How do I stop masturbating so much? I jerk off 3-4 times per day. Literally thinking about not masturbating and denying myself makes me more horny.

Find something to do. You are masturbation out of boredom. If you had something going for you, you wouldn't even think of busting as you'd be too busy.

>>81940092
I'm usually too tired to do anything else when I masturbate. I lay in my bed and scroll and get the urge to jerk off and then I end up wasting like an hour edging

>>81940079 (OP)
Finding something to keep you busy and motivation to stick with it.
Not sure if you use porn or not; but I suppose just jacking off alone all the time is enough to fuck with your dopamine receptors. So essentially when you are bored or stressed, and your brain is feeling starved of dopamine, it goes "JERK OFF, NOW!". Understanding how this works can help you understand how to avoid it.
Look for something else to fill your moments of boredom or stress, like video games or scrolling social media (Not the best stuff, but it's easier to taper off of when you're ready). Could also find things to keep you busy like projects or hobbies. And by projects, I mean like organizing your stuff, cleaning your house, redecorating, building stuff, etc.
Keep a calendar for when you jerk off. It'll help you be aware of how often you are jerking off, so you can limit yourself to like once a week or something.
And finally, for motivation. Do you want a woman? You're going to fuck up sex with her if you've been watching too much porn and jerking off too much. Imagine meeting a woman you love, but you find it hard to be attracted to her body because it doesn't look like the porn you watched. Or that when she is trying to suck you off, you can barely feel it because you choked all of the feeling out of your dick. Terrible stuff, will fuck you over greatly

>>81940133
Sorry I didn't see this post; you've got some other issues going on. First step would be helping this low energy you have. Do you know why you're like this? Depression? Poor sleep? Long work hours?

>>81940079 (OP)
Do men really jerk off this much bro

>>81940345
probably depression and poor sleep. I work from home and have been sleeping in the middle of the work day for hours because I get like 4 hours of sleep the night before and my Adderall is not enough to keep me up all day. Then I do work in the evening because I feel shitty for not getting enough done during the day.

>>81940368
Most don't, I'm pretty sure I'm not normal

>>81940368
Yeah when they are depressed and alone; I wouldn't say it's unique to only men as I used to have this issue when I was depressed and alone, but yeah it happens more frequently with men.
There's obviously gooners who just do it for the love of the game, but I'm just talking about people who do it as a distraction.

>>81940400
Why do you only get 4 hours of sleep? Insomnia? or is there something preventing you?
If it's insomnia, have you tried any sleep aids?

>>81940422
I guess I'm just not tired at normal sleeping hours, probably because of the napping during the day I'm talking about. It's sort of a vicious cycle. I always trend towards this pattern too, like no matter how many times I fix it. I remember in high school I would sleep 4 hours or so before school and then come home after and take a nap. I don't know if there's any legitimacy to it but there's some research around "chronotypes" and I definitely feel like mine is similar to what they call the dolphin chronotype, which is characterized by light disjointed sleep prome to interruptions. Strangely enough I seem to be able to sleep decently on the weekends though, which is when I sort of catch up. Last Friday for example I think I slept 13 hours.

>>81940439
I don't think you're that "chronotype" if it's clearly not working for you, causing this horrible sleep schedule. Sounds really miserable, and I'm sorry you're going through that dude. I'd probably recommend seeing a doctor if you can't seem to fix it on your own. Maybe they can give you a prescription sleep aid to knock you out for 8-9 hours, and get you that good sleep schedule.

Did you have stress about attending school or anything related to school? Or any stress related to your job right now? Considering that you sleep well on weekends, I wonder if it could be an anxiety/stress issue. Just throwing that out there, just in case

Though I want to say, you should take a good multivitamin you researched to best fit your needs and lifestyle; and make sure to get some magnesium supplements. I've got a screenshot showing the dosage. I can't help but recommend it to anyone who has depression since it's such an easy thing to do. I wouldn't say it made me any happier, but I did notice a difference in my energy levels and motivation. And having energy is the first step to making depression no longer affect your life

>>81940509
I forgot the screenshot, I apologize, I'm awake too late into the night

>>81940522
I actually do take a multivitamin as well as magnesium 480 mg magnesium glycinate once per day, not with every meal though, that's a ton. It's already 4 giant capsules to get what I'm taking right now. I am stressed out about my job, I always worry that I am underperforming and to be honest I am because Im always sleeping instead of working. I do have a doctor appointment on Friday for a mental health follow up, maybe I will mention my sleep problems to him. To be honest I'm embarrassed to mention it to anyone even my doctor because I feel so guilty about sleeping during work.

>>81940368
gotta do something
semen is a demon as they say
>>81940133
>Do you want a woman?
completely lost me there bub
>>81940439
i sleep like this alot of times constantly waking up and sleeping again im a little to big for my bedsheets that might be a contributor, i slept at an airbnb with weighted blankets once and i stayed asleep i might invest in one

>>81940332
Fuck i jerk off 5-8 times a day am I done for?

>>81940593
>5-8 times
nta i think i've done a little bit over this while on loadstack, twice in a row one time i think.
>am i done for
the fact you feel the need to do that so many times a day the game was probably rigged from the started anon

>>81940563
I'd give it a try, just slowly increase the dose. When I took too much, I just had to shit really badly for a day. But that's just because I accidentally took a double dose. If you are worried, you can speak to your doctor and they can tell you the side effects of taking too much magnesium; but afaik it just makes you shit as if you took milk of magnesia (which is just too much magnesium lol).

Though moving on from that, the anxiety about your job could be what's causing issues with your sleep. You stay up stressing about the work you're not doing, you sleep during the time you should be working, endless hellish loop. You should 100% mention it to him. Nothing at all to be embarrassed about, unless you like shoved a lightbulb up your ass or something. "My sleep issues are so bad it causes me to pass out during work hours" is a completely normal issue to bring up to your doctor. Your doctor isn't going to care you're sleeping on the clock, all that he cares about is that you have sleeping issues. You're overthinking it.

So yeah, write it down to speak to him about sleep issues (and side effects of too much magnesium if you want to check). Hopefully you can get some help on it, and after that, should make it so much easier to help your addiction. I wish you the best anon

>>81940593
Dude.. Why? I wouldn't say you're fucked for life. I'd recommend to absolutely stop cranking it and watching porn, trying to go cold turkey, and then you crank it once a week, but yeah you should definitely stop if you don't want to fuck yourself over in the future.
My main question is why that many times? Are you depressed? Just doing it for the love of the game? what's up man

>>81940661
Thanks. The magnesium is kinda expensive, where do you buy it? I get it from Amazon but it lasts a month right now, if I started taking it with every meal as well it would probably only last like a week

>>81940695
nta i bought my magnesium from a cvs....it was pretty cheap

>>81940720
How cheap? Am I getting scammed with this? The capsules are 120 mg

>>81940734
bubba....i bought mine for 20 bucks from the CVS i went to.
I don't know if taking magnesium will help with your gooning either dude just talk to your doctor and see what he says he is a professional after all.
I don't really see the issue with stroking your meat as a single guy in this time and age.
3 times 4 times fuck it 20 times who fucking cares?
not like something is going to come along and make your life better in some way to make you stop doing that.
all you can really do is eat healthy and move around and shit so you don't rot from the inside out everything else is gigacopium, regular copium works just fine as it always has

>>81940695
>where do you buy it?
Depends on what you're wanting to take, whether it's magnesium glycinate, lactate, or malate.
I'd probably go with magnesium glycinate, and you can pick up 30 pills for around $6 at target. I'd just google it and look for results near you. Usually walmart, target, or cvs is a good place to look.
>>81940734
> Am I getting scammed with this?
Kind of, sorry man, I'd look into cheaper options


>>81940784
Magnesium isn't to help him from gooning, its to help his depression and energy levels. But yeah there's countless reasons why jerking it multiple times a day is bad for you. I don't really care to list them as I don't think you care to listen, but just spreading dumb shit so you can feel better about being a retarded gooner is nothing but cope

>>81940838
> its to help his depression and energy levels.
yeeeeah you're not his doctor so let the trained professional he's planning to go see decide that
> don't think you care to listen
i absolutely do not care about normie pseudo science you are correct
>but just spreading dumb shit so you can feel better about being a retarded gooner is nothing but cope
you're the only one here spreading dumb shit anon you can't even point the poor guy in a direction to buy a decently priced supplement
https://www.cvs.com/shop/nature-s-bounty-magnesium-tablets-500mg-prodid-1010475?skuId=344102&cgaa=QWxsb3dHb29nbGVUb0FjY2Vzc0NWU1BhZ2Vz&cid=ps_vit_pla&gclsrc=aw.ds&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21089656504&gclid=Cj0KCQjws4fEBhD-ARIsACC3d28Tc21pXRRREWYB2khFzjC0hLDdn51HNcczqJagGm1AnKLRtLzbu9UaAgqlEALw_wcB
here's a link to one with buy one get one free. you're so obsessed with some idea of giving out shitty advice you couldn't even do a simple google search.
You don't understand the problems people face you slap them with a label and give them nonsense advice from a high ground of superiority its disgusting really.

>>81940863
>let the trained professional he's planning to go see decide that
>normie pseudo science
lol
lmao
So not only are you illiterate, but you've got that midwit reddit intelligence.
I didn't send him a link to anything, because guess what? We don't know where he lives, and crazy to think about, but cvs doesn't exist everywhere in the world. Considering OP is smart enough to know how to type out a thread, I thought it was safe to assume he was smart enough to be able to google "magnesium glycinate" in his local store's website and see cheaper alternatives, because really, that's all OP was asking for, if it's possible to find it cheaper elsewhere.
And the only label I've given to anyone is you, that you're a faggy ass redditor. And I haven't had enough high ground of superiority until now because like LOL you are retarded I don't know what to tell you. Yeah I do feel like I'm better than you as I don't waste my life cranking it, watching rick and morty, browsing r/atheism going "yeah my life is so great, ain't a single thing wrong with it". It'll make me cry laughing if you tell me you're older than 25 and still living like this, so please indulge me

>>81941008
you're the one typing with reddit spacing so you're more of a redditor than me if anything.
>watching rick and morty
>you're a redditor
all this ad hominem lol, yeah cvs doesnt exist everywhere you're right about that.
never once did i say i like rick and morty or that im an atheist you decided this for yourself. Thats why i said you're on a high horse which you are.
i don't jack off all day sorry to tell you, i write short stories, i train martial arts, visit the library anything to keep me from rotting from the inside out because thats what the world forces alot of men to do but i refuse that because people like you want to see me in such a position so you can laugh at me.
>t'll make me cry laughing if you tell me you're older than 25 and still living like this
case in point, you would probably laugh at a man dying on the side of the street if it made you feel better about yourself
>browsing r/atheism going "yeah my life is so great, ain't a single thing wrong with it"
again you seem more familiar with these places than me.
i used to jack off alot when i worked in my trade it was so stressful but y'know i figured out some copes like a decent Muay Thai dojo, drawing some stuff and cut back on that.
the only real cure to gooning is to have SOMETHING, as in something palpable.
Supplements, maintaining frame all this gigacope when you can just cope normally by eating well, moving around and passing the time with small activities but you can't even fathom that.

>>81940079 (OP)
I just came back from walking 1300km from south to north of Spain over 2 months.

I might have jacked off 4 times in those 2 months, when I came home I managed to break that record in 48 hours.

Its just boredom, keep busy

learn to hate yourself
get depressed
convince yourself you dont deserve to feel good
listen to suicide-core

>>81941364
i disagree slightly, i think its a combination of stress, libido and boredom.
i worked in stressful conditions for a year and jacked off everyday at least 4-5 times a day went to sleep and went right back to work.
took a break from work, the project slowed down so i got a chance to clear my head play some games, doodle some shit and suddenly i didn't even consider touching my dick for 3 months uninterrupted. the longest i went without jacking off was 7 months and i was in one of the best mental states in my life.
but the real general solution to jacking off is just having sex desu since stroking your beef is just a surrogate to that.

>>81940368
Generally I jerk off 2-4 times a day
When I have a crush it's like 1-2, but only to her

>>81940133
if you can scroll you can read a book

>>81940079 (OP)
>thinking about not masturbating and denying myself makes me more horny
lean into that and get comfy with it, either by not jizzing and only edging or by not touching yourself at all.

I only masturbate twice a week and if I try to do it twice on the same day, barely anything comes out.
Should I be worried ?

>>81940079 (OP)
Get a hooker and have sex. Sex is more satisfying than masturbation so horny doesn't come back as quickly and you get ti tire yourself out as well.

>>81942864
I did get a hooker but I couldn't get hard for her because I jerk off too much

>>81943125
Time to cut off balls then.