# can excessive masterbation cause...anyhing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 4, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239 "2002-05-04T11:55:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chrisby69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cab0a1/32.png) [@chrisby69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisby69)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/1 "2002-05-04T11:55:13Z")
Apart from a bit of a sore willy, can excessive masterbation cause blindness as we were told, or any other biological or psycological problems? you see, a friend of mine… ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/2 "2002-05-04T12:24:50Z")
Excessive masterbation is clearly the cause of poor spelling. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/3 "2002-05-04T13:00:16Z")
[Masturbator’s Elbow](http://www.goaskalice.columbia.edu/1549.html) ---
**Author:** ![reprise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@reprise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/reprise)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/4 "2002-05-04T13:06:34Z")
According to the folks at globalgasm, masturbation can heal the planet (no link provided because the site is 18+). ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/5 "2002-05-04T13:27:45Z")
_Excessive_ masturbation _can_ lead one to be less ready or able to react positively to sex with another individual. In brief, while there’s nothing wrong with masturbation, don’t become addicted to your own caresses. ---
**Author:** ![Spavined\_Gelding](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@Spavined\_Gelding](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spavined_Gelding)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/6 "2002-05-04T13:34:04Z")
I always figured that proper technique was more a wrist thing than an elbow thing. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/7 "2002-05-04T15:34:11Z")
Excessive masturbation can be an avoidance behavior. If a person’s masturbatory habits are so time-consuming that he begins to cut back on other activities–especially those involving social situations–then that’s a problem. But it’s kind of a chicken and egg argument. It may be that the masturbation is not _causing_ the avoidance behavior, but that the masturbation is caused by a desire to avoid. ---
**Author:** ![welby1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@welby1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/welby1)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/8 "2002-05-04T16:09:02Z")
It kin cauze mispulling uv de wurd “masturbation.” ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/9 "2002-05-04T17:07:05Z")
\>\> masturbation is caused by a desire to avoid Yep, I’ve always tought fucking is a good way to meet people. ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/10 "2002-05-04T17:33:45Z")
hehe, that’s great sailor. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/11 "2002-05-04T17:38:32Z")
How would “excessive” be defined? ---
**Author:** ![Blitzweb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5ac83/32.png) [@Blitzweb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blitzweb)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/12 "2002-05-04T17:38:56Z")
Hehehe… I think _someone_ was getting worried! 🙂 (commercial website removed) -manhattan ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/13 "2002-05-04T17:41:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blitzweb \* > \*\*Hehehe… > I think _someone_ was getting worried! > 🙂 > (commercial URL removed) -manhattan/B] I can’t speak for you, but I’m here to fight ignorance… ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/14 "2002-05-04T17:55:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan \* > \*\*_Excessive_ masturbation _can_ lead one to be less ready or able to react positively to sex with another individual. > \*\* Ummm my uhhhhhh, friend wants to know if this effect can be reversed by cutting back on masturbation and also if this is a physical or psychological (or both) effect. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/15 "2002-05-04T17:56:57Z")
Yes, care to elaborate **Qadgop**? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Bird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Little\_Bird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Bird)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/16 "2002-05-04T18:22:37Z")
A big, giant mess. On the wall–if you’re a real man… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/17 "2002-05-04T18:30:33Z")
What’s to elaborate? Some (but not most) individuals end up substituting masturbation for sex with others, or end up finding it more gratifying than sex with others. Rule of thumb: If whacking off keeps you from having mutually desired sexual relations, it’s a problem. ---
**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/18 "2002-05-04T18:32:20Z")
Ah, well, I thought you were perhaps meaning something else. ---
**Author:** ![Zap\_Rowsdower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3da27b/32.png) [@Zap\_Rowsdower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zap_Rowsdower)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/19 "2002-05-04T18:38:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Little Bird \* > \*\*A big, giant mess. On the wall–if you’re a real man… 😉 \*\* Or the computer screen…😃 ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-excessive-masterbation-cause-anyhing/107239/20 "2002-05-04T18:40:51Z")
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