Even nowadays people avoid talking about masturbation. It is actually a normal and healthy way to explore your body and your sexual pleasure. There are some categories of people that masturbate:

• Lonely people;
• People that are in a serious relationship and their partners don’t know about it;
• People that are in a serious relationship and their partner know about it.

People say some strange things about the last two categories. For a couple, it is said that someone who masturbates misses sexual activity with the partner. From another point of view, masturbation can bring wonderful benefits for the sex life of a couple and their relationship. The partner not only knows about it but encourage the other one to masturbate, to release sexual tension and improve erectile function. It is known that regular ejaculation can improve pretty well the erectile function for men.

There are some negative factors to be considered that come with masturbation:

• Shame is the most common one. Pople often experience a sense of guilt when masturbating that come with a religious or spiritual belief. We recommend to see a specialist, if this is your case, in order to get some help to pass this feeling.
• Addiction is an important negative factor that can occur for people who masturbate. If you do it too often, you can become addicted and this is not such a great feeling. You my find yourself in the situation of not according enough attention to people around you. This is definitely a case when one should consider a visit to a specialist.

Masturbation can increase sexual sensibility in a couple. Women usualy come to the point when they just get lubricated easier and experience an increase of sexual desire. For men, on the other hand, maturbation can increase erectile function and even the size of the penis.

This activity it is considered a healthy one because it can include some other advantages as follows:

• Relaxation;
• Better sleep quality;
• It is followed by a good mood;
• It is a well known stress releaser;
• It makes you understand better your body.

With all these being said, masturbation has more advantages than negative side effects. All you have to keep in mind is that it has to be a balance in life in everything. Try not to abuse anything and if you are in a relationship, communication is a great way to achieving a great sex life.