I'm not sure if that will work. From just how intrusive those previous thoughts were, when combined with my increased sex drive at my age compared to then, leads me to believe that I simply don't have the self control to manage something like that. I really don't know what it is about masturbation t...

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to reply. With all due respect, I have no idea where my father is coming from. My best guess is some idea he has that a real man should be sleeping around a lot, but I truly don't know for sure. That pattern of incredibly intrusive thoughts had only ever...

Thank you, Emily N, for your response as well. In all honesty, I'm starting to lean towards starting it again despite knowing next to nothing about it. Not very often though, and especially not if I ever get a relationship. It just feels like I could be trying to get a partner, or generally improve ...

Thank you for your response. I will use this here to answer the questions you had and to clarify my post where needed. (I don't know how to properly quote posts here, sorry) -" Could you talk a bit more about these feelings? Was it guilt, or shame, or a feeling of loss of control and frustratio...

I am a 17 year old cishet male. When I was around 13 or so, I discovered masturbation and very quickly became addicted to it, to the point where thinking about anything else took genuine effort. All I wanted to do day in and day out was seek another climax, and I soon began to hate myself for it. Be...