Is It Healthy To Masturbate Daily?

Dear TeenHealth FX,

Is it healthy to masturbate daily?

TeenHealth FX wants you to know that masturbating for teens:

• is normal and healthy.
• is a personal decision. Some people never masturbate, others do every day.
• can relieve stress

• should be done in private.
• is the safest way to have sexual pleasure there is — there is no risk of pregnancy or STDs.

Masturbating daily becomes an issue when you let it get in the way of your daily activities and / or it becomes the only thing you can think about. What TeenHealth FX means by letting it get in the way of your daily activities is: you stay home and masturbate rather than hanging out with friends, going to school, concentrating during the day at school, stop showing up to your after-school responsibilities, etc.

If you begin to feel like masturbating is getting in the way of your daily activities, TeenHealth FX suggests reaching out to a trusted adult, school nurse, and / or doctor. If you do not have a doctor and live in northern New Jersey, you can call the [Adolescent/Young Adult Center for Health at 973-971-5199 for an appointment with an adolescent medicine specialist.