How do I go about confessing that I masturbated?

[Vico]

I hate this awful sin, i have only done it twice but i feel disgusting and i want/need to go to confession. I am going to go this sunday, but i dont want to come right out and say, “I masturbated” because i live in a small community and the priest is a really close friend of mine, and i would feel awkward, but i also dont want to just say " I did bad things" i want to know a better less awkward way to confess my sin without making it awkward and feeling awful in conffession, does anybody have any advice, i would greatly appreciate it!!! Thank you all!!!

The priest needs to know number and species of sins (and if there were any circumstances that would change the species) and was it voluntary. In this case it is the sixth commandment which pertains to actions rather than thoughts, and this is solitary so there is no accomplice as there would be in fornication, adultery, etc. so it is unnatural vice. There may also be impure thoughts, the ninth commandment, since through proceeds action. I am guessing that the ninth is assumed along with the sixth, so is would not be mentioned when related.

St. Thomas Aquinas thought that the four unnatural forms of lust though not harmful to others are sins directly against God himself as the creator of nature.

Unnatural vice includes these four:

1. Beastiality
2. Sodomy (same sex)
3. Improper intercourse (different sex)
4. Masturbation

 

[jschwartz]

I never go to confession at the same churches where I know the priest can identify my voice. I also only go to confession where I know the priest cannot see me.

While female masturbation may seem to violate Church teaching, you’re not fornicating, which seems to be an actual sin, but also consider: without exploring one’s body, how can one know what’s pleasurable and what’s not when you do get married? Not exploring one’s sexuality seems like a recipe for sexual dysfunction.