Sex Addictions & Addiction to Pornography
Slawomir Gromadzki
Harmful Effects of Chronic Masturbation, Sex Addictions and Addiction to Pornography
Watching pornography may become a very compulsive practice, especially when it is frequently repeated over a longer period of time, because very powerful neural pleasure connections are created in the brain. As a result such a deeply-rooted habit often becomes very difficult to break. So, it is not an exaggeration when someone says that porn addiction can and actually does ruin human lives. American philosopher Noam Chomsky once said that, “Pornography is a humiliation and degradation of women. It’s a disgraceful activity and I don’t want to be associated with it. Women are degraded as vulgar sex objects, that’s not what human beings are.”
It is not a secret that by nature we are egocentric and consciously or subconsciously we are looking for various pleasures that would satisfy our natural ego which is never happy to experience pleasure only on rare occasions. It wants it every day or even more than that as it is never satisfied. In the seventh chapter of the epistle to the Romans, Apostle Paul calls this dwelling in us force “the law of sin.” For him, it is a “law” because like the law of gravity this dwelling in us force is constant and never changes but it is constantly pulling us down toward selfishness and toward various pleasures including sensual ones. That is why so many of us get addicted so easily and can’t control our excessive appetite for junk food, stimulants, or sexual desires. When we experience one orgasm, most of us want another one, and another, and another… For a long time you don’t even try to deny this habit, all the more since all the world seems to promote frequent sex and masturbation as something healthy and beneficial. So you keep on experiencing orgasm after orgasm as a “healthy” habit until you get addicted and discover that the opposite is true. Unfortunately, at this point it is often too late to give up on it or even control the frequency because you also find out that after many years of repeating the same activity over and over again you have built such a strong neural pathway in your brain that you became enslaved by that “healthy” habit.
Sexual addiction occurs when you decide or promise to not do it anymore, yet you keep on returning to the habit anyway. It means you are enslaved by the habit. It is now your master which slowly yet effectively ruins your whole life, including your marriage and family relations, your spirituality, health, your career, friendships and any other aspects of your life.
Sex addiction proved to be extremely dangerous as it destroyed the lives of millions of people all over the world. For this reason, young men and women should be educated about the risks associated with this weakness and learn how to cope with it to prevent or at least significantly reduce its horrible consequences.
Unfortunately, the modern medical world instead of helping the naive and unaware of the risk young people to address this problem seem to encourage them to develop this life-threatening habit, brainwashing them with the stupid idea that they can practice it without any harmful consequences. For example, according to NHS (UK), “Masturbation doesn’t cause any harm, either physically or mentally, even if you do it often.” > Wow, and those guys get paid for writing such idiotic rubbish. But, who cares, and besides, if you get addicted to sex or pornography it will slowly ruin also your emotional and physical health which will force you to visit your doctor who will prescribe you medication. In this way, thanks to NHS and masturbation-promoting mass media, the big pharma is able to get into your pocket again. “For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil.” (1Timothy 6:10)
Also, “The World Health Organization (WHO) is distributing a document setting the standards for sexual education in Europe, which promotes masturbation, contraception, abortion and homosexuality to infants, young children and adolescents!” (Read more >) Well, now I can understand why WHO have a snake in their logo…
The truth, however, is that only few people are able to practice this sexual pleasure with moderation. Great majority sooner or later develop a strong habit and finally a powerful and destructive addiction. Both NHS as well as WHO should know and educate people that excessive sexual practices (especially masturbation and porn addiction) lead to a numerous and dangerous deficiencies of various hormones, neurotransmitters, and nutrients. That includes zinc, dopamine, serotonin, testosterone, thyroid hormones, acetylcholine, prostaglandin E-1, melatonin, and DHEA. All of them are very important when it comes to sex and orgasm.
These deficiencies may lead to many different often dangerous symptoms such as: Semen leakage, elevated PSA levels, enlarged prostate, prostatitis, erectile dysfunction, hair loss, thinning of the hair, frequent urination, incontinence, anxiety, depression, sleeping problems, shaking hands, fear, alienation, problems with concentration, poor memory, lack of motivation, mood swings, chronic fatigue, watery semen, poor multi-tasking ability, headaches, buzzing ear, lower back pain, eye floaters, weak immune system, skin problems, etc.
For instance, as a result of excessive sexual practices testosterone is converted into dihydrotestosterone (DHT) which binds to the hair follicles blocking their supplies of nutrients (proteins, zinc, biotin, sulphur, silica, etc.) causing hair loss. According to the American Hair Loss Association, “Dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a derivative of the male hormone testosterone, is the enemy of hair follicles on your head. Simply put, under certain conditions DHT wants those follicles dead. This simple action is at the root of many kinds of hair loss.”
According to physitians from mysexclinic.com “A habit of doing masturbation more than twice a week can have serious consequences on a man’s sexual life. So if you have this dirty habit of masturbating more than three times a week its time to control your mind and get rid of it now. Otherwise you may be in very serious trouble.”
To be honest, no scientific studies are required to prove harmful effects of frequent masturbation as there are thousands of online testimonials written by honest individuals who have practised this addictive habit for a longer period of time. Here is one of them:
“Being a regular masturbator myself, at least once a day (sometimes 2 times). I thought the whole idea (of masturbation being a cause of hair loss) was ridiculous. Especially, when I have read so many articles before which stated that masturbation is good for you. However, I was intrigued by results of others, and my hair was so thin at the time that I was desperate to try anything. For about 8 months, I have been on Revivogen, MSM and Multi Vitamins, but I wasn’t having much success. At one point I also added the laser comb and was not having great results either. For two months now, I have stuck with the regimen, as well as added grape seed extract. I refrained from masturbating at all, and would only save it for times when I would have sex, which wasn’t very often, so this would work out in my favour. The results? In two months, my hair is growing thicker and thicker. There were previously thin areas on the front with minute hairs that would never grow, now they’re growing back! I know it sounds completely ridiculous, but I swear by this thing, that it has been working a miracle on my hair! Further to that, the benefits I’ve seen is that my legs don’t feel weaker, and my voice has gotten deeper. Which leads me to believe that my testosterone level is higher after I quit masturbation as opposed to creating more DHT which attacks the hair follicles when you experience orgasm.”
When you’re predominantly using your hand as your sexual tool then it can cause weakness in the structural muscles which support the penis. In other words, your arm and hand get a great workout during a masturbation session, but your penis muscles don’t. When you masturbate, your hand is controlling the pace and the intensity of the stroke. Constantly using your hand to self-stimulate can detract from your awareness of the sensations created by penetrating a partner sexually. This leads you to feeling like you are losing your sex power. Because your penis isn’t being exercised, you may experience a feeling of weakness or numbness when you attempt sexual intercourse. After experiencing weakness or numbness during sexual intercourse you then begin worrying that you have a definite erection problem which makes it start occurring during masturbation sessions as well.
Porn does not cause erectile dysfunction directly. The problem with watching porn occurs when the male starts believing that he requires intense visual stimulation to be able to get an erection. This isn’t entirely true. But now he is worrying about his ability to fulfil a live partner if (she) doesn’t look like a porn star. Performance anxiety starts confusing his brain which promptly makes him lose his erection. Due to his addiction to porn to feel sexual fulfilment he now also has an unrealistic view of sexual actions, what is required to fulfil a partner sexually and how to bring himself and his partner to orgasm. Once a man has experienced an episode of losing his erection hardness his mind then becomes consumed with worrying that event will occur again. This causes an ongoing erectile dysfunction problem which continues, even if he stops masturbating or watching porn.
Sexual Excess & Zinc Deficiency
More than 150 years ago Ellen White gave a striking warning: “Sexual excess will effectually destroy a love for devotional exercises, will take from the brain the substance needed to nourish the system, and will most effectually exhaust the vitality” — Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 477.
Modern science provides striking evidence supporting the physiological wisdom of this warning. Semen is exceptionally rich in zinc, an essential mineral important for the brain, nervous system, immunity, reproduction and hundreds of enzymes. Human studies have measured approximately 0.4–0.7 mg of zinc lost in an average ejaculation, while one large study found enormous individual variation, reaching approximately 3.6 mg in a single ejaculation!
This helps explain why Oxford-trained physician and researcher Dr David Horrobin, M.D., Ph.D., wrote: “The amount of zinc in semen is such that one ejaculation may get rid of all the zinc that can be absorbed from the intestines in one day…. Unless the amount lost is replaced by an increased dietary intake, repeated ejaculation may lead to a real zinc deficiency” — Zinc, 1981, p. 8.
Sexual activity also produces major changes in brain chemicals and hormones involved in pleasure and sexual satiety, including dopamine, serotonin, prolactin, oxytocin and endorphins. Repeated excessive sexual stimulation can strongly condition the brain’s reward pathways, increasing craving, compulsive behaviour and difficulty with self-control. In susceptible individuals, compulsive sexual behaviour can be associated with problems involving attention, motivation, mood and normal responsiveness to everyday rewards.
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The link between masturbation, porn and erectile dysfunction is that masturbation and porn cause erectile dysfunction when the male’s brain becomes confused, whether he is alone or with a partner. A man needs to be aware that masturbation is a very different act from having sex with a partner. In order to avoid ED either while masturbating or during intercourse he must understand the correct thought/action sequences required to remove anxiety, get an erection, keep his erection and stay in control of when he ejaculates.
Ellen G. White on Masturbation and Self-Abuse
“His case was shown me in vision. I saw that he was deceived in regard to himself, that he was not in favor with God. He had practiced self-abuse until he was a mere wreck of humanity. This vice was shown me as an abomination in the sight of God. No matter how high a person’s profession, those who are willing to be employed in gratifying the lust of the flesh, cannot be Christians.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 25; Child Guidance, p. 452.
“Some who make a high profession, do not understand the sin of self-abuse, and its sure results. Long-established habit has blinded their understanding. They do not sense the exceeding sinfulness of this degrading sin.” — Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 347; Child Guidance, p. 441.
“Youth and children of both sexes, engage in moral pollution, and practice this disgusting, soul-and-body-destroying vice. Many professed Christians are so benumbed by the practice of this terrible vice, that you cannot arouse their moral sensibilities to understand that it is sin, and its sure results, if continued, will be utter shipwreck of body and mind.” — Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 347.
“Every Christian will have to learn to restrain his passions, and be controlled by principle. Unless he does this, he is unworthy of the Christian name.” — Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 347.
“The youth, whether male or female, cannot be Christians unless they cease this hellish, soul-and-body-destroying vice entirely.” — Ellen G. White, Testimony for the Church—No. 18, p. 82; later incorporated into Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2.
“Some who profess to be followers of Christ, know that they are sinning against God, and ruining their health, yet they are slaves to their own corrupt passions. They feel a guilty conscience, and have less and less inclination to approach God in secret prayer.” — Ellen G. White, A Solemn Appeal, p. 71.
“Those who corrupt their own bodies cannot enjoy the favor of God until they sincerely repent, make an entire reform, and perfect holiness in the fear of the Lord.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 29; Child Guidance, p. 464.
“The only hope for those who practice vile habits is to forever leave them if they place any value upon health here and salvation hereafter. When these habits have been indulged in for quite a length of time, it requires a determined effort to resist temptation and refuse the corrupt indulgence.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 27; Child Guidance, p. 464.
“This practice weakens the physical, mental, and moral powers and bars the way to everlasting life.” — Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 3, p. 286.
“The habit once formed is more difficult to overcome than the appetite for liquor or for tobacco.” — Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, book 3, p. 286.
“[He] had practiced these habits so long he seemed to have lost the control of himself. He was naturally a smart man, possessing more than common abilities. But how were all his powers of body and mind brought into subjection by Satan and consumed upon his altar!” — Ellen G. White, Child Guidance, p. 452.
“This man had gone so far he seemed to be left of God. He would go into the woods and spend days and nights in fasting and prayer that he might overcome this great sin, and then would return to his old habits. God did not hear his prayers. He asked God to do for him what had been in his power to do for himself.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 27; Child Guidance, p. 452.
“He had vowed to God, time and again, and had as often broken his vows, and given himself up to his own corrupt lust, until God had left him to work his own ruin. He has since died. He was a self-murderer. The purity of heaven will never be marred with his society.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 27; Child Guidance, p. 452.
“Those who destroy themselves by their own acts will never have eternal life. They that will continue to abuse the health and life given them of God in this world, would not make a right use of health and immortal life were it granted them in God’s everlasting kingdom.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 27.
“Persons who bring upon themselves sure decay, by wrong-doing, will suffer the penalty here, and, without a thorough repentance, will not be admitted into Heaven hereafter, any sooner than the one who destroys life instantly.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 26.
“They profess Christ, but are not his followers, and never can be, until they cease their wrong-doing, and work the work of righteousness.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, pp. 26–27.
“All can choose life if they will. They can resist sin, take pleasure in the ways of righteousness and true holiness, and be rewarded with eternal life in God’s everlasting kingdom.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 33.
“If they choose to corrupt their ways before the Lord, defile their own bodies and commit self-murder, they can do so; but they should remember the judgment is to sit, and the books are to be opened, and they are to be judged out of those things which are written in the books, according to their works.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 33.
“What a fearful, spotted record will be opened before them, of their secret thoughts, and vile acts. Sentence is pronounced upon them, and they are shut out from the city of God, with the ungodly, and miserably perish with the wicked.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 33.
“All are accountable for their actions while in this world upon probation. All have power to control their actions, if they will. If they are weak in virtue and purity of thoughts, and acts, they can obtain help from the Friend of the helpless.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 31.
“Jesus is acquainted with all the weaknesses of human nature, and if entreated, will give strength to overcome the most powerful temptations. All can obtain this strength if they seek for it in humility.” — Ellen G. White, An Appeal to Mothers, p. 31.
The last two are especially important because they prevent a distorted reading of the severe quotations: Ellen White did not teach that a person who has struggled with masturbation is automatically lost. Her severe warnings concern continuing in the practice without genuine repentance and reform. In the same discussion she explicitly says that people can resist sin, can receive strength from Jesus to overcome “the most powerful temptations,” and that exclusion from heaven is connected with persistence in wrongdoing “without a thorough repentance.”
Supplements & Herbal Remedies
– According to EMedicineHealth, Vitex (Agnus Castus, Chasteberry), may help increase urine flow, alleviate benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and may turn off sexual desire (>) (although in women it increases sex drive by regulating sex hormons).
– Hops is famous in my country for its ability to calm down nervous system and help reduce sexual cravings. It is a popular herb and for medical purposes its flowering part is used. It is recommended for anxiety, problems with sleeping (insomnia), restlessness, tension, irritability, nervousness, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), cancer, and gastrointestinal problems. And the good news is it doesn’t cause side effects. You can drink hops as a strong tea – 1 tablespoon per 1 or 2 glasses of boiling water (cover and simmer for 30 minutes or keep in thermos flask) 3 times a day (or at least 2) between meals.
Unfortunately, the tea might be too bitter for you so it is probably better if you try hops in the form of capsules. I would recommend taking 2 capsules three times a day with water between meals. Try to find a hops formula with minimum 180 capsules and at least 300mg of the herb in one capsule.
– Since excess masturbation leads to huge Zinc deficiency you have to take zinc supplements – 2 times 50mg or 3 times 30mg always after meals.
Zinc is a very important nutrient for the brain, nervous and immune system, digestion, hair, skin, production of testosterone, etc. Body fluids both in men and women are high in zinc. With every orgasm, we may lose even about 10mg of zinc or more! But even without frequent orgasms, we are very low in Zinc due to the soil depletion, stress, and a refined diet. Pumpkin seeds and some nuts might be a good source of Zinc, although it also depends on the quality of the soil, but these foods are not often included in the diet. The truth therefore is that since we are already deficient in this extremely important mineral adding excess sexual practices leads to a huge zinc deficiency and all the related dangerous consequences including, neurological problems, allergies, hair and skin conditions, poor memory and focus, weak immune system, low testosterone, etc.
Please do not think zinc supplementation will solve all the problems associated with the results of excessive sexual practices as apart from zinc deficiency there are many other dangerous problems such as dopamine, melatonin and serotonin deficiency, which are the key causes of alienation, lack of motivation, neurological problems, depression, anxiety, shaking hands, etc.
Try to find zinc supplements with copper (or zinc without copper plus good quality multivitamin-mineral formula that includes at least 1mg of copper) as taking zinc alone may lead to coper deficiency.
It is incredible that in 1870, Ellen G. White seemed to know what was discovered over a hundred years later as she wrote that, “Sexual excess will effectually destroy a love for devotional exercises, will take from the brain the substance needed to nourish the system, and will most effectively exhaust the vitality.” (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 477.) “The body is enervated, the brain weakened. The material deposited there to nourish the system is squandered. The drain upon the system is great.” (Ibid., p. 470)
Today we know for sure that excess masturbation or any sexual practices rob the brain of dopamine, zinc, serotonin, and other vital substances causing fatigue, and many other horrible side effects! We know there are large amounts of zinc in the brain’s glial cells, nerve cells, or hippocampus but it was totally unknown in 1870. Zinc deficiency was not described until 1963, and it took an additional decade to discover that zinc plays a very important role in our body. The following statements by modern medical authorities confirm Mrs. Ellen G. White was right:
According to Dr. David Horrobin, M.D. and Ph.D. from Oxford University, “The amount of zinc in semen is such that one ejaculation may get rid of all the zinc that can be absorbed from the intestines in one day. This has a number of consequences. Unless the amount lost is replaced by an increased dietary intake, repeated ejaculation may lead to a real zinc deficiency with various problems developing, including impotence… It is even possible, given the importance of zinc for the brain, that 19th century moralists were correct when they said that repeated masturbation could make one mad!” (Zinc, Vitabooks: St. Albans, Vermont, 1981, p. 8)
Also Carl C. Pfeiffer, Ph.D., M.D., in his book on zinc wrote similar words: “In a zinc-deficient adolescent, sexual excitement and excessive masturbation might precipitate insanity.” (Zinc and Other Micro-nutrients, Keats: New Canaan, Conn., 1978, p. 45)
Moral and Spiritual Empowerment
– There are countless available online testimonies by former addicts who say that there is nothing more effective than regular fervent prayers and accepting Jesus as your Saviour, surrendering your life to Him every day through prayers, and claiming the promise of the Holy Spirit who can empower you and start controlling your lower nature, giving you victory over any addiction.
There is nothing more important than this element of the treatment and I know it from my own experience as I myself used to be enslaved by many addictions, and although I repeatedly tried to overcome them using my willpower, promises and resolutions I always failed. Fortunately, one day I was inspired to give God a chance. And as a result of my fervent heartfelt prayer, God sent someone who brought me a book titled Great Controversy by Ellen G White. That book somehow made a very powerful impression on me and encouraged me to read the Bible and pray every day. As a result, I received enough strength to accomplish something that was previously impossible. I permanently overcame my addictions. So, please remember that there is Someone who loves you very much and is eagerly waiting for you to surrender your life and give Him a chance.
– Go to EMPOWERMENT and the GOSPEL OF FREEDOM to find out how to gain spiritual and moral power and strong motivation to overcome your addiction.
– There are many online Christian websites with prayer request forms. Find as many of them as possible and fill them all. Tell the truth, leave your name and ask to pray for you. But please remember it may not work if at the same time you refuse to accept Jesus as your Saviour and surrender your life completely to Him in everyday prayers. All you need to do is to talk with God believing He is your best Friend who loves you more than you can imagine. Be honest, open your hart before Him, and ask for forgiveness and power to change your life in the name of Jesus. Always pray until you fill the influence of God’s Spirit in your heart. And don’t get discouraged if you fail to resist the temptation again. Even if you do it again, never think God is disappointed. Just keep on praying and reading the Bible (starting from the gospel of John) every day, and if you won’t give up the final victory is yours. Don’t concentrate on your addiction and your failures but on Jesus. Talk with Him and about Him, read and listen about Him. Fill your mind with Jesus and as a result of the working of God’s Spirit you will never be the same again. It always works!
Have you repeatedly tried to fight your addiction using your willpower and failed every time? Well, maybe it’s time to try something new and this time give God a chance, as according to Albert Einstein, repeating the same method over and over again expecting different results doesn’t seem to be a very clever idea…
Other Recommendations
– Remember temptation usually lasts no longer than 10 minutes so keep your mind busy praying, or if you don’t want to try to to do something that would be interesting and absorbing your thoughts.
– If you are addicted to pornography you need to get rid of all the videos, pictures, and anything that may tempt you to do it again.
– If possible, avoid being alone. Spend more time with friends or family, go to the gym, etc.
– Exercise every day for 60060 min.
– Take alternative hot and cold showers >.
– Fasting and healthy unrefined plant-base diets are very helpful in overcoming addictions. The most effective and most healthy is Hallelujah diet > Try it for at least 6 months.
– Try to avoid meat, eggs, cheese, pizzas, white flour products, stimulants (anything with caffeine, strong tea, coffee, cola, guarana, Berocca boost (high in addictive caffeine), alcohol, smoking, weed, foods with refined sugar, etc. as they will increase your sexual cravings.
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Testimonials
“Pornography controlled my life for 10 years. I felt powerless and couldn’t shake off the shame. When I was 13, I was picking berries on a farm and this guy was raving about these pictures he’d seen online. Being curious, that evening I used my ancient dial-up connection and googled “sex.” What I found was so much more explicit than the lingerie ads I’d flipped through in my mom’s Sears Catalog. Those ads had stirred something within me, but these pictures brought on a sudden thrill and exhilaration: my heart pounded and I felt more aroused than ever. But all the while this palpable guilt was sinking its fangs into the back of my neck like a spider. I fell deep into the addiction and justified my behavior, lying to myself like an expert. I was totally enslaved: joyless, living in a fog of shame, only feeling good about myself when I’d resisted for a few days. I was sick of doing things I didn’t really want to do, tired of the person I saw myself becoming: “Is this all my life is ever going to be?” The intimacy pornography promised was proving to be an illusion. Pixels on a screen could not give me the acceptance and trust I was looking for. I wanted the fix without the consequences–the pleasure without feeling empty and ashamed afterwards. I wanted the fix without the consequences–the pleasure without feeling empty and ashamed afterwards. In 2009 I was travelling with a group of friends. Someone joined our group on Friday, and on Sunday he was hit by a car and killed. After I helped identify his lifeless body, I was struck to the core and found myself facing my addiction with new determination: ‘I’m wasting my life being addicted to this stuff? I need to kill this habit no matter what it takes.’ So I started taking big steps towards freedom. Just wanting it to go away wasn’t enough to make it go away. Good intentions weren’t going to change anything if I didn’t take action. So I chose to own my problem and let my pride die. And that meant no more secrets. I had to get help. Feeling more vulnerable than ever, I met up with a trusted friend and told him about my struggle. I gave him permission to ask me tough questions at any time, which he did in the weeks and months ahead to keep me accountable. Learning to tell myself and others the ugly truth was a huge turning point for me. Maybe you feel stuck facing this alone. It really helps to talk to someone who understands the struggle. That’s why someone on our team would love to talk to you. Just use the form below to connect with us.” >
“This is the thing that many people do but don’t really talk about, especially women. It’s looked on as not ladylike and not pure. It’s a shameful thing for many women and men alike. I struggled with masturbation for many years but this wasn’t the only sexually immoral thing that I was enslaved to. I started masturbating as early as 7th or 8th grade, but overall my imprisonment to lust started as early as 4 or 5 years of age. When I was a little girl, I had a friend that I played with. Something must have happened to her because it was from playing with her that I had my first sexual experience. After this one time experience, I wasn’t the same, and I developed homosexual tendencies as well. The seed of lust was planted and grew to maturity in my heart. I went from “humping” the floors, to sexually stimulating myself, to full on masturbation, which became my most shameful secret. The frequency to which I masturbated and the degree to which I did it was so bad that I actually ended up tearing the tissue on my clitoris. This sent me into depression for months because I thought I had mutilated myself. I had contemplated suicide because of it but I still didn’t stop. The real battle began for me when I desired freedom.
In the summer of 2005, while on a mission project, God began to work in my life. When I was there, I met a woman named Kate, who shared her testimony of being delivered from masturbation. This was huge news for me because, until that point, I had believed that I was the only one in the world who did it. Somehow I bought into the lie that I’d never be free and that if I ever told anybody what I’d been doing nobody would love me or at least they wouldn’t look at me the same way. I had a lot to confess. You see I was enslaved not only to masturbation but to pornography, sexual fantasies, and a lot of other things I wanted to keep on the dark.
During the days that followed, God was pressing me to bring it to the light, to confess it. Fear was also there with me. You see, I was afraid to expose myself. This fear wrapped around me like a boa constrictor in order to keep my mouth shut. I was so shamed and afraid of being condemned that I’d be scared to write my struggle with masturbation in my journal because I feared someone would find it. I was in torment. I heard a message that talked about keeping things in the dark. That was the word I needed and I had courage to tell somebody. The first person I told was Kate. Next, I told my roommate and few other girls at the project. I later confessed it my own sister, but this confession was only half the battle.
Then I tried to break free, I found that those same desires tracked me down like a Mississippi Slave catcher. I had never had so much temptation to sin by masturbating in my whole life. I kept giving in and giving in. It was hard to last one day, much less two, without doing it. This lasted from June 2005 to September 2005. Until for 2 and half months, I managed to stop. Temptations were strong. There were times I’d have to run out of my dorm room or find a public place to be in because I couldn’t be alone when I was tempted. This was huge for me because I was used to falling to this sin daily. However, I backslide due to unforgivingness. Sin had a snow ball effect in my life after that because an old habit had revived. Old habits revived because old reasons why I masturbated revived too. I’d masturbate like people eat comfort food. I’d do it because I was bored or upset. It was like how an alcoholic drink is to a drunk— I’d do it to forget.
When I fell after a time of victory, I was constantly taunted with: “See you’ll never be free. You’re always going to be like this.” This sin would seduce me to lay with it then condemn me when I did. I’d struggle trying to go to God. I felt so dirty and so full of despair after I gave in to my own sinful lust, that I’d pull the cover over myself to hide. I didn’t want God to look at my filth. I hated it. It was like an abusive relationship that I couldn’t get out of and didn’t know how. I was losing hope. This lasted from late December 2005 to May 2006.
After this, I run into a ministry that talked about being free from sin. The victory for me came one day as fear was telling me “you may have stopped for now. But you will fall” But God helped me realize something that I hadn’t before when He told me “You never have to do it again.” I never knew I was free from sin. That I actually had a choice. Therefore, I never had to do it any more. The reason why I have that choice is because of Christ who has made me free from sin. I didn’t have to perform every whim of my own sinful desires. Now I’ve been free for three years. I’m free to talk about it. I thought I’d go to my grave with this sin.If you’re dealing with this, you need to confess it to God, confess everything. God is so serious about this sin. He said “if your eye—even your good eye —causes you to lust, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. “(Matthew 5:29) and in Job 31:11 it says” For lust is a shameful sin, a crime that should be punished. The heart of lust is so wicked. In Romans 3, it says that people didn’t want to honor God as God. One of the first sins it lists after that is sexual sin. It’s a form of self worship. Its may sound crazy but think about this, why do we watch people sin sexually or even ourselves sin sexually? I’d get that hot and heavy feeling from just watching myself masturbate, from sexually admiring some other part of my body, or from watching porn. . In my heart was rebelling against God because I really wanted to be God, you know, do what felt right to me. That’s the heart of this sin. Please don’t take this lightly. Self worshippers and sexually immoral will end up in Hell. But those that agree with God, who confess and forsake it, will have mercy. Please if you have any question or need help contact me at dameco@p4cm.com. Or www.myspace.com/john1140. A great website to help you mature in Christ is p4cm.com as its helped me greatly to learn about Christ and new life in him.”
“I’m Penelope. …. I am living proof that God is real, all-knowing and one hell of a powerful God. I have been addicted to one of the most invisible sins for as long as I can remember masturbation. When I was addicted, one of my main desires was too hear someone who was suffering from this to speak up and tell me that there was hope. And that I wasn’t just some sick minded little creep of a child. No one ever touched this untouchable and iffy subject. But I decided I am going to speak up, so that all of you who are warding this ewness off and feel hopeless can hear my story and that their is Hope, a Hope so great that you will never imagine.
God is real, and this hope should be shared at all costs!!!!!!!!!!!! I grew up in a Christian home. My parents taught me God for as long as I remember. I love my parents but the way they taught me God was as if he was an old man who did not tolerate sin. In my mind He was old fashioned, distant and a picky man who rarely took much interest in my boring life. He just stood their in the background not noticing me or caring as if he had better things to do. My thoughts were way off but I didn’t really see a need for him. I was little and all I cared about was doing cartwheels. I don’t remember the first time I masturbated. I was really young. I worked it out that I would’ve been younger then three. Whether demons attacked me physically, or I did it of my own accord, something before the age of three made me start. I don’t remember at all how it started but I do believe that demons where definitely going crazy that night. I was so vulnerable, I was still hadn’t even learnt how to count to 50, let alone did I know right from wrong. I look at three year olds now and think about how sickening that is. I didn’t even know what sex was back then, and I was already having orgasms? I didn’t even know what masturbation was. I thought it was something that I alone did. I didn’t know if it was bad or not. The Bible never spoke about it. But I always had guilt afterwards. I remember being 8, and I wanted to stop. Something in me wanted to stop, I hated the guilt, it was unbearable so I use to quickly run away and ignore it before it could consume me…. I remember I went a few months without doing it, but I wasn’t strong enough. I was really ensnared. I stumbled in so much darkness I didn’t even realise. When I was 11, I found out what Masturbation was. After a while I tried battling against it again. One day I would succeed against it, the next I would fail. I didn’t know if what I was doing was still wrong. I would occasionally ask God about it but I never heard a response. Or I thought I didn’t. I knew I what I was doing was wrong because I tried desperately to find excuses to make up for what I was doing. I didn’t want to be noticed by God for my disgusting act. I was really freaked by God back then that is a Good thing I guess to have fear of Him but I didn’t know his loving side, and how deeply he ached for me. Satan whispered me so many things into my mind. I often thought “If God forgives, He’ll sure forgive me” or “Only a few minutes…” I failed and failed and failed. When I had solitude times I would try to forget about what I was doing so I could feel worthy in His prescience. I was trapped; no one knew the spiritual battle that was happening inside my room, inside this little head of mine. My family was known to be Christians, and they were very prude. They knew I did it though, when I was little but we never spoke of it. It was forbidden. I couldn’t speak up. It was impossible; I was being looked differently upon. I was sickened by what I did, what would others think? I think the hardest part was knowing what I was doing was not right and it displeased by creator. I promised to stop, I remember particularly one promise I made, if he healed me, I would tell people of what I did. I got desperate. I started making bargains. No one knew how hard it was. No one said anything or spoke of the matter; I was a girl as well! I knew that God loved me and he had the power but it just felt like he was being silent. I look back now and I can so clearly hear him shouting in the gentlest voice “No stop! Repent!” I always wondered up until recently why God didn’t heal me when I was suffering so badly. And he showed me this verse “If we say that we do not have any sin, we are deceiving ourselves and we’re not being truthful to ourselves” 1 John 1:8. I wasn’t being truthful I went into God’s prescience thinking that I was ok; I had no sin that in me. I didn’t admit this, and I never repented. I didn’t want to let go, I couldn’t. It had become my life. When you do it, a chemical is released into your brain. It is like drugs, and you want more and more and more. I was ensnared. Addicted to this rush it gave me. But it was like sugar coated poison. The few seconds of bliss joy, then turned into the feeling of guilt and shame. Satan told me so many lies. I thought I was a failure; I couldn’t look at God right now. I did it again; I made another empty promise not to. God kept trying hard to touch this subject with me. I once was listening to music and the song From the Inside Out came on, and the lyrics just spoke to me. 1000 times I’ve failed, still your mercy remains, should I stumble again? Still I’m caught in your grace. Another time was one of the first times I read my bible and enjoyed it. I only ever read it and prayed out of obligation. I could never pray passionately or the way pastors and the “Holy Gurus” prayed. I just found it boring and repetitive but i felt bad if i didn’t. Anyway, i read this verse I read Who can separate us from the love of God? – Romans 8:35 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither heights nor depth nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord – Romans 8:38-39 I felt so intrigued by it. After reading that verse I read the whole book of Romans throughout a few weeks.. I started going to youth group. One night early in the year I went along to a youth rally. I thought it was pretty darn cool stuff. The guy who preached was really amazing preacher. He had half his face blown off from the Vietnam war. He really captured me. At the end of the night we had an alter call. I didn’t feel the need to stand up but my friend next to me asked me to go with her. So I did. I don’t remember when it started but something moved it me. I had chills up my spine, and a joy and love filled me. It was an indescribable feeling, it was so strong I had the urge to cry. It was completeness, compassion and so much more. The holy spirit was moving in ways i had never felt before. They played music and i just had to worship. God’s love and joy, I had to worship HIM, it was the only thing that I could do. it was the best feeling. I was trembling in awe. I had never worshipped like that. The feeling didn’t wear off either. I went home and the traces of it were still on me. I was so joyful. But after a week of staying strong and not falling to Satan’s snare, i started again. Why? when God was so open to you about his feelings?” but Satan still had a huge grip. It was an addiction, but not one that could be broken easily. It was too powerful for my humanness to overcome by myself. It was literally impossible for me to be free of this thing that I had been doing my whole life. I got frustrated and upset that I couldn’t break free. The truth was I was trying to by myself. I was so ensnared, so tangled, so captured, and I ignored God’s plea to help. I just tried to overcome it by myself. Although I knew that I didn’t need to earn forgiveness because somehow it was already given to me, i subconsciously sunk into thinking I had to earn it. I was so screwed. Demons actually started showing me that they existed in full on ways. In May 2009 I was home sick with the flu. I would just get random sexual thoughts come into my mind. They weren’t suttle at all, they just flew in my head randomly in the middle of conversations, in the middle of going to get my haircut. And I would become really creped out because I wouldn’t of even been thinking about sex at the time. I would get random bursts of exhaustion as well and literally felt like I was going to fall asleep right wherever I was but a few moments later it would be all gone. I now know that they gave me exhaustion triggers because it was a way to get me in bed, and that is where i did it the most often. It got so bad that I wouldn’t even do it for the pleasure any more, i just did it because i could. The night Mum was watching Marly and Me on Tv. I lied on the couch with her and i just started shivering. I wasn’t even cold, I just couldn’t stop it. Mum was really surprised she even said “I thought you were getting better!” I was shivering the whole movie. When it was finished mum had to tuck me into bed like I was little again. I was shaking. Mum left the room for a moment, she left the light on and a story popped into my head that one of my friends had told me earlier that week. About this girl that had been demon possessed who was shaking violently, and a man had laid hands on her and said “In the Name of Jesus I command you to leave,” and it stopped. The shivering wasn’t as bad as violently shaking. But i just wanted to see if it would work. So I said something along the mind of “Jesus is here, get out,” I didn’t expect it to actually have an affect. I remember looking at my lightbulb and all of sudden my shivering stopped. It dyed out. I don’t want to think about what would’ve happened if I hadn’t caught it then. I had a few random sexual images come into my mind that night but i fought against them and they stopped.I freaked out when that happened. I didn’t know that demons had lingered on me. They had been surrounding me for the past two days, maybe even the week and they were digging into me in ways they hadn’t before. It was the most scariest thing i have encountered. You always know God is there, but when stuff likes that happen and it confirms he is actually there… it is indescribable.. He shielded me that night. It felt like I got no sleep at all because Every time I woke up in the night I still had tears in my eyes. I was praising Him non stop all night. I feared Him so much, but I couldn’t believe He did that. He showed me How powerful He was. But He didn’t harm me. He helped me, He came to my rescue. And he didn’t like what I was doing because the enemy had such a strong overpowering hold in my life and He had compassion on me. I think He really trying to get across to me that He was powerful and had strength more then I could imagine. Even after the most scariest spiritual incident in my life occurred, I still did not let go of doing though. I promised I would but i slipped back into it again. It wasn’t until September 2009 I finally stopped. It was just the last time, I didn’t even know it was the last time, God works in mysterious ways and I reckon their was a real party in Heaven that night. I still feared telling people about my addiction, it was a massive phobia of mine. Because if God ever asked me to do this I would have to let him down. In March 2010, I finally told someone. My best friend Emma. She didn’t eat me for it.It was a real spirtual night for me. And i had a perfect peace and no anxiety when i felt it was time to tell her. I did something I would not normally be able to do. Isaiah 26:3 says “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you” After that I started looking back on the things I had done. I had sort of just buried it in a box and forgotten about it but now I was reopening them, but this time not unleashing anything. I discovered how far gone I was and how God really dug for me, he dug for me so deeply I can’t believe the depths he went too to get me. I shoved all his stuff in his face, but he still went after me and loved me and called me His child. I wrote poetry and it helped. And gosh, I cant believe How amazing God is. He is so incredible.And a God of the impossible I cant describe in words for you. I asked him why it took so long for Him to answer my prayers and heal me. I had gotten to a point where every time i did it I was bawling my eyes out. Crying to HIm and feeling so pathetic and everything impossible. I told me straight out that he did it to see if I had enough hope and faith to persevere. I was so shocked for such a quick response. I usually asked God questions and he responded in the way I wasn’t expecting. He had healed me because every time I would run back to him. Even though I felt that things were impossible and I knew I had let Him down. My faith had healed me. Like the lady who bled for all those years and touched Jesus’ clothes, her faith had healed her. On May 30th 2010 at age 14 I got baptised by my youth Leader. I had been thinking about getting baptised ever since my sister got baptised in February that year. But I kept thinking up reasons not to do it. I hadn’t told anyone about my addiction and I wasn’t keen on going up in front of everyone and talking about it. But then March came along and I had. Alas, again I was curious about baptism. But I think I was really freaked out about the idea of going up in front of everyone and saying my life story. One day I was on the phone to my best friend Emma. I told her why I didn’t want to get baptised and she said “Do you want to follow God? Then get baptised. If it is fear keeping you back then it is probably Satan being “EW!” I realised she was right and then 2 months later was baptised. I have this friend who is a massive goody-two shoes. I often get annoyed at her but one day she told me my mind wasn’t pure because I told a dirty joke and God didn’t like that and that made me really angry. I think she is over the top with her beliefs but the more I thought about it she was right and realized she was right. But I thought it would be impossible to change that because of what i had been doing previously in my life. I didn’t want to turn into her views of everything. I thought pacifically “I guess it is just a side effect of having dealt with this addiction. It would be impossible to heal that,” I forgot that God was a God of the impossible and he proved me wrong. A few months later I noticed that all the sexual stuff and those thoughts stopped being a desire. It just stopped, I never had a massive desire to think about sex in a ewish way. I was in awe. I thought I would never be fully healed, and I was. The bible doesn’t speak much on Masturbation. Everyone argues with this topic, but the bible also doesn’t pacifically state pornography is a sin either. It just says remain pure. Humans generally know what is right and wrong. I had guilt after doing it, before I knew what it was. But In some ways it is good, it realises sexual tension so you wont go to far before marriage. If you can masturbate without that fantasies that come along with it, and are not addicted then maybe that is ok. I honestly can’t tell you that. But It is too easy to get addicted to it. It does feel amazing, but Satan will use whatever he can get on you to drag you away from God. God feels so much better. don’t let yourself get vulnerable. Don’t give Satan strongholds. It has been a year since I have been healed! woot! I was blind, now I see! But i have had a lot of bumps since then. I think satan saw he was losing the battle and just went onto the next thing that would hurt me. I got depression for a while. I subconsciously sunk into sadness, for months without realizing. I felt unworthy, not of God but of everyone. I noticed this though, before it could get any worse and I am clinging to God. If you are suffering what I am suffering then email me because I could give you a stack load of verses and songs that would help out. Cling to God, have faith and He will save you. Isaiah 41:15 “You will be a new threshing instrument with many sharp teeth. You will tear your enemies apart, making chaff of mountains.” God doesn’t lie, he loves you, he cries for you, you are his beloved child. So stand back! God changed me, made a miracle out of my life and I am only freaking 14! imagine how further He will go? teats1@hotmail.com
“Creation of semen puts in significant stress the human body since it requires many important compounds and elements, one of them (with importance in hair loss) is zinc. If you masturbate frequently or have intense sex life, you should adapt your diet in order to take the necessary daily quantity of zinc (about 15 mg/day) and other nutrients also. If this is not possible, a supplement containing the appropriate amount of zinc may be a good idea.”
“Can masturbation lose your zinc level in your body? Yes, I can tell you from my own experience. I used to masturbate regularly (more than three times a week). I used to feel excessively tired. Now I have been doing this since the age of 16. At around 20 years, I realized my hair was falling. Doctors told me it was Male Pattern baldness. My head looks emptier now, except I managed to bring the hair shedding under control. The answer was simple, supplement 5 mg of zinc in my diet. Semen contains very high amounts of zinc. Hence when you masturbate frequently, you lose a lot of zinc, which the body takes time to absorb even from supplementation. I will advise that you lower masturbation frequency to once in two weeks. You will notice a massive difference in energy, libido and your overall appearance.”
“I have come across countless articles and opinions stating how masturbation is ‘a healthy practice’, the more I saw these false comments, the more I felt the need to correct this misconception! If you don’t know what masturbation is, well then I’m very surprised. Simply put, your having sex with yourself or more explicitly, with your hand! Want a more concise explanation, pick up an encyclopedia or do a google search. This is inherently against the natural disposition of man, don’t worry I’m not going to give a sermon! I have read in the past how masturbation can be more addictive than heroin, now that is serous! You can get your fix whenever and just about wherever! You release the same chemical which makes you feel good when you take heroin (i.e. opioids), though in a lesser amount. (see this article: Internet Porn: Worse Than Crack?) So what are the common effects of masturbation you ask? Did you know that every time you ejaculate, you lose approximately 3-5mg of zinc, that’s nearly a third of your RDA. Zinc is one of the main minerals responsible for testosterone production, therefore less zinc, less testosterone etc. I know some clever person out there is surmising that the same effects should occur when one has sexual intercourse, right? Sorry to disappoint! Apparently, when a man has sexual intercourse with a female, certain trace minerals and prostaglandins are absorbed from the female vaginal secretions which balance this effect! Do you really want to be a one-minute man and look like an idiot when you are with your partner? I thought not. I advise those who masturbate regularly, to stop! Fast, for fasting diminishes one’s sexual desires, unless of course you can get married or something and keep busy! Please don’t believe the fallacy that these so-called experts proclaim! Masturbation is not healthy and is quite detrimental to put it mildly!”
“This article is actually true. If I masturbate or have sex with my wife (note, I use a condom, so I don’t get those secretions to balance what I lose), I get very tired for the whole next day and if I’m sick I have trouble getting better. The loss of zinc is very serious and affects me enormously. I try to take a zinc supplement when I have sex, but I have trouble stomaching it. These bad side effects of sex might not be a problem for everyone, especially those who normally get an overabundance of zinc in their diet.”
“From my experience I can say, I am a passionate masturbator (lol), but it is not funny at all. For these few seconds of bliss, I miss out on good erection, healthy body, and healthy life. My hair is thinner, falling, my skin gets dry, self-confidence IS LOWER, discipline over oneself diminishes after time, vital energy LOW… It is a serious problem, but like any other challenge it can be disciplined. You have the power to do so…few tips for beginners…..don’t touch yourself on the genitals, stay off porn, socialize and get a woman…”
“Actually, even when I’m experiencing these ‘spikes’ and I feel the urge to masturbate as a result, I never, never break out until I actually DO masturbate. No matter how many days pass, how horny and hormonal I may be, the acne doesn’t break until the day after I masturbate, or even just hours later. Same applies to my girlfriend. I know someone’s going to tell me it’s a result of something else in my life – no, it isn’t. I’ve spent three years observing each and every time I do it, there’s an absolutely undeniable, 110% positive connection regardless of my personal attitude, emotions, life situation, health, or anything else – masturbation always caused me problems. Most, if not all, of the mentioned side-effects of masturbating are indeed real, and they all happened to me before I even began to think it was bad for me or even knew of these side effects.”
“Masturbation can indeed cause blindness, or for the more fortunate, just some damage and nothing more. The side effects more or less become apparent (the severe ones especially) depending on how often you do it. When done less often, you may never experience eye problems, but you could have a lil’ acne here and there. If done much too often, you can have every noted effect, plus all of them amped up even more severely than usual. Some effects won’t even begin to manifest until you cross a certain line, a certain frequency of committance. I’ve noticed that with increased committance my eyes start to have problems. Serious eyestrain, sharp pains in the eyes, pressure pains, constant floaters, inability to focus, and so forth. None of these problems have ever correlated with the amount of time I spend around harshly-colored light (like red light), the amount of sleep I get or the time I spend on my laptop. Only other thing that caused eyestrain was a sinus infection I had – outside of that, masturbation has done everything else. ONLY when I jack off. Only. Quitting is extremely difficult, especially in the first few days. Once you get past the three- or four-day mark, it gets much easier, but the toughest part is maintaining the attitude and drive to stay away from it. Easiest way I found to quit is to treat it as though it’s not a viable option for whatever reason. Like when you’re in public, and/or around people, you can’t just whip it out and jerk on it – it’s not viable. There’s a reason, some reason, you can’t do it, I found that treating it as such when I’m alone with an urge allows me to easily minimize the urge and forget about it completely. Which is also something you do when in one of those situations where it’s ‘not viable’ – once you realize you just can’t do it given your situation, you just let it go and forget about it because you know it’s not worth thinking about anymore, for the moment. You have to keep it going beyond the ‘moment’ – it has to be for good, forever. Yes, forever. Maybe sometime in the future you’ll do it again – but don’t consider that when quitting. Just don’t do it, period. Your body can’t jerk itself off, that’s a choice only you can make. It sounds retarded, but it really is about attitude… It really, really is. And it really, really helps to have someone supporting you. Especially if they’re a conscious sufferer him or herself. But if you don’t take the right attitude, then all the swears in the world over quitting won’t do anything for you. Because trust me – just trust me on this, I KNOW – you will never, ever quit until you really do seal the decision. You have to support it. You can’t go looking for ways to turn yourself on. There’s no excuse, no experimenting around – just flat-out, don’t ever incorporate masturbation into any decision you make anytime during any day. Period. Trust me… I’ve been there… I know. I know about the side effects, I know about quitting. So does my girlfriend’s she suffers the same side effects and even she thought it was something stupid when I first brought it up to her when I noticed her acne. Turns out she was doing it 1-3 times every day. When she stopped, the acne immediately cleared up completely and I noticed she was much more attentive, awake, energetic, focused, and playful – and her beautiful eyes didn’t look all sunken and tired. Most people just echo what other people tell them… That includes doctors. They heard from some other source it was healthy, so they just believe it. Problem is, nobody knows it’s unhealthy until they’ve stopped doing it long enough to notice the improvement in their day-to-day lives. They’re so used to the side-effects of doing it so often they think the side-effects are just normal, natural feelings in the body. They’re not.”
“I’ve been masturbating since I was 12 years old. I am now 20 going on 21. I have experienced every symptom mentioned in your post. I would love to be free of this horrible addiction. I’ve tried swearing on my grandmother’s grave, swearing to god, paying money to charity everything. I am still unable to kick this habit. It seems like I keep making excuses to watch pornography and masturbate. I am the smallest man in my family and I feel it’s because of my addiction. I met my gf a year ago and three months before i met her I lasted three months without masturbation but after she broke up with me two months after meeting me and the depression from that made me feel like I needed to masturbate. When we first stared having sex She was impressed with me every time we had sex. We were having sex almost everyday for those two months and she was impressed every time. But when my habit picked up she and I noticed a decline in satisfaction because even though we had broken up we were still having sex a lot. We decided to get back together a year later and I haven’t been the same since we first started dating a year before. I have been doing worse and worse since i started this habit. My health has declined. I get sick almost all the time. I am always tired. The things that i used to love most are no concern of mine any more. I can’t be passionate about anything any more. I have no sense of competition. My body is brittle and frail. My skin has acne scars from years ago because it takes me forever to heal. Masturbation has ruined my life and i wouldn’t wish this on my greatest enemy. I don’t want to lose my Girlfriend but she doesn’t deserve a passion lacking boyfriend who cant please her mentally or physically. Sorry about the rant it’s just that this is the best post about masturbation addiction I have ever seen and I just feel better talking about it. Thank you.”
“Masturbation is indeed truly evil. I am 32 and have masturbated for 13 years (3 times a week), but literally stopped 2 years ago because of severe sleeping and prostate problems. But shortly after all those health problems started to showed, which I won’t go into gory details. Fortunately I found a good Chinese doctor and he helped me a lot in the recovering process (Chinese medicine has been wrestling with these problems for two thousand years). Unfortunately because of stress I’ve taken somewhat of a step backward. I can honestly say that there were moments where I wanted to end my life but my friends and girlfriend have been supportive (I couldn’t even tell my parents)! Not to be religious or anything, but sexual misconduct, no matter in what religion, is a great sin, and brings real bad karma – just like the law of physics – for every action, there is a reaction, and debilitating health is a only small part of that reaction. I am still in a slow and painful recovery process but I am somewhat better now than I was 2 years ago and there is still a long road ahead. I advise everyone that has health problem to immediately stop masturbating and seek help from a qualified doctor of Chinese medicine. Then may be for those who are sincere about changing their life around to adopt some form of spiritual lifestyle. It’ll help you refrain from tempting thoughts and may be even neutralize some of those negative karma! I stand as proof that you can beat this detrimental habit. I used homeopathy – this is not a joke – after treatment the desire to masturbate disappeared and after 2 years I have never gone back to it. Not even once. I am a different man to the one I was back then, healthier and stronger than ever before. So to all those wanting to beat it don’t try and do it alone. It’s only western medicine that doesn’t recognise it as a disease. Homeopathy does and I think Ayurveda may too. What worked for me was the advice of a good homeopath and a proper treatment for my illness. It’s not your fault, you can beat this – I did, so can you!”