How to resist masturbation?

[Whitacre_Girl]

Masturbation is not just a man’s problem.

I used to masturbate and it would just make me more frustrated and have increased desires for premarital sex. Unfortunately, it was my mother that told me that masturbation was completely normal and harmless - great mother I had

Anyway, once I began going to Confession, I began to realize that masturbation wasn’t just hurting me, it was hurting God.

When I felt the urges to masturbate, I would pray the Rosary and the meditation would help my stress levels go down and then my urge to masturbate was gone b/c I felt so sleepy from praying in the dark on my bed. After a while, when I felt “bad thoughts” lurking in my mind, I was just able to tell Satan to go away, pray to God for a few minutes, tell Blessed Mary that I love her too and then that was enough to get rid of my urges.

It is possible to live a chaste life, but it’s not possible without God in your life. The closer we come to God, the easier it is to become holy. Just ask Him for help and He will.

You are completely right. Masturbation is absolutely NOT just a man’s issue, and so many women get overlooked in the issue because “Women don’t understand, or stuggle as much as men do.” this is complete nonsense. In my experience (as a woman I might add) I’d just just as many women struggle just as much with it, it’s just we are taught to shut the heck up about it, because if anyone found out, we’d be seen as inferior.

 

[shannyk]

Well, try to think of it this way… as a baptized Catholic, you are part of Christs body and whatever you do to your body, you do to His.

Marinate on that for awhile.

For men with this problem I think a visual reminder of Our lady, especially of Sorrows, is a good visual and mental ‘cue’ also. Prayer, especially the Rosary is much needed.

Practically speaking I think you need to find something else that relieves stress, exercise, some other physical activity.

It’s good that you have resolved to kick this habit. It can really have negative lasting effects on you in ways you probably can’t appreciate now, spiritually, mentally, physically. It can become a problem later when you’re married and have implications for you and your wife as well.

Prayers for you that you can kick the habit