You will have heard of Dry January or of Movemberchallenges related to the months of January and November to stay away from alcohol or to grow a mustache and raise funds against the testicular and prostate cancer.
Although he is not the only one challenge of the month preceding the Christmas holidays. No Nut November (or “NNN”) is a curious challenge that has come from the bowels of the internet.
On Reddit, one of the largest internet forums with more than 50 million daily users, this term began to appear in 2017, a challenge that consists of going a month without ejaculating to promote self-control and endurance. A proposal taken as seriously by some as it is a joke by others, with many of its threads full of memes.
But in recent years it seems that it has become a more serious challenge because supposed benefits for health such as “improve mental clarity, increase testosterone or improve fertility” can be read in some of the forums.
In fact, in recent days, users have published several topics in this regard to search support and help: “2 weeks until NNN, any tip to prepare?”, “Do you participate in NNN?”, “NNN is coming, should I delete these photos (of women)?”
However, is it really good for your health? stop masturbating and, above all, do it for so long? To the disappointment of forum members, there is little science behind these assumptions beneficial side effects.
What’s more, with a quick search, what appears is the opposite: masturbation prevents diseases such as prostate cancer, but it also helps eliminate toxins that accumulate in the urinary tract.
The urologist Rena Malik declared for the media V.T. that masturbating has its own health benefits, including: “Better rest, decreased tension, decreased stress and increased feel-good hormones“, such as oxytocin and dopamine.
Those who have taken it more seriously not only share their ideas on the forum, but also on social networks like Instagram they give recommendations such as “stay busy”, “set goals”. fitness or related to your diet” or “avoid situations or content that may tempt you to give up.”
That is, a series of strict messages that, as we already know, with any change that implies that rigiditythe result is never good.
The ‘B side’ of abstinence
It is not unusual that, in many cases, the stress caused by withdrawal be more counterproductive than anything else (what happens when we ‘ban’ a food? Exactly).
Which can also take a lot frustrationeither due to the feeling of dissatisfaction or failure if, for whatever reason, the goal is not met. NNN. Something that also leads to relating what should be a pleasant practice with disappointment.
Habits that are really healthy – and that do not need to prohibit masturbation – are rest, good nutrition or exercisecustoms that do help with mental clarity.
On the other hand, when pursuing with masturbatory abstinence improve endurance in a sexual relationship, the idea is encouraged not only that sex has to revolve around intercourse, but also a very long intercourse, which on the other hand, reaches a point where For the vagina it is more annoying How pleasant.
My recommendation as a sexologist? Neither “No Nut November”, nor “No Fap” nor anything that implies limiting the pleasure of masturbating (beyond the reason being because you don’t feel like it).
