Article provided by Mitchell McNiff, M.D
Masturbation and consequent orgasm depletes the brain and spinal fluids of acetylcholine, dopamine and serotonin and the hormones such as hGH, DHEA, testosterone, thyroxine (T4) and Triiodothyronine (T3), neurotransmitters that are responsible for human functioning and very important when it comes to sex. This deficiency melts the brain’s acetylcholine/parasympathetic, dopamine and serotonin nervous functions and your endocrine functions. The damage results in the symptoms of bladder and prostate problems; frequent urination, incontinency, semen leakage, enlarged prostate, etc.
People also experience hair loss and they have no idea why they are losing hair. Even young men come to me and wonder why they are losing hair. The answer lies in the imbalances of the bodies nutrients and hormones that overmasturbation produces. Over burning of testosterone into DHT and the excessive DHT binds to the root of hair cells, blocking it from growing and cutting off supplies of nutrients and proteins so that hair will thin and eventually stop growing.
Frequent ejaculation also depletes the body of serotonin which then strikes an imbalance of serotonin and melatonin production (which controls your biological clock and tells you when to sleep and when to get sleepy). Serotonin on the other hand is responsible for fighting stress and anxiety and focusing on concentration…it then gets converted to melatonin for a good night’s sleep to recharge. People who over-masturbate tend to experience lack of concentration, focus, fatigue, and this is a direct result of depleting their bodies of serotonin.
Some of the people I have helped are clueless and don’t understand that pain usually means something is wrong. If ejaculating hurts…stop doing it! Frequent ejaculations deplete your body of prostaglandin E-1 and until the body can produce sufficient amounts of that nutrient, there will be pain and soreness after ejaculating. Allowing the body to recover before ejaculating again is the first step. People also complain of pain in the prostate (which is due to an enlarged prostate that also restricts urine flow and contributes to incontinency) after ejaculation. I tell them that their PSA levels have been elevated too high and won’t return to normal levels until another day or so. This is why the prostate is swollen and should be given time to rest before ejaculating again."
"The truth is out there and I have seen the light. I see it every time teens e-mail me; their problems are all the same, their symptoms all parallel one another. I see the light whenever middle-aged men confront me about premature ejaculation or erectile dysfunction; their pasts are all the same. Over-masturbation kills sex. A trend that alarms me is the way that the medical community seems to advocate masturbation and say that it is perfectly healthy. It is to a certain extent but like all good things, masturbation (and sex for that matter) can be come addictive. Men who have chronically masturbated throughout their lives come to me in horrible conditions, not just sexually either. They are depressed, balding, fatigue, lack concentration, lack motivation, have weak bones and joints, are underweight, and fed up with it all. Some of them have been suicidal. Others just want to have a sex life. It is a good thing that they have come to me though because I can help them and hopefully, together we can all spread the truth about masturbation.
Masturbation is the act of self-stimulation for sexual pleasure. People are programmed to be sexual (like all things in nature though humans are the only species that actually reproduce because it is pleasurable) and some people start masturbating at a very young age around 5 or 6. Masturbating this young is often a result of a traumatic experience and because masturbation feels good, they use it as a form of therapy to cope with such tragedies like a death in the family. However, if these children begin to rely on masturbation and do so chronically, they are almost guaranteed to keep this habit with them as they age and mature. Masturbation before puberty is particularly damaging for males as the necessary hormones and nutrients are essential for a male’s growth during this time. That is why many people who have over-masturbated themselves during their youth are underweight or short. They also have deformities in their penises and lose hair sooner. I blame this on child circumcision as the glans penis gets exposed early and young boys become aware of the pleasurable sensations earlier in life without getting a chance to learn about their bodies first.
Many people have been raised to believe that masturbation is not damaging and is natural and is done by everybody; if you don’t do it there is something wrong with you. Likewise there have been people who have been raised to believe that masturbation is a disgusting and horrible act. I choose to stand in between these two points of view. It is my firm belief that masturbation is normal and healthy if kept to a minimum. It should be used to primarily experiment and allow a person to become more familiar with their body and the sensations and pleasures it can bring. Like alcohol consumption, a little is healthy, a lot is very unhealthy; the same goes for masturbation.