yet to even reply. What was it you said about starting a new topic? Yeah, rekindling the fire is just a tad bit unnecessary, especially when we are in no need of persuading about the ill-effects of masturbation.

Masturbation is great. It's fun and its a stress reliever. And enjoyable obviously. Totally agree if its not affecting you daily life what's the issue. Should we not go to the bathroom to hold in out previous waste?

When you start getting spasms or cramps in your penis then its too much That's what the Dr character said on a sitcom anyway

Alright, respectfully, it's time to nip this in the bud, one way or the other. The debate, much as I love them, isn't helping the OP.

Ultrarapid, you're entitled to your beliefs, but understand you are going well against the grain of commonly accepted medical thought, which in cases like this is typically the given standard for community responses. While I will grant that medicine is a constantly evolving science and thus continually discovering new things, it would be pertinent to cite your evidence, particularly if it goes against what we consider to be relatively commonly established. Thus far, your only citations are in your second post, one of which isn't regarding the topic at hand and the other, while relevant, lacks citations as well (and poorly spell checked, but that's my own pet peeve). As of now, if I Google "UCCPS disease," which I just did, your post is the first search result on Google. The closest I have found for any ill effects either neglect to cite their "studies" whatsoever or preface their findings with all sorts of nifty caveats (masturbating too roughly, "the connection is hazy," etc). All other points are common sense things that should be taken as standard (IE too much too hard will irritate the skin, which should be obvious). I will link to the article I am quoting at the bottom of this post.

Furthermore, given that we do mostly subscribe to "good old Western medicine," your introductory post calling us all "sheeples" isn't precisely conducive to civil discourse.

Speaking here to include myself, the "debate" quit being productive about a page and a half ago, and has generally devolved into a thinly masked value judgment, which are impossible to win one way or the other. Again speaking to include me, it would best serve the OP to have the "debate" excluded. There's enough information provided already to make an informed decision.

Link, as promised:

http://men.webmd.com/guide/masturbat...nt-know?page=2