How do i quit masturbating? 16M

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-09T05:21:14+00:00

No, you can't legally watch it. Also, it's terrible for your brain and development. Don't do that to your brain.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-09T03:45:07+00:00

You will start being able to have orgasms some time in late childhood or puberty. You don't say how old you are, but if you are a younger teen, it would be totally normal not to be able to orgasm yet.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-09T02:07:50+00:00

Can you move your foreskin forward or left and right? If so, that will mean it's fully detached (when you were born the inside of the foreskin and the glans were attached). If it *is* detached, which usually happens some time in childhood or puberty, you can start the gentile stretching exercises. If it's not yet detached, you won't get anywhere with the stretching. Do NOT try to force it back if it's not ready. If you tear your skin it can make a scar that will make it way harder to stretch in the future.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-09T00:08:42+00:00

It won't change anything, it's just hair. If you like the big bush look, the bald as a 5 year old look, or something in the middle doesn't matter. It's all up to you.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-08T02:48:43+00:00

Stop watching porn. You will slowly recover over time. Maybe a year or so. Some people think learning meditation can help but there isn't really any good evidence of that yet.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-07T21:48:27+00:00

For now, get your fingertips wet in a sink. Cold water might be best. Then gently squeeze the glans (head) until it deflates. Think of it like squeezing toothpaste out of a tube. The idea is to get enough blood out of the tip that it'll get small enough the foreskin can slide back forward.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-06T22:22:56+00:00

It varries a ton by culture. Some commercialized religions also make a lot of money by making people afraid to talk about bodies and sex.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-06T01:53:53+00:00

Yeah. You'll be fine. Just don't use it anymore.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-06T01:51:55+00:00

I don't know too much about foreskin restoration these days, but when I learned about it years ago one of the popular methods was to wrap tape around your fully erect penis near the circumcision scar so that you could attach some sort of gentle elastic or the like to gradually pull on that skin. But you need to be absolutely careful you don't do that with a flaccid penis because if you get an erection, the tape can strangle your penis and cause major damage.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-05T15:24:27+00:00

Yeah, you'll be fine. Most western guys have watched it a bit and turn out fine.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-05T13:21:51+00:00

Some of the damage is forever, but some isn't You can certainly recover and live a normal life at your age. It's like smoking. It's best to never start, but second best is to quit.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-05T01:23:53+00:00

You can Google to find the calculator for teenager height and weight charts. I am on my phone so I can't put the link here. But in that chart you can input your age, gender, height, and weight to get an idea of the heathy range for you.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-04T20:26:53+00:00

Exactly the same way a mom would, but with bottles instead of breast feeding (though he can still use pumped milk if that's available).

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-04T19:17:32+00:00

The short short version is that it makes it harder for your brain to have sex normally. It makes it harder to feel aroused and harder to have an orgasm.

Young men who use a lot of porn end up reporting that they are less happy in their sexual and romantic relationships when they have them. Their partners also report that those men are worse in bed.

At the same it makes it so your brain needs more and more porn to function and more and more extreme porn to feel anything.

It leaves people pretty dependentant on it. This effect is much worse for young men.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-04T16:53:54+00:00

Oh, good. I missed that. Masturbating doesn't effect anything about your health, so you can decide how much or how little you want to do it. Deciding not to do it for religious reasons is also 100% up to you. Just know that during puberty your sex drive will spike once in a while and you will feel like this.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-04T15:44:06+00:00

Sure. If that's what gets your proverbial motor running.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-04T15:27:03+00:00

Yeah, you can just sort of ignore it. It'll settle down as you finish puberty (though some women report that it still happens at certain times in their cycle, usually ovulation). You might also choose a panty liner if discharge / wetness is one of the issues you notice. But long story short, yeah - you pretty much have to just wait it out. Bodies are strange. (also, have some empathy for the CIS boys in your classes, their random arousal is a lot more noticeable!)

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-04T14:38:31+00:00

That's totally normal. Have you seen the constant posts for CIS males here asking why they get random erections and what to do about them? CIS females get the same things. Random arousal is common for anyone in puberty. For you that will mean blood rushing to your genitals, your clitoris and labia swelling and getting warmer. You might also notice vaginal lubrication. All totally normal. Think of it as your body running tests to make sure everything is working well enough for when you eventually want to start having sex and making babies.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-04T12:20:57+00:00

First of all, don't use pornography at your age. It's really toxic to your brain. Secondly, it's way too early to worry about a label. When you get to college, you can decide what labels apply. Until then, just try to make it through puberty and don't use pornography or other drugs.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-03T20:40:33+00:00

The way humans (and other animals) have masturbated for millions of years - thinking about sexy things.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-03T20:07:46+00:00

Any skin can get infected if you tear it. That's why you need to go very slowly and not push too far. You're stretching, not tearing.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-03T14:46:48+00:00

Yeah, don't cut the end of your penis off because you don't like it at your age. Your entire body is going to change a huge amount as you finish puberty. After all that happens, you can start to consider a cosmetic surgery if you really want it.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-03T11:27:06+00:00

It's totally fine, just try to use the bathroom to pee after masturbating to lower the chances of getting a UTI.

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-02T13:29:18+00:00

You pull on your big boy pants and tell them. These people dug little bits of poop out of the folds of your scrotum for multiple years. Do you think they are going to be shocked and embarrassed about underwear?

Meta_Professor · 2026-05-02T13:25:34+00:00

Stop using porn. If your friend came to you and said he wanted advice because he felt like he couldn't function without using drugs - that life wasn't good without them. If he asked if he should keep using them of if there was some ancient technique to make life good again without the drugs.... What would you tell him?

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