Does masturbation lead to depression?

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No, if you can control it.
Protip: you can't

yes, don't do it.
If you beat off you're the guy on the right of the pic.

what's your idea of control? what's the boundaries?

Porn is the real problem. I jack off every 7-11 days just to not get wet dreams.

i do it once every week

I actually noticed that I masturbate more after having negative thoughts, so I am inclined to think depression and ruminating leads to masturbation

these kind of threads lead to depression

is he fapping in that pic.

edging is healthy and keeps your dick and libido strong.

Ejaculating too much causes depression, baldness, fatigue, etc.

Yes it also gives you hairy palms and makes you go blind and if you quit everything in your life will get better true believer

I don't think jerking off is necessarily bad. I do it just to make sure I don't have constant sexual thoughts.

Just don't watch porn. Don't get addicted to it to where you're jerking off like 3-4 times a day as I did years ago.

This desu, most masturbators I know are essentially self medicating for psychological issues.

I'm trying to do nofap but unsuccessfully yet.
I'm really addicted I can jerk off 2-4 times a day.
That's why I still don't have a gf despite I not ugly at all, and actually handsome but constant fapping just makes me not wanting any gf.

That's what I'm trying for, once a week and no Sundays. so far I'm doing around 2 a week, sometimes I hit my target goal.

How is this shit politics? Why is it here every fucking day? Have you cock strokers never heard of Sup Forums?

do you not have anything to do during the days? are you unemployed? i find that it starts to get out of control when i sit at home all day with nothing to do.

I'm only depressed if I go at it for 4+ hours and still don't manage to nut.

do you think once a day or once every other day is too much?

No, it leads to cum.

>how is this shit politics
Because the anti-masturbation crowd are Christfags who don't understand their autism goes on /his/ or /x/, not here.

what about jelqing?

>most masturbators I know
You know people who don't masturbate? They often tell you when they do?

What painting is that? I want a copy of that in my room

>masturbating
>low energy
>falling dopamine system in the brain
>low motivation
>depression
>fap again
>repeat in an infinite loop
>commit suicide

are you on SSRIs?

Once a day is fine, but maybe you should hold back if you're doing it 3-4 times a day. It's a nice stress reliever before bed not a fucking meal regiment.

No. I've not jacked off in days and am still depressed.

This. Masturbating won't hurt you. Men have been jerking off for thousands of years with no problems. When men say they're addicted to masturbating, what they really mean is that they're addicted to porn, but people have forgotten that porn and jerking off aren't synonyms.

Obligatory reminder that porn is ultimate blue pilled and that you're directly serving the men who want to cripple you when you watch that girl finger herself in front of a webcam for money

this. if my dick doesn't get touched for 11 days the second it does is automagic wetdream good or bad

>tfw day 6 of nofap
It feels like shit but its better than jerking off to some nasty shit and then regretting my entire life afterwards.

Only dumbass virgins push this meme. Whether you are jerking it daily or whether you are plowing your gf daily, the end biological result is the same. People who attribute low T/depression to cumming are literally projecting their sad lives onto others, congrats on being a transparent submale

Yea. I Don't have a job at this moment. But When I had I always jerk it in toilets because there were many hot sluts around.

Why not use one of them? Just don't breed.

Yes. What goes up must come down in terms of the reward system. You don't get to feel that good without a comedown. You get endorphins right after ejaculation, which masks the come down, so some times you will actually feel good and energetic afterwards. The dopamine will continue to be lower until days afterwards though. If you are constantly ejaculating, you will constantly be on a rollercoaster of emotion.

I know people who claim they don't, yes.

masturbating is like shooting blanks at an enemy

The problem itself shows up when a guy starts fapping 2 to 4 times a day. There are recommendations of fapping up to 2 to 3 times a week. Someone fapping 4 times a day would be fapping 28 times a week, and that fucks you up badly.

This is how I approach it, in order to avoid nocturnal emissions, which I find unclean and embarrassing, although they only rarely happen to me. Pornography is also something I believe to be harmful, mentally and spiritually.

>Only dumbass virgins push this meme. Whether you are jerking it daily or whether you are plowing your gf daily, the end biological result is the same

>t. guy whose only sexual experience was a couple of awkward encounters with fat scene girls right after high school so now he thinks sex isn't good

Makes you lathargic. Creates drive if you stop.

That's not how it works. But thanks for playing.

Masturbating is more of a symptom of depression than a cause,a way of trying to fend off the deeper issues with a few issues.

Having someone else masturbate me ,however,tends to lighten a bad mood. A few girlfriends offed this to me when I was particularly stressed out. And it works.

You uh, might want to work on your reading comprehension.

No, I just get constantly interrupted.

No, it's just fine. He's making excuses for why jerking off every day is a good idea. It's most definitely not the same as fucking a girl every day. Only a guy with limited sexual experience would believe they are even remotely in the same ballpark.

If your imagination can get you 4 orgasms a day, go for it, but I seriously doubt anyone reaches that without porn.

I personally can't tell myself to do it once a week. I either stop cold turkey or it eventually turns into a daily habit.

It does help get rid of depression.

They were all either married or with bfs.
Also that would be stupid to approach to somebody in the office.

Masturbation definitely causes depression. Stop fapping.

Yes it is you absolute brainlet. Dopamine high = brain builds dopamine vacuums. Adjusts for homeostasis. Then you go do "normal things" = regular dopamine reward = instantly sucked up.
Fucking pro-porn shill. ALL dopamine superboosters like fastfood, drugs, gambling, porn = addictive and DEPRESSIVE in the long term.

That guy looks like a typical masturbator.

t. has done literally zero research on the reward centra of the brain, how dopamine works, how addiction works or porn+masturbation in specific

You are an actual shill, look at men today. What changed? Yes no war, but primarily : porn.

> don't jerk off to porn
It's weird, but it does make a world of difference. It goes from being some sort of hunt type reward to maintenance.

so for you masturbation helps your depression? interesting

I tell myself not to have a wetdream before bed and I never do. I don't know why that works.

Hormone expert here.
It does. When you are masturbating, an enormous amount of dopamine is released into your brain. Dopamine is the hormone of happiness and satisfaction. Actually, the amount of dopamine released into the brain during masturbation is exactly the same as that released during heroin injection. That's why you slowly become addicted to it.
When the brain is flooded with dopamine, i.e. during masturbation, it starts permanently shutting down dopamine receptors in order to regulate the effect of dopamine on the brain. And less dopamine receptors means less ability to be happy, thus leading to depression.
Less dopamine in the brain leads to more prolactin in the brain, and vice versa. What is prolactin? It's generally a bad hormone. It causes social anxiety, depression, loss of confidence, underestimation of self, self-disrespect, etc. So with a reduced level of dopamine receptors, your prolactine levels are constantly higher than usual.
Masturbation also significantly reduces testosterone levels. Studies show that men who masturbate have 20% lower testosterone levels than those who don't. Testosterone is the source of masculinity, the initiator of every physical and mental trait that distincts men from women.
In short, masturbation leads to some severe mental issues, and you should stop doing it, user.