A_061 - Personally, I'm not particularly fond of masturbation, but everyone has their own feelings on this topic, and it's best for everyone to follow their own judgment. I don't give medical advice on contraception or protection from sexually transmitted diseases, so regarding condoms and birth control pills, I recommend consulting a doctor or a counselor, who will be able to advise you on the most suitable protection for you. It's normal to be attracted to sexuality, because it's, in itself, an almost irresistible sensation that, once it starts, puts us on autopilot until ejaculation. To learn to master sexuality, it's important to know that any self-stimulation takes us from a state of calm to a heightened level of arousal, and when arousal reaches a sufficient level, it continues on its own until completion with ejaculation. However, it's also important to know that any arousal and any sexual situation doesn't nourish us in any way, and that no image of a person used for the purpose of arousing us can help us improve our personal situation: it's just fiction. Furthermore, during ejaculation, we lose chemicals that could be used by our nervous system, for example, so in general it's a waste of resources that I believe is best avoided. Furthermore, for those who don't know, the male genital system recycles everything it uses internally after a certain number of days, so masturbation is absolutely superfluous.