IS MASTURBATION RUINING YOUR LIFE? A PSYCHOLOGIST TALKS ABOUT MASTURBATION ADDICTION (READ)

On February 6, Morningside Recovery Center, a rehab center in Newport Beach, California,released the results of a national survey on a taboo subject: masturbation. For the study, the addiction center surveyed over 1100 men and women ages 21-35 about their masturbation habits, discovering a few interesting facts about excessive masturbation habits and masturbation addiction.

 63 percent of the participated in the survey were female, with 20.4 percent of all participants indicating they pleasure themselves at least three or more times per day. 79.6% of the respondents report masturbating up to two times per day. 48% believe that the frequency of their habit is below average. 45.4% agreed that masturbation can cause problems in their relationships. 57.8% of the survey respondents were not ashamed at all about choking the chicken, with 18.3% report being very ashamed and 23.8% report being somewhat ashamed.

The dirty culprit for a systematic increase in societal fapping? Increased access to internet porn. Duh.

Here at BroBible, we had some questions about the survey. In particular, how much is too much? Curious about how a trained, professional addiction specialist defines “compulsive masturbation,” we reached out to Robert Weiss, CSAT-S, Director of Intimacy and Sexual Disorders Programs for Promises Treatment Centers.

 Over e-mail, Weiss answered our questions about the signs of diagnosable masturbation addiction. She also explained the social and psychological dangers of masturbation addiction, including how it can lead to physical harm to genitalia, relationship stress, and erectile dysfunction. This is how masturbation can ruin your life.