Masturbating: a good solution?!
Question: I am dedicated christian 14 year old and this fall i accidently got into some porn on the internet. I knew that this was a sin, so i prayed to god to help me get off of this habit. I discovered masturbation and it distracted me from porn. I kind of feel like god may have led me to this. I dont watch porn anymore, but is masturbation a good solution or am i still in the wrong? I really feel like god may have led me to masturbating to get me away from the worse sin. Am i right?
Answers: I am dedicated christian 14 year old and this fall i accidently got into some porn on the internet. I knew that this was a sin, so i prayed to god to help me get off of this habit. I discovered masturbation and it distracted me from porn. I kind of feel like god may have led me to this. I dont watch porn anymore, but is masturbation a good solution or am i still in the wrong? I really feel like god may have led me to masturbating to get me away from the worse sin. Am i right?
As much as you'd like to think that God led you to this solution, it's doubtful. I know this is a tough situation, but you're young and have all sorts of hormones happening in your body. Just refrain from both pornography and masturbation as best as you can. Here's some tips on stopping yourself from masturbating and they can help you refrain from pornography as well.
Keep busy - when you're busy doing homework, reading, any sort of constructive activity, it will help you keep your mind off of it. Don't put yourself in situations or around people who make you revert back to masterbating.
Exercise - start an exercise routine, it helps you release all that pressure and again, it keeps you busy. When I found it really hard to keep myself from doing it, I go for a run; this does miracles, because you stop yourself from doing it and you stay/get into shape.
If you do it when you're in bed - wear pajama pants or basketball shorts that make it hard for you to get your hand down there, and if you still try for it, as much as you don't want to, get out of bed and either walk around or do something.
If it's when you shower - don't linger in the shower (I'd take hour long showers which led to me masterbating), do what you need to do in the shower and that's it, don't spend excessive time cleaning or admiring your member.
If it happens while on the computer - don't read/look at stuff that you know leads you to masterbating. If you find that you get an erection while reading/looking at something on the computer, close the window and get away from the computer for a while (many times I'd read something innocent that made me get a hard on and then I'd revert back to masterbating).
Masterbating is just like any other habit - once you start it's hard to break the cycle. With masterbating, the body will get into the habit of needing to release itself because you've gotten into the habit of doing it. As time goes on (if you're trying to stop) you're body will slow down it's production and you won't have the urgency to do it. You've got to remember that if you mess up along the way it's alright, but don't rationalize your mess ups to the point of where you make excuses just to do it. If you work on not doing it, you can break the cycle, just don't give up! Hope this helps!!!
You're obviously way to into the Bible. Let me put this to you in a gentle way that you can understand. Let me guess, you decided that learning about God and being brain washed was much easier then learning Biology? Report It
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