what is the harm with masturbating once a week?

Nothing at all.

Some folk here think that masturbation is intrinsically wrong. I do not agree with them.

Be careful to hold you goals in mind. My goal is to quit porn. I have found that masturbating (without porn) tempts me back to porn use, so I've given up masturbation too. But you may not be the same. If you can masturbate without it tempting you to break your goals then give it a try.

 

Won't work just keep fighting

 

This 'constant day' method didn't work for me personally, because its very addictive and i always cheated (M'd way more than i needed to..)

 

For the same reason an alcoholic can’t just have one beer once a week. For the addict, it leads back to previous or worse acting out. If you’re not an addict, then it’s probably not going to affect you much. It’s still going to affect you though. You’re flooding your body with unnatural hits of dopamine.

 

I think porn is wrong, here are the reasons I wrote down back in 2017. Some of the reasons are about me and my marriage, but some are about the impact porn has on society, the way women are treated, etc.

You need to decide for yourself what you think is morally right and wrong and what kind of man you want to be.

 

There is nothing natural about porn. Science has also been known to get it wrong. But, seriously, if you can do that, go for it. I’m sure most guys on here would love to be able to do that and have found they just can’t.

 

Do you think you can moderate to masturbate only on each saturday ?

 

Um well actually no. The whole and only point of sexuality is to generate offspring, not to abuse that natural mechanism only to make you feel good in your indulgence. Just because society has become degenerate doesn't mean you should too. Nature establishes natural reproduction cycles which animals respect, only mating in certain seasons, but humans can circumvent them and choose whether they fall to their lowest passions or preserve that energy for health and productivity. So it is definitely not natural, even if sex addict doctors insist it is.

And masturbation is as healthy as my prostatitis at age 22. Even if you only do it once a week you are still putting your body under huge stress, because it has to replenish semen way too quickly which drains you out. Not to mention with more frequent ejaculations. Semen is a very rich fluid, and it is said 1 drop of semen equals 40 of blood. If you don't waste it, it can be reabsorbed by the body producing the great benefits you see on the success stories board. Logic dictates not to spill it wantonly.

If you are ok with doing it, fine, but be aware of the consequences and don't try to delude yourself about it.

 

Depends on yourself. To me it is, but I don't force anyone to comply with my opinion I personally extract from the facts.

Being honest, the only reason you asked this is bc you want to hear someone reassure yourself that it is perfectly fine. But why would you want to have such a habit in the first place? Just because it feels great and gives you a 5 minute rush? Well drugs also have the same exact biochemical effect regarding dopamine, would you have cocaine even if it was once a week? Sex is a very potent matter that should not be taken as loosely as it is nowadays, take that as you will.

And I am not against sex, but against the pile of lies that has been built on top of it. It is undeniable that ejaculating means a huge loss of mental, physical and spiritual energy, now to each their own. Nofap is for people who want to get out of their sex addiction, but again, whether you choose to have sex/masturbate/whatever whenever is up to you.

 

Its personal.

But for me I dont think fapping once a week is necessarily a bad thing. Neither is watching porn if you choose to do that. To me, most things that are done in moderation is good. Take smoking, drinking and doing drugs. Some people can do that for 70-80 years and still live till they're 100. Its about how much you do it. NOTE: I do not encourage anyone to start doing any of those things! Some people say that its nothing wrong with smoking as long as you keep it in your mouth and dont inhale it into your lungs. Theoretically it makes sense. But I'm not interested in trying. Or arguing right or wrong for that matter. You do whatever you wanna do with your body!

Back to the point. If you feel like you can handle fapping once per week and then you're good. Go ahead!
The thing I am interested in. Why are you doing nofap? as is fapping once per week (Saturday) stopping you from getting what you want out of nofap?

As long as you're in control over your behavior, noone can really say its good or bad.

 

You know, apart from moral reasons, I still don't think it's a good idea to MO once a week.
For now, you sound to me like any addict: "I'll get it under control, and then I can do it from time to time again." Sorry, it doesn't work that way. Scientific reasoning is only objective when you take everything into account. Scientificly speaking, you're an addict whose heart still sways between reason and urges.

To tell you the truth, when you finally get your addiction under control, you just don't want to return to it. Masturbation will become simply a boring idea. I simply can't even think of doing it again! When I think about it, it sounds so idiotic to me!

If you're an addict, then you should state a clear goal: I will never look at porn again. I will never masturbate again.
You really have to be whole-hearted, not half-hearted if you want to get rid of this addiction.

Believe me, when you get rid of your addiction, please, return to this thread and I'll be waiting for you to tell me that I was right.

Cheers!

 

One of the great things I love about this site is its experimental nature. What works for me may or may not work for you. So we come here, we read about what techniques have helped others, then we make a plan and write about our progress in our journal. When things go well our friends here praise us, when they go badly they support us and help us work out new techniques.

That sounds like a good plan (especially if you are avoiding porn altogether). Go for it, put your plan into effect. We're here cheering for you, and do report back.