Masturbation, like anything, is healthy in moderation. Wanking all the time for the release of chemicals and hormones to mask your issues is much like self medicating, but that isn't why everyone gets themselves off. Solo sexuality is important to partnered sexuality. Please don't shame other people's healthy sex habits just because you are struggling with your relationship to your chasing the high of orgasm.

... absolutely wrong with pretty much everything you said. Other than "too much", which is a generally sweeping statement about everything, even things that are good for you. Too much water will kill you. So will too much oxygen. But in the right amounts, they're very good for you.

Too much jerking off will not kill you, but all things being equal, even that's better for you than not doing it at all.

Funny you're mentioning pseudo psychologists or whatever. That's what YOU sound like.... because every actually trained medical professional will agree with me.

Go whack your bible then.

@generalized statements?
heaven for bid someone say anything to shame you. They must be completely wrong because it feeeeel soooo goooood! What can go wrong?
@You are...
and you must be sex therapists with obvious self serving monetary reasons to perpetuating a myth. Your statement "every trained md will agree" is a little too definitive don't you think?

on second thought to all down votes/comments, lets the hand pistons fire away to your hearts content. If you cant recognize a good parental advice, I feel sorry for you.

But your advice was terrible, parental or otherwise. Sorry you're so uncomfortable with your natural functions.

I am a female in their 40's who rubs one out daily. I have often been asked if I use porn... no, I don't. (Which I have been criticized for (!) and been accused of being a "feminazi" because I neither condemn porn nor do I consume it... but yes, I have seen some and think it would be dangerous for me to delve past what I have already seen).
Obsessive porn use is what I can see leading to problems because in some of my male friends and their self lovin' they've expressed to me an escalation of scenarios/scenes that they now require to get off solo. As well they're using the same techniques and making their junk desensitized Not me. I change up techniques to keep things interesting and surprise myself. Also it's great to know that I will not go buck-nutty on some arse who cuts me off in traffic... why? Because I get some stress relief and a good nights sleep, that's why. I rub one out and people around me live. Total win/win.