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Masturbation abstinence is popular online. Doctors and therapists are worried

34 points by laurex 3y ago

DilettanteQuant 3y ago
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h2odragon 3y ago
You'll go blind if you do, you'll go nuts if you don't. Teddy Roosevelt might've used the word "Continence" in speaking of the same subject. I guess it's easier when you have access to horses. Edit to clarify: "I guess"; me personally. I am not speculating on the propriety or depth of Mr Roosevelt's relationships with anyone or anything.
- Loughla 3y ago
  Are you saying Teddy Roosevelt banged horses?
  - mcphage 3y ago
    A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat.
    - woleium 3y ago
      is your wife into… photography?
DrFell 3y ago
Once a day, after dinner. Too early, too much, vents mojo. You want to want. It's the driver.
- quickslowdown 3y ago
  This sounds lifted straight from a Rogan episode
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dysoco 3y ago
I wonder if there's a certain observable benefit to this, not biological but in creating an habit of self-control plus also the placebo effect that must come from this. It could very well be replaced with reducing Youtube or videogames usage as well though.
- DilettanteQuant 3y ago
  On what basis do you make this claim? On google scholar I can find 100s of studies pointing to negative impacts which have biological basis. https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/review_article/pdf/131357/20230213-16571-bxsiil.pdf https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/review_article/pdf/131357/...
- EA-3167 3y ago
  As far as I know there is no known benefit, but for males at least there is the possible downside of very slightly increased risk of prostate cancer/dysfunction. Frankly it isn't that well studied, but it's worth saying that quacks, mystics, ascetics and charismatic leaders have claimed "nofap" is profoundly beneficial. It's also worth saying that they've never managed to demonstrate that alleged benefit in a satisfactory way. The current movement bears all of the hallmarks of cults.
  - BriggyDwiggs42 3y ago
    I mean it’s far larger than a normal cult and not centralized around a figure, but i get where you’re coming from.
    - piva00 3y ago
      I keep wondering if the internet age + social media is helping to create another kind of cult, a decentralised new type of cultish beliefs without necessarily a single charismatic leader but a network of them feeding each other. It's happening with conspiracy theories, there's no single central figure commanding them but a stochastic machine reeling people in, which then feedbacks into itself. Nofap has definitely traces of cultish behaviour, I'd like a new word to describe such movements because it seems they will only increase over time.
freitzkriesler2 3y ago
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34 points by laurex 3y ago

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You'll go blind if you do, you'll go nuts if you don't. Teddy Roosevelt might've used the word "Continence" in speaking of the same subject. I guess it's easier when you have access to horses. Edit to clarify: "I guess"; me personally. I am not speculating on the propriety or depth of Mr Roosevelt's relationships with anyone or anything.

Loughla 3y ago
Are you saying Teddy Roosevelt banged horses?
- mcphage 3y ago
  A nod’s as good as a wink to a blind bat.
  - woleium 3y ago
    is your wife into… photography?

DrFell 3y ago

Once a day, after dinner. Too early, too much, vents mojo. You want to want. It's the driver.

quickslowdown 3y ago
This sounds lifted straight from a Rogan episode

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dysoco 3y ago

I wonder if there's a certain observable benefit to this, not biological but in creating an habit of self-control plus also the placebo effect that must come from this. It could very well be replaced with reducing Youtube or videogames usage as well though.

DilettanteQuant 3y ago
On what basis do you make this claim? On google scholar I can find 100s of studies pointing to negative impacts which have biological basis. https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/review_article/pdf/131357/20230213-16571-bxsiil.pdf https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/review_article/pdf/131357/...
EA-3167 3y ago
As far as I know there is no known benefit, but for males at least there is the possible downside of very slightly increased risk of prostate cancer/dysfunction. Frankly it isn't that well studied, but it's worth saying that quacks, mystics, ascetics and charismatic leaders have claimed "nofap" is profoundly beneficial. It's also worth saying that they've never managed to demonstrate that alleged benefit in a satisfactory way. The current movement bears all of the hallmarks of cults.
- BriggyDwiggs42 3y ago
  I mean it’s far larger than a normal cult and not centralized around a figure, but i get where you’re coming from.
  - piva00 3y ago
    I keep wondering if the internet age + social media is helping to create another kind of cult, a decentralised new type of cultish beliefs without necessarily a single charismatic leader but a network of them feeding each other. It's happening with conspiracy theories, there's no single central figure commanding them but a stochastic machine reeling people in, which then feedbacks into itself. Nofap has definitely traces of cultish behaviour, I'd like a new word to describe such movements because it seems they will only increase over time.

freitzkriesler2 3y ago

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