India
A 30-year-old male asked:
For doing masturbation is an obsession for me, how it can stop.it will affect any future pblm.?
1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in
Dr. Eileen Difrancescoanswered
Psychiatry 33 years experience
There is treatment: Compulsive masturbating may be related to internet pornography addiction or to an underlying obsessive compulsive disorder. Either way it is responsive to cognitive behavioral therapy. It often causes problems in sexual relations with others.
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Last updated Aug 23, 2017
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