While masturbation is known to be an important part of a healthy person’s sexuality, any behaviour in excess is problematic. If you are a chronic masturbator and masturbate several times a day, your body is more likely to become addicted to these stress-releasing chemicals. Also, as times passes by, your body will need more and more of these chemicals to feel the same kind of effect, making you masturbate more.
When your brain releases dopamine, you experience similar feelings like a heroin addict does.
How to know if you are addicted
If masturbation is a part of most of your thoughts and if it has started affecting your everyday
life
, you must check yourself for the following symptoms:
• Do you seek increasingly graphic or violent pornography?
• Do you feel ashamed of masturbating frequently?
• Are you facing trouble in any relationship because of your masturbation habit?
• Have you or do you masturbate at inappropriate places such as in public places, at work, at relatives, etc.?
• Do you feel frustrated, sad or depressed when you can’t masturbate?
• Do you face trouble spending time with your family or children, or in enjoying the activities you previously enjoyed?
If you exhibit some or all the above symptoms, don’t worry. There are many ways in which you can control your habit of masturbating frequently:
Next Steps
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