What are some of the positive and negative effects of masturbation for you?

I rarely look at porn when masturbating. I like my own fantasies. I also rarely ejaculate, usually just edge because I don’t like the effect after cumming of the tiredness and loss of sexual feeling

I didn’t find any negative per aspects of this exercise.

The positive for me is being able to relax myself and have a satisfying evening, but the negative is i abuse the satisfaction for climaxing way too much and not really enjoy it as it should be.

The negative is that it becomes one type of thing that turns you on and the related porn is one dimensional

I rely on it when I’m bored and down in the dumps. It causes me to become numb to my partner

Positives obviously orgasm and relaxation. Negatives are depending on certain fantasies to climax with a Partner and worry that I’m going to lose it before I finish.

When it happens by using porn I feel very good in the moment but also lose a lot of confidence afterwards. I then feel as if my masculine energy takes a hike.

Positive is that I feel relaxed, less stressed afterwards. Negative is that I feel like I should be having sex instead of masturbating. I fee like ai am just further desensitizing myself every time I do it.

I love to masturbate. I think I do have some self critical thoughts that I had trouble doing it without porn. Hoping to improve on that.

Positive is the relaxation that comes with it. Almost like an addiction really. Negative is that it is so easy and satisfying that sex with a partner does not turn me on anymore. Its too much effort when masturbation is so much simpler and easier.

I’ve found in the past if I’ve masturbated before a sexual experience it’s been harder to get up than usual

See… Maybe it’s my negativity bias kicking in… But I genuinely don’t see a positive to masturbation-- I’m at a stage where I only get erections so many time in a given day, and so I cherish it all the more when it comes so in that way it feels almost a shame to waste it upon the sensations that are given through masturbation!

The positive effect is the visualization of a great sexual experience. The negative is the desensitization to sexual encounters

Have a go to situation I imagine or watch to masturbated too. But does build and release sexual tension

The positive is pleasure. The negative is I’ve trained myself disassociate into the fantasy of my mind to get off. When I’m with a partner having sex, my mind starts reaching towards fantasy, because I’m rarely able to connect eroticism with my presently lived experience.

I practice masturbation without ejaculation and tune into to the sensations. The practice has increased my sensitivity, drive, control, and is intensely pleasurable.

The positive effects are of course orgasm. The negative effects are a dependence on my own routine for arousal/stimulation which has affected my ability to get an erection with my partner

I definitely created a groove in my dick only I can fulfill. The only positive I’d say is keeping the boy physically active!

Positives - pleasure and release
Negatives - number of times doing it, getting too used to it

When I’m focusing on my penis and pleasure it can help me to get out of my head and into my body.