When masturbation is really dangerous: paraphilias and their consequences
Does masturbation cause emotional or physical problems? It is this issue that is included in training and educational programs on sexology for young people in civilized countries. And sometimes for their parents.
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In general, masturbation does not harm healthy people. However, in some cases, complacency can be truly dangerous.
When Masturbation Is Dangerous
Excessive masturbation can literally ruin the shape of the penis in some men. Instead of adult toys, they masturbate using completely inappropriate household items, resulting in serious injury. And yes, the legend of putting your penis into a vacuum cleaner, unfortunately, is not a legend at all. There is no need to remind once again that such stupid and thoughtless behavior can have serious consequences for men”s health. And, of course, they themselves talk about some mental disorders.
Therefore, despite the recognition of masturbation for healthy men, an important fact cannot be ignored. Namely, masturbation contributes to the emergence and maintenance of paraphilia. What does this term mean? In science, paraphilia refers to recurrent and intense sexual fantasies or urges that cause severe behavioral disturbances or impairments in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning.
Types of paraphilias
Listed below are just a few of the common paraphilias.
- Exhibitionism is the act of showing one”s genitals to unsuspecting bystanders.
- Frotteurism is touching the genitals of strangers (without their consent).
- Fetishistic transvestism is arousal during dressing in clothes of the opposite sex.
It is not surprising that most people suffering from paraphilias try to hide their pathological fantasies from others. In fact, they tend towards more traditional sexual practices. For example, there are men with mental disorders who are sexually attracted to children. However, they are unaware of their legitimate motivations at the behavioral level. These people lead a traditional family life, raise children and do not talk about their fantasies with anyone.
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It is generally accepted that male masturbation is a negative phenomenon that has very negative consequences for human health. Therefore he was considered.
Few people also tell new acquaintances about their sexual attraction to excrement, urine, insects, corpses, enemas, or wearing women”s clothing. People may never commit such acts. For most of these people, the line between reality and fantasy is masturbation.
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What hinders the study of violations
One of the main obstacles to the study of paraphilias was described by researcher Feuerman. It is that people usually do not tell the truth when it comes to disclosing uncomfortable and shameful sexual fantasies. And, of course, experimental studies recreating situations of paraphilia are impossible, because they are all unethical.
Why is masturbation dangerous for paraphiles?
What you do know is that paraphilias first appear at an early age. Most men become interested in paraphilias by age 17. Psychology believes that most people with paraphilias grow up in dysfunctional environments and have sexual experience at an early age. For the psyche, these traumatic events significantly limit its ability to achieve satisfaction in the future.
In most cases, due to contradictions in law and ethics, it is impossible to achieve sexual satisfaction through the practice of paraphilia, so paraphilia patients prefer to masturbate from a young age. Thus, for a very long time — and perhaps for their entire lives — they hide their true face even from the people closest to them.
The problem is that each episode of masturbation only increases the paraplegic”s interest and reduces the likelihood of future painful symptomatic changes and treatments. Every time a person reproduces in his imagination, he only re-strengthens this vicious neural connection in the brain. And when such interest develops fully, it is absolutely impossible to eliminate it.
