Dear Alice,
Should a normal man's penis become erect for a certain number of
times throughout one day (without any external stimulus)? Or,
do these erections occur only while a man is sleeping? I have been
masturbating once every day or every other day, and I have noticed
that I rarely get any of those spontaneous erections during the
day at all. Plus, I have been waking up with no morning
erection during the past week. Have I been masturbating too much?
—Worried
Dear Worried,
Teenage boys have reflex erections (with no external stimulus)
during any time of the day or night. As men get older, these reflex
erections become less frequent and direct touching becomes
necessary to produce erections. It is not clear how old you are,
but you may just be experiencing part of the maturation process,
and soon you will start to have erections at more "appropriate"
times. And, masturbation may or may not affect your morning
erections — you'll see what happens with your own body.
- Alice
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