Masturbation and Stress Relief

[Ducy]

OK so...they say that masturbation and stress usually go hand and hand...that masturbation relieves stress. But lately I have been uber stressed, and a little confused about some things. So I figured hey maybe it will help. (last night which was first time in a week) Well it took some work to get hard, and the second I started to masturbate I just went limp, and felt totally like....I dont know how to describe it. Anyways I just went to bed and this afternoon I tried again...and I just couldnt get it up. I tried looking at porn but it didnt help. Basically it took some just touching before I got hard and once again same thing as the night before...but this time, I felt disgusted with myself.

Is it possible for stress to be too great to allow for masturbation? If so what do I do then, because there are no massage places around, and with school and work I have no time to really see my girlfriend so she couldnt give me a massage even if she wanted.

[Brandye]

Stress can do it. So can diet, drinking, other "substances," exercise or lack thereof and simple fatigue.

Yes, for men and women masturbation is usually related to stress relief but stress can keep enough of your mind occupied that there not enough neurons left to focus on the business at hand. There are sub-concious and (I think Freud called them) preconcious issues that may be depressing your libido subliminally.

Your fretting about it makes it worse. Get a good nights sleep, resolve a few issues and maybe find a partner tohelp you over the hump.