What Happens When You Masturbate Everyday For a Year

What Happens When You Masturbate Everyday For a Year

We’ve recently been looking into some concepts around sexual health like “nofap” and investigating their psychological significance. We’ve done a video on what happens if you don’t masturbate for a year so we thought it would only be fair to look at the opposite extreme. What happens when you masturbate every day for a year? 

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Your masturbation habits are unique to you but there are a few things that affect your habits. Your hormones, libido, and age can all play a part in how often you masturbate. Some people probably scoffed at the idea of masturbating every day for a year because they could masturbate multiple times a day. Others probably can’t wrap their head around masturbating every day. So moving forward just know that what’s normal and healthy for you might not be for everyone and vice versa. 

Decreased Sensation

If you don’t typically masturbate every day you might find that masturbation becomes less and less enjoyable as you do it more often. When it becomes an everyday occurrence the experience of it becomes less impactful. A part of this could be a decrease in sensation. For men in particular masturbating every day with too much force can damage nerve endings. Over time it will take longer to finish and if you have sex it won't feel as good. But there is a psychological aspect to it as well. Masturbation often comes with porn. If masturbating every day also means watching porn every day, over time it will take more and more stimulation to satisfy you. Masturbating every day will speed this process up. At this point, you might find sex feels impossible because it isn't as stimulating as masturbating with porn. 

Increased risk of Addiction 

That process of needing more and more stimulation whether it's visual or physical, is a sign of addictive behaviour. By masturbating every day you are essentially forming a habit. This habit involves flooding your brain with all of the “feel-good” chemicals like dopamine. It's no wonder it's addictive. Some people smoke a cigarette when they're stressed, other people masturbate. The problem with getting addicted is that over time it may start to affect your life in ways you couldn't predict. You might find your priorities shifting and your relationships getting damaged. If you are in a situation where you can't masturbate you might find yourself getting anxious or frustrated. This is all exacerbated if you masturbate every day. 

No sexual desire

Not only can frequent masturbation make sex less satisfying for both men and women but it can also make you want sex less. That might not come as a surprise because it’s quite uncommon to want sex after masturbating. But some people start to prefer masturbating over having coupled sex. But there is more to it. You become used to it and the compatibility that you would have with a partner gets whittled away as you masturbate more frequently. If you masturbate every day you won’t have a strong sexual desire or sexual compatibility which can take a toll on your relationships. 

The good side

Masturbating releases oxytocin which regulates stress so masturbating can be good as a short-term way to regulate stress. If you don't damage nerves or become addicted, it ensures that your sexual organs are in healthy working order although you don't need to masturbate every day for that. It’s also a good way to check in with yourself and how you feel about yourself. According to this study, your self-image can affect how satisfying masturbation is. If you are masturbating every day but it isn’t really satisfying try taking a little break and spending a week doing something that makes you feel good about yourself like working out, being productive, or just tidying your surroundings. You might see a big improvement. 

So the lesson here is ultimately; anything done in excess isn’t good for you. But you define excess. Your hormones, your libido, your mental health and your self-image all play a part in what your experience with masturbation is like. But pay careful attention to what your body and mind are saying and what is best for your relationships as well. Anything that feels good or takes away stress can be addictive so try your best to find a healthy middle ground. What are your thoughts on this video? Share your thoughts below. And if this video helped you think about what that middle ground might be, let us know by leaving a like on this video. Remember to subscribe to Psych2Go for more videos like this. Good luck Psych2Goers! 



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