Hi, Masturbation is a normal part of sexual expression. It relieves stress and helps a person learn about themselves regarding what they enjoy sexually. If it becomes compulsive, however, it may become a problem. A combination of techniques may be useful to control the urge to masturbate such as avoid pornographic movies, images or websites if you want to stop masturbating, find ways to occupy your time that doesn t trigger the desire to masturbate. Consider taking up a new hobby or leaning a new skill like learning a musical instrument or trying a new sport, talking with a therapist or psychologist is useful to work through negative feelings and learn behavior modification strategies to stop masturbating, spending less time alone reduces the opportunities to masturbate, you can meet up friends or family, take a class or join a gym to stay socially engaged with others, exercise is an effective way to both lower tension and positively focus energy that may reduce the urge to masturbate as frequently, having support from a trusted group of people may be helpful for someone to quell the habit of masturbating etc. Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Zubayer Alam, General And Family Physician