Addictions are powerful and so often can breath into us feelings of hopelessness, helplessness, fear and despair. This can definitely be the case with an addiction to masturbation. While some in the world say that it is a positive, wonderful and healthy thing, one can tell, if he or she listens deep down, that the kind of selfishness that accompanies masturbation is not noble or virtuous, especially when it’s in the form of an addiction. By very definition, an addiction seeks to be satisfied at the expense of almost any other thing. This so often can include attention to family, spending time in good causes or in self-improvement.
I’m assuming you’ve found your way here, not to find evidence to prove that masturbation is healthy and good, but rather because you have found it to be a frustrating and fruitless endeavor despite the immediate gratification that can be obtained through self-stimulation.
If this is the case, here are a few thoughts to help you stand above the degradation of selfish self-indulgence of this sort.
1. Know you have an infinite worth and a tremendous value outside of any action. Many come to feel worthless because of their involvement with masturbation. This is not true and only serves to perpetuate an addiction to it.
2. Know you have a choice. While it may feel like you can do nothing about it when that powerful urge rushes over you, that’s not true. You can! Every time you give in it becomes easier, every time you choose instead to channel your energy into a more productive and creative endeavor, that too becomes easier.
3. Know that you’re not alone. Opening up to others helps you realize this. It also opens the doors to healing because the clamp of secrecy no longer presses so hard down upon you.
There is hope if you’re seeking escape from an addiction to masturbation. Don’t give up! In fact, take a step right now to learn more about how the brain can trap you into this behavior by filling out the form to the right. You may also purchase a course that addresses sexual addicts, porn addiction, etc.
