There is data out there that suggests that one in three men masturbate every single day of their lives. In sickness and in health. Even on 9/11. If there is one thing in my life I’m diligent about daily it’s brushing my teeth working out bopping my bologna. I’m quite proud of it.
But, new scientific research suggests that my spanking streak is nothing to write home about. So I guess I should throw away this letter that begins “Dear Mom and Dad, good news!”
Dr Andrew Smiler’s finding suggest that healthy men with access to endless streaming porn are having increasing problems getting an erection, and it could have lasting effects. He suggests that becoming dependent on porn early in young men’s lives is more concerning than we give it credit for.
Via The Independent:
“If I’m 17 and that is 90% of my sexual orgasmic experience, then I’ve put a lot of effort into that particular variety/flavour of sexual development but I’ve put in very little time developing my sexuality with another person, so it makes it more challenging to become aroused to another person and you find yourself in this other direction which is often very different to sex with a person.”
Dr Angela Gregory, psychosexual therapist at Nottingham University Hospital, added that masturbating to porn constantly is like scratching poison ivy: the more you do it, the more you have to do it.
For some men, however, they develop hypersexuality and are constantly aroused. “It’s like an itch they can’t scratch and is always on their minds,” Dr Gregory said.
Their solutions are simply unrealistic: stop masturbating. lol.
“If you can stop [masturbating], you can reboot your system to normal arousal,” Gregory explains.
She recommends going cold turkey for 90 days – some men find it easy, others really struggle. And Dr Smiler points out that you have to retrain both your body and your mind, so he talks to a lot of his clients about what they find attractive.
90 days huh.
[h/t The Independent]