people have been demonizing it for most of the AD years i think but it’s quite pleasant really. are there any proven negative effects?

  • Lung@lemmy.world
    205·
    5 months ago

    I don’t agree, in the experience of my friend circle, if you don’t release for a while:

    • you start having wet dreams
    • prostate harm - increased rates of prostate cancer in multiple studies - and my friend developed pelvic floor issues
    • the “mental harm” is having to walk around horny all the time, constantly thinking of sex, and affecting your interactions
    • even celibate people mostly masturbate, that’s not what it means. Including many confessions from priests
    • lseif@sopuli.xyz
      11·
      5 months ago

      the “mental harm” is having to walk around horny all the time, constantly thinking of sex, and affecting your interactions

      this is not a problem which normal people face. if you are constantly thinking about sex, you may have an addiction or an otherwise unhealthy relationship with sex

      • Lung@lemmy.world
        1·
        5 months ago

        Hey don’t shame ppl for normal variance in sex drive. Being horny is not a disease

    • ShareMySims@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      512·
      5 months ago

      Well done, you’ve provided some anecdotal effects and benefits, which I didn’t deny exist.

      However none of them demonstrate necessity.

      Breathing, sleeping, drinking, eating, shitting - those are necessities.

      Having orgasms is not, no matter how much you try to convince yourself and others.

      • Lung@lemmy.world
        71·
        5 months ago

        Sure you don’t “have to” bathe but you’ll have a bad time if you don’t