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Originally Posted by Redlemon
Personally, if I go a week without some sort of release, I get testy.
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you get "testy" hahaha (i assume you meant that?)
i once, on purpose, for no reason other than art for art's sake, to see if i could be "master of my own body" went 6 months with no sex (easy when you look like me) and no masturbation (difficult when you are me). i didn't go crazy, i had lots of extra energy (lots of fighters stay celibate up to a week before a fight, thinking they will have more energy) and i didn't see any adverse health effects.
i think, in men, if we go too long, we have the nocturnal emmision (wet dream) as a safety pressure release valve, so i don't' think there are any adverse health effects from abstaining.
as for mental effects, if you believe you "need" it, and you don't get it, yeah, it can upset you, but if you convince yourself with a good enough reason to be celibate, e.g. religious reasons, control over your own body, etc, you have that driving you and every time you don't give in, you see it as a victory, which propels you further. it's kinda like fasting...your body will adapt, and in the right frame of mind, your mind will adapt as well.
my opinions anyway.