Why Masturbation Is Healthy For You!

Masturbation is our first natural sexual activity. It is our ongoing love affair with your self that lasts a lifetime. Masturbation provides the foundation for a good sexual life. It is a wonderful and beautiful way to love you, build self-esteem, and get in touch with yourself.

Masturbation is commonly misunderstood. Many have been taught that it’s bad, dirty and not as good as partner sex. A good sex therapist will tell you that masturbation is not only normal; it is healthy and productive. It’s simply a different sexual technique.

Masturbation Increases Your Sexual Awareness

You are your best lover. Masturbation is an expression of self-love and we need that special connection with ourselves. This private time allows you to explore, uninhibited, what feels good to you. Masturbation allows you to fantasize, and act, as you want. You can experiment with sex toys to discover which one’s work best. Practicing masturbation allows you to be more communicative in your needs with your partner, ultimately making you a better lover.

Masturbation Feels Good

Masturbation is immensely pleasurable, invigorating, rejuvenating and fun. It takes the pressure off your partner, as he/she is not the only source of your orgasms.

Self-pleasuring allows you to have as much gratification as you want, when you want it and at your speed. It helps you relax, is safer than tranquillizers, cheaper than alcohol and has no side effects!

Better Orgasms

Masturbation can help you control how quickly you reach an orgasm. Prolonging your orgasms and allowing them to build is easier to practice while masturbating. As you learn to draw out pre-orgasmic arousal, you will gradually build up to your orgasms. This practice results in more powerful and longer orgasm than other forms of sex. Masturbation is wonderful for men who may ejaculate to soon.

Health Benefits

Masturbation to the point of orgasm appears to put less strain on the heart compared to the increase in heart rate with partnered sexual activity. It releases stress and physical tension. Many people masturbate to relax, and it can help those who suffer from insomnia to fall asleep easier.

Pain Killer

Orgasms, whether from masturbation or sex play with a partner can act as a natural pain killer. One study from 2001 found that orgasms could ease migraines faster than medication. Some women masturbate to relieve menstrual cramps. Research has also shown that orgasms may even prevent endometriosis, a disease of the uterine lining.

Protects against Prostate Cancer

In “The World Today Archive”, Thursday, July 11, 2003 a research study in Australia by Graham Giles of The Cancer Council of Victoria, has shown that masturbation may protect against prostrate cancer. The more a man ejaculates between the ages of 20 and 50, the less likely he was to develop cancer of the prostate. Scientists determined that men in their 20s who ejaculated more than five times a week were a third less likely to develop aggressive prostate cancer later in life. This study suggests ejaculation by means of masturbation provides better protection than ejaculation in sexual intercourse. Men can pick up infections from intercourse that actually increase the risk of getting prostate cancer.

Helps Depression

Masturbation can stimulate the immune system therefore building resistance to common infections. It can also help with depression by the release mood elevating hormones.

No Risk of Disease

Self-pleasuring is the one form of sex with no risk of disease, pregnancy or emotional upset. It is the safest form of sex.

Most people admit to masturbating on a fairly regular basis. It is nothing to be ashamed of and is a natural fact of life. Masturbation has been going on for thousands of years.

While masturbation can involve another person, most people think of it as a very private act. It allows us a healthy way to explore our body and to release sexual tension without all the risks associated with sexual intercourse. Masturbation is one of the easiest ways to express your sexuality while giving yourself extreme pleasure.