I don’t think masturbation itself is the issue and perhaps not porn either but I think there’s still a kernel of truth to this. There are some people like me to whom it really is an issue. The way my brain works is that 1 hour of masturbation is twice as good as 30 minutes and then obviously 2 hours is twice as good as 1 hour and then it’s 4am and I must force myself to stop or I’m not sleeping at all. It’s a button I can press that makes me feel good and unless you take it away from me I’m not going to stop pressing it. Masturbation alone isn’t exciting enough for it to get out of hand like this but when you combine it with porn then some people simply get sucked in.

I’ve heard interesting theories about how in the past frustrated men like me would take out to the streets and express their frustration by breaking windows and kicking grannies but despite the record numbers of “us” now we’re still not seeing this in the world. Atleast not to the scale you’d expect. Where are those men? Well in their mothers basements playing games, smoking weed and jerking off to porn. It’s not what we wanted but it’s “fine” - could be worse.