I’m new here and I haven’t jerked off in 2 years. I’m 40m divorced and stopped jerking in February 2023 to try and work on the marriage since I was jerking off to porn and chat room so there wasn’t much left for the relationship at times. Long story short, the married ended 7 months ago and I still haven’t jerked off. There’s a part of me that doesn’t want to “open the door” to jerking off and I don’t have a desire to be relationship. On the other hand sexuality is a part of who we are and sometimes (like now) I do want to get naked and lay on my back with legs spread and stroke my meat with my ball sack bouncing and clapping until I spay cum… not sure what to do. If you got this far, thanks for reading!
It’s a tough call, I understand not wanting to go down the rabbit hole again, jerking off to porn and being addicted to porn is a real thing. So the question becomes are you secure enough with yourself now to not go down that rabbit hole again, even though you are single you don’t want to go back down it because it’s not a nice place to be. So if you are happy where you are and your confident you can keep it in check then get naked and blow your load. But if you are not in a secure place and you are fearful it would lead you back down a path you don’t want to go then you may not want to. At the end of the day the decision is yours.
I can relate, been addicted since I was 11 and trying to quit is hard, but you’ve made the right decision
Yeah I don’t have a desire to look at porn, and don’t have a desire to go back to that. I just think about jerking off sometimes. I’ve only been intimate once in the past 7 months which was with a neighbor, but she has a bf now. Since I’m not jerking off I typically wake up to a nocturnal emission once a week. I guess in some ways it seems unrealistic to not be sexual you know?
Well since you slept with your neighbor in the last 7 months you’re still being sexual so I don’t see a reason why not rub one out.
This sounds to me like her torturing yourself . Do whatever makes you feel good. for me I go through dry spells with no sex with a woman and then I go through pure as where I’m getting it every week or more. So for me masturbation is absolutely wonderful.
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Go ahead and open that door. Get past your masturbation inhibitions. A good regimen of masturbation leads to better health including mentally. So go ahead and lay back, totally nude, and stroke yourself to a pleasurable outcome. It's one of the best self care practices around. Besides, your former masturbation activities did not cause your wife to leave you. Marriages just don't fail because the husband jacks off regularly. Especially if he corrects the ways he was doing it. There was more to it than that. Masturbate to your hearts content and go out and find some pussy to fuck too.
there is nothing wrong with masturbation,, we are sexual beings, we need this. The post above spelled out all the great things masturbation does for us. I would probably go crazy and go on a rampage without it. Masturbation keeps me sane in between sex episodes with a woman. That is weekly, but sometimes it can be months and months without that..
It sounds like you are blaming porn and masturbation on your divorce. You probably feel ashamed or guilty. Your relationship issues go much deeper than your masturbation habits. Masturbation is just an easy excuse for the disintegration of your marriage. Feeling ashamed or guilty about masturbation isn't healthy. Most of us grew up having to hide our masturbation because our puritanical parents told us it was wrong. As we mature, most of us realized how screwed up that thinking is and we have embraced the ability to control our bodies freely for the purpose of pleasure. I would caution you to not go back down that road of shame and guilt. As you seek out new partners, be open with them about your desire for masturbation. It is part of who you are.