First, a basic notion, one drilled into many of us from youth, must be overcome: that we should feel guilty for masturbating. The young especially have been inundated with uncountable and unreasonable arguments against masturbation pretty much since people learned how to tell each other what to do. These arguments have largely evolved from overreaching religious dogmatisms and have little to do with the realities of our bodies' daily functions. Which is important to keep in mind when in the shadow of shameful thoughts.
The more secularly prevalent arguments claim that masturbation will make people go blind, get hairy palms, become sexually depraved...or worse. In truth, the Holy Ghost does not care to condemn to Hell everyone who ever masturbated and generally people don't become depraved as a result of self-gratification.
The guilt for masturbating, in other words, is a religious and social construction long since devoid of actual validity if not social validity. And realistically, a Divine Creator would not be ashamed of its creations. It is only our fellow humans who cast a judgmental eye that leads us to thoughts of personal shame and guilt.
In truth, all these myths were created to keep people enslaved to a mythology of purity to which few of the authorities themselves ever adhered. Masturbation is a very real part of our sexual landscaping. Enshrouding masturbation in outmoded prejudices masquerading as social reasoning amounts to nothing more than repression. Masturbation not only addresses an obviously felt drive that begins in adolescence and never quite disappears entirely until death.
From youth to grave, we are sexual beings, and we do ourselves a disservice if we do not avail ourselves fully of that sexuality and explore it healthily. Indeed, doctors, psychologists and sex therapists often recommend masturbation as a means to relieve stress.
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