Guilty

[ValentinClarke]

Literally, I've masturbated for about 6 years, and for the first 6 months I was guilty after doing it but then I stopped, but recently it's happening again. It's making me feel really weird.

[Bull]

Literally, I've masturbated for about 6 years, and for the first 6 months I was guilty after doing it but then I stopped, but recently it's happening again. It's making me feel really weird.

First analyze the early feeling: Of what were you guilty? Now after six years of enjoying masturbation you suddenly feel "really weird" following climax: Weird in what way? Was there a trigger event to bring on such feelings after six years?

I hope you can resolve this issue for your own well being. Masturbation is a normal experience for people and should only result in positive feelings. There is no rational, natural reason for feeling guilt.

[Zachary G]

The guilt of which you speak can arise from various reasons. A popular one being societal norms that are deep-rooted in prejudice and an unhealthy outlook on sex. If this is the reason, then listen to me carefully. Find the nearest vent available and throw your guilt out of it! There is no reason to feel guilty about pleasuring yourself. Our bodies are meant to seek pleasure. And in the absence of a sexual partner or sex toys, this is your only ticket to release.

[Cassius16]

I used to feel guilty when I first started masturbating. I felt dirty whenever I wanked, but now I'm used to the idea that masturbating is a normal activity for a teenage boy and I no longer feel guilty

[Bikini Boy]

I started at a really young age and enjoyed it so much that I've never felt guilty or ashamed, except when I was caught a few times when I was really young.

[Harrier]

it's natural to feel guilty. I did. I think most (not all) people do at sometime. Mine comes and goes.

[pconnor]

I would not feel guilty.

[jamie_n5]

Masturbation is a normal and healthy thing for both boys and girls. There is no reason to feel guilty about it.

[The captain]

sometimes happens to me...gulty feelins back

[Hermes]

I'd echo what Billy said about looking for a trigger. If the trigger is not obvious, perhaps go through the general reasons people feel guilty so:

General Negativity About Sexual Things

This would normally be because adults have been secretive about anything sexual and that makes it seem like something underhand. Also the need to do it in private can make it seem like something bad.

So this would normally be something that would affect someone just starting but has someone new come into your life that has a different attitude and maybe you're picking up on that?

The Lust Argument (and Religion)

This is the Christian argument about "lusting after another woman" which actually occurs in a passage talking about adultery and one has to bear in mind, at the time it was written, people didn't have a long gap between puberty and marriage so looking at a sexually mature female would pretty much automatically mean looking at someone married.

So, thinking around this have you found a new religious fervour? As before, has someone come into your life who thinks this way? Or are you concerned about the fantasies you are having? If this last one, as mentioned in the thread about thinking about people we know, you aren't accountable to any human for what goes on in your head, only in what you put into action.

The Spilling Seed Argument

This is again sometimes put forward by religion. For Christians I believe this is based on the story of Onan but again is a misinterpretation. For a start Onan actually practiced coitus interruptus, i.e. the wthdrawal method and secondly I don't think it is even reasonable to generalise that the withdrawal method in general is wrong. Onan's crime was to ignore Gods order to provide a child for his dead brother's wife. In any other situation it would not have been an issue.

Even without the religious angle on it you can certainly watch a load spurting our of your cock and wonder when it will get used for what its real purpose is. Perhaps you are beginning to feel you've had enough "practising" and now it is time to "perform". You have to remember we didn't design our bodies this way. We didn't decide that our bodies should start producing sperm long before we are in a position where becoming a father would be a good idea. And looking into a future of being married, neither did we design our bodies to keep producing even when our wife is pregnant and can't become "more pregnant". And on sex vs. j/o even then it is not safe to assume that j/o is just training and sex is the main event. Yes, opportunities for sex will come and sometimes they will be more plentiful than others. The one outlet that is always with you is masturbation and you should feel comfortable doing that.

[Glis25]

I felt guilty at first but i got over it. masturbating is okay but just dont get to a point where you do it 20 times a day