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Health Benefits of
Masturbating
A number of studies have proven the benefits of masturbating to mental,
social and physical health.
Physical Health Benefits of Masturbating:
Masturbation provides a healthy sexual outlet for people who choose to
abstain from sex with partners or who do not currently have available
sexual partners.
Masturbation can be a route to safer sex, to help prevent pregnancy and
sexually transmitted infections, including HIV.
Masturbation improves your heart rate, blood pressure, reproductive
system, and brain chemistry.
Masturbation increases blood flow to the genital region, which can help
overall sexual functioning.
Masturbation is natural sedative and can help induce sleep.
Masturbation can help alleviate stress. This has obvious physical
benefits as well as emotional benefits.
Masturbation provides some of the most intense orgasms ever, which
you’ll now know how to recreate with that special someone!
Masturbation increases your sexual awareness, giving you the opportunity
to discover the sensations and movements that work best to give you the
greatest of sexual gratification.
Masturbation gives us a natural high and improves our mood. During the
anticipation of a sexual climax the hormone levels of dopamine and
epinephrine soar in our bodies. After the climax, the calming hormones
oxytocin and endorphins (the brain’s opioid-like neurotransmitters) are
released. All of these cause feelings of physical and mental well being.
Masturbation is a natural energetic pick-me-up.
Psychological and Emotional Benefits of Masturbating:
1.
Masturbating enhances self-esteem.
"There's a strong correlation between willingness to explore your own
body and bring yourself to orgasm and being willing to explore with your
partner and have orgasms together," says Ian Kerner, Ph.D., a New York
sex therapist and the author of Sex Detox. "Women who masturbate are
usually more comfortable with their bodies and with sex in general."
Because we are in control of our
bodies when we masturbate, we can learn a lot about who we are.
Masturbation allows us to become familiar and comfortable with our body
so we feel better about our genitals and sexual response. Masturbating
can cultivate positive feelings about our bodies, giving us confidence
from the inside out and the potential to heal any past negative sexual
experiences. Masturbating strengthens our relationship with ourselves.
When we know, love, and nurture ourselves on emotional and physical
levels, we gain confidence and grow through self-awareness.
"Masturbation is the single best way to discover new and more profound
turn-ons that you can later put into play with your partner," says
Berman Center founder, sex therapist, and WH advisor Laura Berman, Ph.D.
Being able
to recognize, articulate, and experience what brings pleasure is a
powerful step toward fulfillment. Masturbating can enhance our sex life
in general, boosting our sexual confidence and turning us into better
lovers.
2.
Masturbating helps relieve depressive emotions. Many studies show that
women who report personal satisfaction with their sex lives live a
better quality of life overall.
Masturbating can also help relieve emotional stress by taking time for
ourselves, amidst the demands of home, family, and work.
"To tune in to a sexual experience, you have to first turn off the parts
of your brain associated with stress and anxiety," Kerner says. "And
fantasizing is the most effective way to accomplish that." The logic is
simple: You can't worry about work, money, or unfolded laundry when your
frontal lobe is focused on a reenactment of the train scene in Risky
Business.
Have doubts about the power of fantasy? Consider this: Back in 1992,
Beverly Whipple, Ph.D., co-author of The Science of Orgasm, along with
her colleagues Gena Ogden, Ph.D., and Barry Komisaruk, Ph.D., monitored
the blood pressure, heart rate, pupil diameter, and pain tolerance of 10
women who claimed they could think their way to climax. As the subjects
fantasized in a lab, seven exhibited the exact physical responses caused
by hands-on stimulation. How's that for a beautiful mind?
3.
Masturbating strengthens our sexual relationship with our partner.
Individuals have different sexual drives and needs, and this can create
conflicts in a relationship. Some experts suggest that masturbation can
actually improve sexual health and relationships. By exploring your own
body through masturbation, you can determine what is erotically pleasing
to you and can share this with your partner. Some partners use mutual
masturbation to discover techniques for a more satisfying sexual
relationship and to add to their mutual intimacy. Witnessing a partner
masturbate can teach us what methods our partners use so we can learn
what they enjoy. Mutual masturbation can also open the lines of
communication between partners. |
