It's very hard for me to resist masturbating. If it's not convenient, I'll always try to find a place to do it. The more you do it the more you want to do it. I wanted to try having a "wet-dream" once, so I tried to stop for at least 2 weeks. I got erections all the time and couldn't get the thought out of my head when I would think of masturbating. One week into my abstinence I woke up with such an erection that I couldn't help it — just the thought of having an orgasm brought me to ejaculation without using my hands. My urges got the better of me. The only thing I can suggest for taking your mind off of it is to really distract yourself. But that's hard when you have an erection.
- age 19, Canada
I don't like not being able to masturbate when I want to. Therefore, I usually don't put myself into positions that do not accommodate my activity. When the situation does arise that there is no possible escape to do the deed, I turn my thoughts and concentrate on anything non-sexual. However, if that doesn't work, sometimes I just go for it and hope that I don't get caught. For instance, once I was trying to go to sleep in my hotel room with my brother and my nephew, and I needed to masturbate before going to sleep. So I waited until I thought the coast was clear and then went for it. After a good night's rest, no one said anything to me.
- age 32, Connecticut
When I'm away from home at a relative's house or on a church trip, it's very easy to resist the urge — I just think about what I am doing, not what I want to be doing. But when I'm at my girlfriend's house that's all I can think about.
- age 16, Georgia
It's really easy for me to put off masturbating. When I was 13, I masturbated for about a year but haven't done so since. I don't need to masturbate and I don't have a girlfriend. The buildup is expelled in my sleep about once every 2 months. From reading the articles on this site, it seems that I am the only person who does not masturbate.
- age 22, Australia
I don't worry about it because I know that as soon as possible, I will make time for a session. And sometimes the wait, though difficult, makes the experience that much better! There really isn't ever a time when I don't want to masturbate. If I could do it all the time, I probably would. To get my mind off the urge, I just carry on with whatever I am doing, and eventually I forget about it — until later.
- age 16, Nebraska
When I feel the need to masturbate, I just can't help it. If I'm at a friend's house I head to the bathroom and masturbate. I don't know why, but when I think about it, I just have to do it. It's like I have no control.
- age 17, New York
I do have a problem when I can't masturbate. Usually I just rub myself to get by, but when I get alone I let it fly. I live by myself and that really helps. There's a feeling inside of me that's hard to hide. I masturbate every time I get a chance — and no, I can't stop doing it. I tried.
- age 58, Michigan
The only times I find myself not masturbating for a while are when I am either very busy or sick. If enough is going on in my life at one time, I usually don't think of masturbation. Otherwise, I do it constantly.
- age 16, California
It's fairly easy for me to resist it now. I don't use any secret technique — I just get busy with whatever I'm supposed to be doing. I think, though, your survey will show this varies greatly according to age. When I was 13 and even up into my 20s, I could barely wait to get home or somewhere so I could masturbate, and if the urge hit and I was somewhere I could do it, it was almost impossible not to do it. It's not like I'm a broken-down old wreck at 47 — I still get as much pleasure as always and can do it whenever I want. It's just that the "need" is not as urgent and overpowering. I also think JackinWorld has done a lot to relieve young people of unnecessary guilt associated with masturbation. That could be the reason why some of them waste so much energy trying not to masturbate.
- age 47, Arkansas
I don't really do anything to take my mind off masturbation — sometimes I just don't want to do it. Sometimes I do it once a week, and other times I do it 4 times a day. I think it all depends on how much activity I had that week in normal terms — more activity, less masturbation; less activity, more masturbation. However, I make sure not to focus on women when I know I can't masturbate.
- age 19, Florida
I can resist masturbating whenever I want to. To take my mind off it, I go hang out with my parents.
- age 18, New York (female)
It's pretty easy to resist masturbating if the situation does not allow me enough privacy. I'll just wait until later.
- age 66, Oregon
Once I've thought about it, there is no turning back — no matter when or where.
- age 19, the Netherlands
If I have the urge, I usually find a way. I always have found a way — in the car, at the office, or sneak a 2-3 minute session when my significant other is in the shower in the morning.
- age 36, Texas
I start to think about sports and sports statistics. The old saying to "Think about baseball" works pretty well, but so do basketball, football, and hockey. After a couple of minutes my erection usually goes down and I return to whatever I was doing.
- age 18, Ohio
If it's not convenient, then it's not convenient, and I just don't masturbate. I can't do it unless I can focus my total attention on masturbating and nothing else.
- age 14, Michigan
Actually, I was told that while trying to resist masturbating, one feels edgy and nervous. Some people even told me they had trouble sleeping. For me it's pretty much smooth sailing for about a week. After that, my penis starts causing some problems for me — spontaneous erections at completely inappropriate times, etc. — but nothing too extreme.
- age 18, California
It's very easy for me to resist masturbating. If I go over to a friend's house, I just don't think about it. I think about tomorrow, or what happened in school today.
- age 12, Minnesota
For me, even thinking about a big, fat, hairy guy in a G-string bikini doesn't seem to tone me down. I think it's the same for most guys. When we're horny, we "need some." But, as with anything else, practice can help you learn to calm yourself down. When a beautiful girl walks my way and I get excited, I just will myself to calm down. It works 99% of the time. Something like this takes practice. A good way to do so when you're alone would be to use pictures or other media to get yourself aroused, and then just try to resist the urge for as long as you can. Try that once a day, and try to get to the point where you don't have to masturbate in order to lose your erection. It took me a week or so to master it.
- age 17, Florida
When I was a young man of 12, 13, 14, there was very little that ever kept this old farm boy from masturbating. I could lie down behind a bale of hay and get it done in one minute flat, or I could go behind a tree and do the same. As I got older and had a wife there was no need to resist. Now that I am alone again, nothing stops me. The only time I can remember ever stopping masturbating was when a bull got after me down by our creek. I had to turn loose and run for a fence.
- age 62, Missouri
If it's not convenient, I don't get the desire to masturbate. When it's convenient and I am excited, there's nothing I can do to stop it.
- age 17, New Jersey
I actually have wanted to quit masturbating for a while, but I can't resist it, and I'm the kind of guy that for *every* erection I get, I need to masturbate. So even if it's not convenient, I try to be left alone, or to get to a bathroom.
- age 16, Mexico
When you are over 80, it is very, *very* easy to postpone masturbating.
- age 82, New York
If I need to masturbate when I'm in public, I rush to a public loo [bathroom] and wank. It's never easy to resist, so when I want to, I just do it where I like .
- age 15, England
If the time is not convenient, I find it pretty easy to not masturbate. I do however, have a very difficult time taking my mind off of it while I'm in the shower. I guess that's because it's private in there and I'm away from my roommates. If I don't want to do it then, I just keep the shower rather cold. I also find it hard to resist when I'm with my friend. We enjoy masturbating together and when we spend time together, I'm always thinking about it.
- age 25, Iowa
It's never easy to put off the urge to masturbate. When I get home from school there's no one else home and sometimes I try to not think about the fact that I have all the freedom in the world, so if I want to, I can. I don't have to... I don't need to... There's no one here... Useless. I always do. I never feel guilty.
- age 17, California
I think about my mom naked and the urge goes right away.
- age 13, Canada
I remember being 12 and finding it extremely difficult to resist the urge to masturbate. Back then, I shared a bedroom with my little brother and would go at it every night after we turned out the lights. I always thought of it as something I had to hide, so if I was out among people or with my family, I didn't have to worry about resisting the urge — it never came up. But if I was alone and away from home (on a hike or something), I would always find a private place to get off. Or, at the YMCA, where we swam naked then, I would spend *lots* of time in a restroom stall. As I grew older, my private time became more abundant and manageable. These days, I tend to manage my activities more so I can have the time and privacy to masturbate. My needs vary from week to week. Sometimes I need to wank only once or twice in a week; others, I need to do it every day.
- age 58, New Jersey
I can avoid masturbating, but not easily. I've heard that the average male teenager masturbates once or more each day. Me, I'm an average teenager — so I masturbate once, maybe twice per day. But when I really don't want to do it, I usually think about my parents catching me. Now don't get me wrong, I'd be embarrassed if one of my parents came into the room, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. Still, that deters me from doing it, as does thinking about gross things, like dogs getting their heads ripped off. That can stop you. Also, if you have a date and you know she'll give you a hand job or give you head, you might not masturbate for two days, hoping she would be amazed at the amount of semen you spit out.
- age 14, Virginia
For up to a week, I can resist masturbating easily, but then I *really* need to do it. At that time I get a lot of pleasure out of the wait, too. My masturbation compulsion isn't as strong as it used to be a few years ago (or even a year ago).
- age 18, Canada
The first few days are rough, but once I get into the pattern of not masturbating, I'm OK for a couple of weeks. Then it's torture. I don't notice the desire all the time, but it can hit like a freight train, often late at night. I sometimes wake up around 3 in the morning then — and by that point, who can fight it?
- age 24, Ohio
I usually masturbate whenever I need to, even if I'm at friends' houses, or wherever. Most of my friends are pretty open about it and don't care. Some even do it with me!
- age 15, Oregon
I usually just squeeze my legs a few times. I can usually wait. if there's any reason I don't *want* to masturbate (which, to my surprise lately, is often), like I'm too tired or something, I'll lay my head on the pillow and see how long it's taking me to fall asleep. If I can't sleep, I usually go for it. Sometimes my urge to masturbate is stronger than my sleepiness. Even if I don't want to masturbate, I usually end up doing it, and then I feel better afterwards — less stressed.
- age 17, Massachusetts (female)
It's very difficult for me to resist. I do it at least once a day whenever possible. However, if I've already skipped a few days, the urge is much easier to resist. Then I forget just how amazing it is, which makes it easier for me to resist. At those times, I like the challenge of seeing how long I can go without masturbating. Usually I can resist for about a week, but sometimes I can go for two or four weeks. Of course, if my friends or roommate do it around me, it's impossible to resist. Then I just have to join in.
- age 27, Colorado
Resisting the urge is not very easy for me. I've masturbated despite it being a bad idea on dozens of occasions. When you sneak away from your girlfriend's parents' dinner party to have a wank, you're not putting a lot of effort into resisting.
- age 23, Ontario, Canada
I hate sleeping at my friends' houses, because they say they don't masturbate (but I know they do). So they won't let me masturbate, not even upstairs or in the toilet. To take my mind off it, I normally think of Margaret Thatcher on a cold day. That's enough to put me off masturbating for the whole night.
- age 14, England