Patient's question:
Hello, how can I stop masturbation? Do I need any medication? What is the best method?Doctor's answer:
1. Self-education and self-suggestion method: Engage in exercises to strengthen willpower and perseverance. When sexual impulses arise, practice self-regulation and self-control to minimize the desire for masturbation. Start by reducing the frequency, gradually making masturbation a rare occurrence until it is completely eliminated.2. Diversion method: Whenever the urge to masturbate occurs, engage in the most appealing and exciting activity for you. When the thought of masturbation arises, do something you are most interested in, such as playing chess, listening to music, doing push-ups, or reading. This can shift the focus of sexual arousal in the brain and regulate the impulse.
3. Inhibition method: Utilize the functional characteristics of the cerebral cortex—the "principle of dominance"—to consciously enhance the focus of learning excitement while suppressing the distracting thoughts of masturbation. The cerebral cortex forms a dominant focus of learning excitement, causing other areas to remain in an inhibited state. The more focused you are on learning, the better the stress response function in the dominant focus area becomes, further improving learning efficiency and aiding in overcoming the habit of masturbation.