{"id":13411,"date":"2021-02-15T21:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T21:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/?p=13411"},"modified":"2021-02-15T22:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T22:37:10","slug":"how-masturbation-increases-sex-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/how-masturbation-increases-sex-drive.php","title":{"rendered":"How Masturbation Increases Sex Drive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increase-sex-drive.jpg\"><img class=\"wp-image-13413 aligncenter\" title=\"masturbation increase sex drive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increase-sex-drive.jpg\" alt=\"masturbation increase sex drive\" width=\"677\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increase-sex-drive.jpg 818w, https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increase-sex-drive-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increase-sex-drive-768x500.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 677px) 100vw, 677px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men of all ages often wonder if masturbation increases sex drive, or does it actually harm it? We&#8217;ve done some research here in order to get to the bottom of the age-old question, and we&#8217;ve found that masturbation helps \u2014 rather than hurts \u2014 your sex drive, and for all the following reasons.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What Masturbation Actually Does To Our Body, and How That Affects Our Sex Drive<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since our early adolescence, we&#8217;ve all learned that masturbating makes us feel good, eliminates the &#8220;horniness&#8221;, and usually leaves us tired. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masturbating actually has several effects on your body<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. One of the biggest is the release of a several hormones from your endocrine system, including oxytocin, the \u201clove hormone\u201d that is also released during cuddling or sex. Yes, oxytocin relaxes you\u2014it lowers your heart rate and blood pressure, but it also lowers cortisol, the stress hormone&#8230; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC3880087\">cortisol has an inverse relationship with testosterone&#8230;<\/a> meaning the lower cortisol, the higher the testosterone&#8230; and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/mens-health\/the-facts-about-testosterone-and-sex\">testosterone improves sex drive<\/a>, so in this way masturbation boosts sex drive in the long run.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Masturbating also release endorphins, the same hormones released after exercise. You may not get runner\u2019s high after masturbating, but you\u2019ll likely have an improved mood, just like after a good workout. These endorphins are also conducive to increased focus and concentration, which is why many people opt to work out, or get it on, in the morning before the workday.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>How Does Masturbation Affect Testosterone?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One study analyzed<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the concentrations of hormones, including testosterone, before and after masturbation. They found that <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/135817\/\">masturbating significantly boosted testosterone<\/a>, along with several other hormones important to the male sex drive. To be fair, masturbation is not the only thing that does this: certain foods, <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21154195\/\">Vitamin D<\/a>, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/8769347\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exercise<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can all raise your testosterone levels. However, knowledge is power, and the combination of masturbation along with exercising and Vitamin D supplementation can only improve your sex drive further.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As to further proof that testosterone increases sex drive, in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auajournals.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1016\/j.juro.2015.10.083\">2016 study<\/a>, researchers looked at about 715 guys who were producing lower-than-normal levels of testosterone. They injected them with a solution of testosterone, and then examined their energy levels and sex drive. The results showed that testosterone significantly increased their sex drive. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> <em>Too much of anything is a bad thing, though! Before considering anything like testosterone replacement therapy to increase testosterone production, know that having higher than average testosterone production has been <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shown to correlate with excessive aggression and risk-taking behavior. Some studies have shown that higher levels of testosterone may be linked to higher rates of criminal behavior, infidelity and divorce, and reckless <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">financial decisions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Masturbation Helps You Exercise Your &#8220;Freaky Side&#8221;, and Keeps You &#8220;Ready&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>All of us have a sex muscle that we can work out (not talking about our penis, mean more the mental aspect of our sex drive). The more we accustom ourselves to becoming aroused and ejaculating, the more our mind craves that state and satisfaction. Masturbating increases sex drive by keeping us both mentally and physically ready for sexual stimulation.<\/p>\n<h2>Masturbation Increases Sex Drive &#8211; So Don&#8217;t Hold Back!<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increases-sex-drive.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-13414 \" title=\"masturbation increases sex drive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increases-sex-drive.png\" alt=\"masturbation increases sex drive\" width=\"634\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increases-sex-drive.png 719w, https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Masturbation-increases-sex-drive-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking all of these studies and observations into consideration, you can see that while there may be an initial satiety and fatigue following masturbation, the longer term affects of increasing your testosterone production and exploring more about what turns you on is how masturbation increases sex drive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Unless you have severe guilt towards masturbating and self-pleasure \u2014 which can occur in more religiously-raised men (and if it is the case, you should examine this false guilt and attempt to move past it) \u2014 you should not feel about about exercising this option for increasing sex drive.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> All in all, masturbation has been found to be quite healthy, and there\u2019s no harm in seeing for yourself how masturbation affects your sex drive over time&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8230;As if we needed another excuse to masturbate \ud83d\ude09\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more ways to naturally increase your sex drive, as well as achieve stronger erections, last-longer during sex and more, see here! <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mistermanpower.net\">Mr. Manpower&#8217;s Guide to Overall Manhood Enhancement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Have a good one!<\/p>\n<p>-David Carreras aka Mr. Manpower<br \/>\n<strong>Mr. Manpower\u2019s Guide to<br \/>\nOverall Manhood Enhancement<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:david@mistermanpower.net\">david@mistermanpower.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2013<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Men of all ages often wonder if masturbation increases sex drive, or does it actually harm it? 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