humans are very unique we are biologically same but still different and everyone has a distinct effect to behavioural addiction or even substance addiction
So the bottom line is if it works for you it’s your call
But there is always the fear that you’ll over indulge in this behaviour and soon once a month can turn into once a week and so on
An good example could be drugs
some people do it rarely once in a while so they don’t feel the side effects of over indulgence
all know that the drug is bad for them
just cause they don’t do much of it doesn’t make the drug healthy
It’s just that less indulgence doesn’t make them realise the effects but the effects are there but the compounding will take time
Also there is always a possibility that the rare user can turn into a regular and then the compounding bad side effects will start affecting him
Now add age factor to this someday you’ll be 45-50 yrs old somthing grown ass man who masturbates once a month imagining about girls
Like any substance that hijacks our dopemine system can and will affect an ageing brain in a more harmful way behavioural addiction (complusive sexual behaviour) will also do the same
For a old person cocaine even if rarely used can be dangerous
Similarly complusive sexual behaviour to a ageing brain can be more damaging not as much as cocaine but yes
masturbation many believe is strongly connected with feelings of depression, lack of motivation and anxiety
if you don’t believe it go through this forum or the message board section
You’ll see many people are sad about something in life a past incident then they also slip they feel depressed about some shit that they can’t seem to comprehend in life
Some feel completely messed up and masterbate to feel good for sometime then again depressed almost like stuck in some cycle yes problems are real but many just feel helpless anxious and sad
I see a very strong evidence here
it’s not only the problems problems will always be there and sometimes they can be unbareable but the way of handling the problems gets affected
so there is a possibility your years of one month fap sessions and the age factor together will start taking its tol on you and you can have some negative emotional psychological problems later in life
Not only that Its my personal opinion that every person has a moral compass built in him so even if some people think fapping is not a bad thing subconsciously feelings of shame and guilt will build up inside slowly and these negetive emotions sooner or later will affect the person
So my suggestion would be don’t look at killing this habit as a small time goal but look at it as a life long commitment to give the best possible life for your future self