In the times where stress has taken a permanent place in people’s mind and relaxation seems a dream, it is only you who can motivate yourself to do well. Sometimes, this motivation can be achieved through exploring yourself more often and making use of self pleasure activities. Now you may have these assumptions about various side-effects of masturbation and fear that it harms your health. Hence to clear all these misconceptions, our expert Dr. Praveen Taneja, Consultant and Sex Therapist from Bishnoi Healthcare Clinic, Kanpur will tell you about benefits and side effects of masturbation for males.
Is Masturbation healthy for males?
This is the first question which rises in everyone’s mind. So the answer is yes, it is totally healthy to indulge in this self love exercise and explore your body more often. Majority of people have this misconception about masturbation that it may lead you to skin problems, or lose of stamina, premature ejaculation, etc. However, all these are just myths and made up concepts. The reality is that masturbation is healthy for both males and females. It is also linked with reducing risk of prostate cancer and stress, etc. Although too much of it could obviously affect your health, therefore it is important to know frequency of healthy masturbation.
Does Masturbation Affect Your Stamina?
Another very common query about masturbation associated with males is about decrease in stamina. The truth is it does not affect your stamina if you even masturbate once in a day. Masturbation does not actually have anything to do with stamina. People who masturbate are as healthy, efficient and effective as individuals who masturbate once in a while. Hence you do not have to worry about this anymore while practising self love exercise.
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Benefits of Masturbation in Males
1. Reduces Stress levels
As mentioned earlier, stress has become a permanent part of our lives, and to kill stress, masturbation could a beneficial exercise. Sleep cycles can be improved and there is a better chance of deep sleep after masturbation. This has been observed in many studies, this is because of the fact that after masturbation, the body releases a hormone called oxytocin, which gets into blood stream and relaxes the body. This hormone is also responsible to make us happier and satisfied after masturbation.
2. Boosts Mood and Reduces Anxiety
Yes, it is true; you may have observed that after masturbation, you tend to feel more refreshed. This is because there are other hormones present in your body that are released to promote mood, reducing anxiety among people. The hormones here are called vasopressin and melatonin to elevate anxiety.
3. Lowers Risk of Prostate Cancer
Masturbation does lower the risk of prostate cancer according to latest studies. Doctor also mentions that people who masturbate regularly are at lower risk of developing prostate cancer to those who do in once in a while or not at all. According to a research by National Institute of Health Sciences, in 2003, it was found that men who masturbate 21 times a month could probably lower down their risk of prostate cancer. However there has been no suggestive evidence to it yet.
4. Boosts Immunity
You may not believe it but the most vital thing could be boosted by masturbation process. Strong immunity is need of the hour and regular masturbation can actually prevent you from falling for diseases that occur because of low immunity. According to our expert, during masturbation, there is continuous pressure on brain and heart to function efficiently; this increases the production of white blood cells in the body, leading to better immunity. Hence it might not be as bad as you might think it to be.
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Side-Effects of Masturbation in Males
Well, there are actually far less side effects of masturbation as you might have thought. Most of the side-effects can occur because over doing it, which is not healthy for the body. Here are some side-effects you may be interested in knowing.
1. Feeling of Guilt
Now masturbation is highly linked to feeling of guilt, especially in males. This is because after release of hormones, when your brain starts analyzing, it sends signals that are present in your sub conscious mind. This happens because of cultural beliefs, peer pressure of society and the weird feeling about indulging in masturbation. It is often regarded as “dirty” or “bad thing” so many times over the period of time that it gives a feeling of guilt, and it may spoil your mood.
2. Addiction of Masturbation
Overdoing anything is not healthy, weather be it snacks or masturbation. Addiction to masturbation is a real thing and it can get into your head if you spend too much time thinking about it. Masturbation actually has this following effect on males who tend to masturbate in excess-
- Skin routine activities
- Missing your work or school because of addiction
- Cancelling or postponing plans at random because of addiction to masturbate
- Missing important social events
- Affect your relationship adversely
- Not paying attention to your general needs.
3. Can decrease sensation
One of the major drawbacks of improper masturbation technique can actually lead to reduced sensitivity during sexual intercourse. This is because of the tight grip, which could actually cause less sensation as sex could have reduced overall affect on males after too much masturbation.
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