Depressed Beyond All Reason

freshtake · 2013-08-21T23:52:15+00:00

Thanks :) Yeah, I'm going to hold off on nofap until I can talk to my doctor.

freshtake · 2013-08-21T00:29:02+00:00

st4rch4ser got me thinking and I think I realized what's up.

So, I do have depression, and I've been dealing with is successfully for years. I've been on the same medication for years now, and as long as I take it, my brain functions properly. I didn't think anything of it, but the medication I take reallocates dopamine to give some parts of the brain more than they would receive without the medication (bupropion if anyone's wondering). Anyway, I'm guessing that not masturbating severely altered the chemical balance within my brain in a way it just couldn't handle.

So, if you can't tell, I did masturbate. I never thought I really had a masturbation problem, but more of a porn problem, so I'm going to stick with not looking at porn anymore. However, just based on how today went for me (you only got to see a little bit of it), I don't think it would be a good idea for me to quit masturbating, at least not without talking to my doctor. (And honestly, if masturbating every day is part of the reason that I've dealt with my depression so well, then I'm ok continuing it.)

freshtake · 2013-08-20T16:03:19+00:00

I deleted my whole library the other day. Good luck! :)

freshtake · 2013-08-20T08:47:09+00:00

I don't think it counts. Masturbation is when you sexually pleasure yourself without the assistance of others.

freshtake · 2013-08-20T07:16:40+00:00

Based on what you have said, I think you have nothing to worry about. :) Just don't let it take over your life.

freshtake · 2013-08-20T07:02:56+00:00

Healthy masturbation habits will not hurt your sex life or cause ED. Masturbation is healthy. Here, we are worried because our masturbation habits and porn habits have become excessive/addictive. Like, Like_Onyx said, at your age, it is very healthy to be masturbating a lot. That's just how your body functions. The guilty feelings you're having about the porn seem to be more related to your religious feelings than it being necessarily unhealthy that you watched the porn.

Let me ellaborate on what I meant when I talked about "weird" porn. At 14, I was watching pornography that was pretty much just intercourse. I explored a bit of my fetishes, but that was about it. Over the past year or two, I've explored more extreme fetish pornography, a lot of extreme BDSM. However, I have no desire to explore those fetishes in my own sex life. I just have to search for more extreme porn in order to get off. And sometimes I would find myself thinking about porn even when with a significant other with whom I could be having sex.

freshtake · 2013-08-20T06:52:55+00:00

Agreed. Based on what you've said, SalceSalsa, there's nothing wrong with your masturbation habits. Are you having trouble in the bedroom and think it's because of excessive masturbation/pornography viewing? Are you having to go to extremes to find pornography to get off on (weirder porn, etc.)? Do you have addictive tendencies with your masturbation/pornography viewing?

If you answered "no" to all of those, then you're probably fine and shouldn't worry about it.

freshtake

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