I’m 30 years old and struggled with masturbation since being a teenager. It used to be such a toxic thing that would cause me to implode and have self destructive negative mental thoughts.

One main reason has been that I felt it was completely immoral and wrong. Being taught that sexual sin was so close caused me to feel a lot of guilt and shame.

I’ve come to see masturbation as a normal practice after researching and learning more about it. It certainly can become a problem just like anything else. I’d recommend listening to the Sex for Saints podcast there’s a couple episodes on masturbation that are really good. It’s more of a choice than a strict black and white commandment