How does masturbation affect potency?

Men often worry about whether masturbation harms potency. In general, masturbation is useful if it does not become a habit and a complete replacement for sex.

Types of masturbation

To find the answer to the question of whether masturbation affects male potency, you need to take into account individual points. How often a man resorts to self-satisfaction, why this happens, what is the specificity of his sensations compared to sex.

The masturbation habit is of the following types:

• Reflex. It is present as a reflex to touch the genitals, to conduct their manual stimulation. At the level of reflexes, it often occurs in childhood. In an adult state, such onanism can already be attributed to a mental deviation;
• Conscious. This includes ordinary self-satisfaction. In adolescents - due to the development of sexual consciousness and the difficulty of finding a partner. In adult men - due to the temporary impossibility of sex;
• Pathological from the point of view of a psychologist. This includes the obsessive state, when masturbation occurs very often. As a rule, the patient in this case is not able to be distracted. He tries to stop masturbating but can't. sexual intercourse becomes less of a choice for him.

Psychological moment

Self-satisfaction negatively affects male self-consciousness, becomes a pathology - if it completely replaces sexual intercourse. In this case, from a psychological point of view, potency may decrease. A man eventually ceases to feel normal sexual desire in relation to a woman.

As a rule, the reason for such pathological masturbation is insufficient social adaptation, low self-esteem and past traumas. In order not to become impotent, you need banal self-development, expanding your social circle and overcoming your fears.

Physiological moment

When there is no opportunity to have sex for a long time, the question arises - how does masturbation affect male potency in terms of physiology? If you do not get too carried away, and masturbation does not become obsessive - self-satisfaction is useful. Just like sex, albeit to a lesser extent.

If normal sexual intercourse is impossible, masturbation benefits potency: