Depressed after masturbating & other stuff

Hello. I'm a 22 year old male. I have noticed that whenever I masturbate, I seem to be more anxious and tired the next day than normal. I feel like lacking in energy and just tend to be easily frustrated. What could cause this? I've been to acupunture several times because of restlessness&tiredness and general depressiveness. It has helped somewhat, but not that much that sometimes I don't feel very frustrated and hopeless about the way I am. Anybody want to offer insight? Oh, and I excercise regularly (lately astanga yoga and sometimes hiking)

Hi 22 year old male first of

Hi 22 year old male first of all you are not old, but just to tell you...is better to not do it.... cz it gone give you after a PE premature ejaculation.... try to do something not thinking about it...masturbating is really bad habit, as you say do some sports try any way to kill this emotion whn it comes by any activites (sweeting is good to...)

Hello, Read the books of

Hello,
Read the books of Mantak Chia en you'll be happy.
Here is one of him: The multiorgasmic man (co-authored with Douglas Abrams) and Taoist secrets of love: cultivating male sexual energy (co-authored with Michael Winn).
Masturbation is not a bad thing, ejaculation is.

Hi, I can appreciate what

Hi,

I can appreciate what you are talking about. I have gone through similar experiences, though you are smarter then me cause you thought of masturbation as the cause of anxiety, irritation, restlessness, etc. It took me around 3 years of research and reading about the nature of the sexual energy, its use and abuses to understand that masturbation can cause VERY serious distarbances. Here is an excerpt from a book titled "Sex, Family, and the Woman in Society" by Torkom Saraydarian about masturbation:
"Masturbation is an abuse of sexual energy. Masturbation is very unhealthy for men, women, and children. It creates a tremendous pressure in the gray matter of the brain; the pineal and pituitary glands are affected, and mental concentration is weakened.
There is a great difference between intercourse and masturbation. In intercourse the man’s aura and the woman’s aura mix, and their etheric, emotional, and mental counterparts slowly adjust to each other, filling the reservoir with the creative sexual energy used during intercourse. In masturbation, the reservoir of energies that creates and replenishes the sexual energy is not formed. In masturbation,one draws upon his reserves and wastes them." (p. 33).
The book talks in great details about the abuse of the sexual energy and its consequences. It also describes the nature of sexual energy, its purpose and how to put it into creative use. The book has also suggestions about the ways of overcoming the habit of masturbation:
"If a person feels an urge to masturbate, an excellent remedy is to wash the sexual organs or to douche with acidophilus. Acidophilus stops sexual stimulation because it disinfects germs and microbes that create artificial sexual stimulation." (Ibid, p. 33).

Cheers,
Arman

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As the others have noted,

As the others have noted, Chinese Medicine is generally not favorable towards masturbation - or more precisely excessive ejaculation. And, as they have pointed out, energetically there is a difference between sexual intercourse and masturbation.

That said, the symptoms you describe indicate a Kidney deficiency of some sort which can be exacerbated by excessive ejaculation. Some of the Kidney patterns with point prescriptions can be found here - http://www.yinyanghouse.com/theory/chinese/kidney_meridian_disharmonies - KD Qi Deficiency and/or KD Yang Deficiency are likely candidates for your symptoms.

Avoiding excessive sexual activity, particularly ejaculation, eating more meat (beef/lamb) over the short term and moxibustion on points such as CV 4, CV 6, ST 36 (ask your acupuncturist) may all be helpful along with your treatments.

Yoga, particularly if you are controlling your breath too strongly, can also cause these symptoms and I've seen many people increase the intensity of their practice to "feel better" and end up feeling worse. Try to watch your breath during yoga and allow it to be more natural and avoiding holding it too much if you think it might be related.

Cheers,

Chad J. Dupuis, L.Ac.
Yin Yang House Acupuncture and Wellness Center