7 Health Benefits To Masturbating (As If You Needed An Excuse)
byMeg Kehoe
Feeling yourself isn't just fun, it's good for you too. Though you might think that masturbation is just something to do when you're feeling sexually frustrated and need to pass the time, that's not the case. There are actually a number of health benefits to masturbating. As if you needed a good excuse to partake in a little bit of self love, science has shown that masturbating can actually provide plenty of awesome benefits for your body. And who doesn't love to score some health benefits while enjoying a little one on one time with yourself?
Gloria Brame, a clinical sexologist, told Men's Health that masturbation is perfectly safe and totally harmless for your body. "Masturbation is a part of a healthy sex life," Brame told the magazine. Aside from the obvious benefits, like helping you to get more acquainted with your own body, and being able to point your partner in the right direction, masturbation has some more serious health related benefits that might surprise you.
So the next time you're itching to get down with yourself and wondering whether or not you should, take the following health benefits into consideration and coax yourself into a blissed out state of healthier living thanks to masturbation.