I’m touch starved and refraining from masturbation/pornography. What to do? /u/surelysinamor Sex

I’ve been out of a relationship for 6+ years and haven’t been physical with anyone since. I’m trying to quit pornography and limit masturbating just so I can try to get my life on track and my urges are absolutely killing me.

It’s been making me feel reckless and I’ve been looking into things I wouldn’t normally like sex toys, meeting up with strangers, threesomes, adult social clubs, hooking up on dating apps, etc. Things I wouldn’t normally do. Things that are probably risky on a physical/emotional level to myself and others.

At what point should you just…masturbate and get it over with? Or if not how can you supress these urges? At some point I’m just like, why am I doing this to myself? Does anybody have any experience or thoughts?

I’ve been out of a relationship for 6+ years and haven’t been physical with anyone since. I’m trying to quit pornography and limit masturbating just so I can try to get my life on track and my urges are absolutely killing me.

It’s been making me feel reckless and I’ve been looking into things I wouldn’t normally like sex toys, meeting up with strangers, threesomes, adult social clubs, hooking up on dating apps, etc. Things I wouldn’t normally do. Things that are probably risky on a physical/emotional level to myself and others.

At what point should you just…masturbate and get it over with? Or if not how can you supress these urges? At some point I’m just like, why am I doing this to myself? Does anybody have any experience or thoughts?