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Masturbation - how often do normal people do it?

Masturbation - how often do normal people do it? Masturbation is the act of pleasuring ourselves by stimulating our genital area and erogenous areas with our hands and/or using sex toys. This is usually done as a private practice, or in other words alone, but it can be also done with a partner as part of the foreplay games. In the process there may be involved sexual fantasies and the person is free to explore his/her body looking for what works best for him or her. Masturbation usually starts during the adolescence, but how often normal people do it? To be honest, when it comes to sexual life and sexual experiences there is no “normal” each person is free to enjoy his/her body as they wish and with the frequency they desire. Unfortunately nowadays there are still some myths surrounding masturbation that stop some people from exploring themselves and including this practice in their sexual life. Religious aspects, or false believes like masturbation causes blindness, infertility, may leave you bald or make grow hair in your hands are all FALSE! So please if you still had any of those believes, stop now and start exploring and pleasing yourself alone with no remorse. Coming back to the frequency topic, it dependents on sex and age. It can go from every day, a couple of times a week, to once a month or even once a year. It really depends on when and how often you need it. There are some people how may need to masturbate more regularly and some just don’t feel the need or the conditions around them do not allow them to have some time alone. If this is the case remember that the better you know your body, the easier will be for you to show your partner what work the best for you when you are together in bed. Fear or prejudices must not stop you from having a healthy sexual practice. So if you are new to this there are some tips may work for you: • First you need to be calm and relaxed, find some time before going to sleep, or wake up a little earlier in the morning, for sure you will notice waking up those few minutes earlier will worth it. • Second, if the right place is the problem, there are always moments during the day your house is alone. If it is not close your bedroom door, and if it still doesn’t work take some time alone in the shower, why there? It is almost the only moment in which other people don’t bother you, again, make sure the door is closed! • If what stops you from masturbating is guilt, remember you are here to be happy and having an unsatisfactory sexual life is not precisely a synonym of happiness. Your body is yours, and you are allowed to experience pleasure with yourself with no remorse. • Keep your hands and toys clean, as when you are a masturbating the main toy is your hand, be careful with the length of your nails, remember this is a sensitive area and you won’t want to hurt it, you want to please yourself. Keep your toys clean, look for the instructions and keep them properly clean before and after using them. If you still have second thoughts here are some benefits of masturbation: • Masturbating helps to have a good sex life, because by doing so the person learns a lot about his/her body, how he/she reacts, what are the best sexual stimulus for them, this can make sexual encounters much more pleasant. • Insomnia may be reduced with masturbation, even there are many ways to solve insomnia, and there is no doubt that there are none as pleasant, safe and natural as masturbating. Once the person reaches orgasm, the body relaxes and the nervous system tends to rest. You will have a good night of sleep- • Masturbating is good against stress. It relaxes the nervous system and the entire body. This may help you reduce the constant pressure felt in your daily life activities helping you being calmer and less tensioned. • If you want to strengthen you immune system masturbation is an option for you, this is also a natural way to stay healthy. • This practice may be rally useful for girls too, it can help reduce the menstrual pain and the discomfort that comes with it, as it relaxes the nerves helping reduce hurting symptoms. Most people men and women should stop thinking masturbation is exclusive for men, or that they are the only ones who practices it. Even this tends to be extremely private till the point it is not even shared with the best friend or the couple this is a practice we must remove the taboo from and start experiencing it. This practice is the only one in where most people reaches climax in 96% of the times according to experts. If you are new to this, if you have never done it, or if you have done it a few times because you thought it was wrong don’t get frustrated, be patient with yourself and explore your body and what you like. If you treat yourself with a serene attitude you will be relaxed and will find how pleasant this practice is. When you masturbate you may feel more relaxed, happier and get a bigger knowledge from yourself Again the “normal” frequency is the one that works for you, the important thing is the time you dedicate to yourself and how much you enjoy this masturbation practice alone or with your partner.

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