> However, as of late it has become, at least to me, an addiction. For one, I need to do it every single morning after waking up.

> Two, I've been neglecting others aspects of my life just so I can mastebate. To me, that is signs of an addiction. Do you agree?

Yes, I do agree. Anytime some practice like masturbation as an example gets in the way of undertaking and/or completing daily tasks and obligations then the activity can be considered an addiction.

> What do you all think I should do about it?

Learn to manage the desire for pleasure with the need to relieve sexual tension. This takes practice and will power, yet mastering this balancing act will serve you well over the next few decades!

Why the need for balance? Simple: All too often, particularly with teens and young adults, the desire for enjoyment at the expense of relieving stress often leaves a fella with pent up stress at the end of the day that he cannot get rid of because he has masturbated too much during the day for his enjoyment. At some number of orgasms his body will simply refuse to respond for several hours to a day and if he does not leave sufficient reserve for stress related needs, he is going to find himself stressed out, agitated, preoccupied and perhaps unable to concentrate on complex tasks at hand.

> Should I try to limit myself to once a day, once every couple days, or just try to stop all together?

Good luck attempting "to stop altogether". Typically, you can abstain for several hours to a few days, although at some point in time, you will give in, this is a given. Your safety valve will be to experience a "Nocturnal Emission" or "Wet Dream".

I believe a person should run a test and learn the following:

1. how many times a day you can masturbate be it from multiple sessions throughout the day and/or from two or more times in a single session. (Please understand that at some number based upon age and drive, your body will refuse to respond for several hours. Each successive orgasm will be less intense than the former and more difficult to trigger.**)

To get an honest result, you do want to run this test after having not masturbated for at least a day.

2. how many days you can abstain before you find it impossible to hold off any longer. You may even find yourself playing with yourself unconsciously while doing something or watching TV, etc., "waking up" to the fact that you are stimulating yourself, and, instead of stopping, just telling yourself "ah what the heck" and following thru to completion.

3. Discovering and knowing what your extremes are will then provide an "operating range" that you can divide between daily pleasures and daily needs. I recommend that whatever a person's number is, that he save some energy for unexpected or unplanned for needs. This means that if you only need to masturbate once a session in order to neutralize stress, that you always hold one climax in reserve for the time when one stress relieving climax is not going to be sufficient! Just think! If you do not use all of your daily allotment, then you have the option to masturbate one last time before going off to sleep.

Have fun discovering what your personal extremes and limits are. I can guarantee that as you abstain longer and longer you will quickly learn why masturbation management is so important to master.

Each male of the species has a different sex drive as well as varying amounts of daily stress. Some boys/men need to masturbate two-four times a day, others only once, others only once or twice every few days. Normal is a range so do not compare yourself and your needs and desires to those of friends.

Waking up in the morning with an intense erection {morning wood) is a common occurrence for young men and will be an almost daily experience well into a person's forties in most cases. "Answering the call" and satisfying the need need not be a time consuming process--unless you want to take your time. If so, simply set your alarm to go off a bit earlier.

**Lastly, realize that if you do choose to increase the length of time between any two orgasms in a day, the more intense each one will be. (Food for thought.) Better me thinks to space out your pleasurable experiences in order to enjoy more intense orgasms than to quickly give in to the urges as they come up and perhaps not have them so intense. This should not be so difficult to manage when you consider that disbursed between your orgasms for enjoyment will be one or more stress related pleasurable experience.

Enjoy,

-doc

It sounds pretty normal for a young man to me. I suggest you simply take one to two hour breaks from masturbation and dedicate that time to other things. If you are at work just force yourself to hold off until you get home. It's only a problem if you are actually leaving work or school to go masturbate, if you do it in public or if you begin stealing masturbation toys.

[quote=dlb;273144]or if you begin stealing masturbation toys.[/quote]
lol!!! :D :D :D

Thank you for the follow up, Dave.

Although I did not come right out and say this in the above reply, you cannot masturbate too many times and over do it. Your body will simply refuse to respond at some number like seven in your particular case and you will have to wait for a few hours for your system to rejuvenate itself. No harm, no foul. That said, feel free to masturbate as often as you wish to or need to within the guidelines detailed, above.

In fact, if you agree that learning to manage desires vs needs is necessary then you will have to masturbate a lot, at least while getting a handle on your "addiction". In fact I would venture to say that experiencing an hour or so of angst while spacing your orgasms out around the clock is preferable to only doing it twice a day as you suggested, above, and possibly going stir-crazy most the the rest of the day. Your thoughts?

Anyway, learn coping skills by learning to balance what you do and when so that masturbating does not interfere with daily obligations and chores.

-doc

> So you think I should masterbate,

I am not telling you to, only giving you permission should you want to.

> then time to see how long it takes till the next time my body feels the need to do so again, so I know how frequent my body feels the urge?

Yes, however, needs change on a daily basis. One day you may not want to masturbate, another only once or twice, etc. The frequency and spacing will change dynamically based upon what has been happening to you on any particular day.

> for men orgasm servers many purposes. Sex is just one.

Here is the rest of the story:

Benefits of Masturbating for Boys and for Girls

> If you not thinking of other women and your fantasizing of your girl, then waking off is ok.

Huh? Say what?

Are you stating that if I do not have a girlfriend or wife then masturbating is not OK?

Are you stating that if I do not have a girlfriend or wife that I must not think about other women when pleasuring myself?

Fantasies are just that, as long as there is no direct action taken with them, why is it not OK to dream up any woman and any fantasy a guy wants in order to better arouse and excite himself?

-doc

Its completely fine to masturbate to the thought of someone other than your girlfriend or wife.

Like doc said, a fantasy is just a fantasy.

With as much as I can masturbate, I would become incredibly bored with my girlfriend after a week or two. But I think of girls I use to sleep with or have wanted to and guess what...no problem!