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Women: Have you ever lost interest in masturbating for a period of time?
If so, what do you think caused this masturbation apathy?

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SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Katie

NO!! NEVER!! Most men don't pay enough attention to how to really please a woman -- most is a half-hearted attempt. I need to masturbate in order to make sure I am satisfied. I can tell men what to do until the cows come home -- but they're really not that interested.

SEXUALITY: Bisexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Therin

Yes. Lots of things have caused this for me... depression, stress and a general lack of time, illness, being away from home in a place where it's not easy to masturbate, etc.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Sue

No, I've never lost interest in masturbating. When I'm feeling happy I like to masturabte, and when things are going wrong I find masturbation is good therapy.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Leaving this empty

Sex, in all its forms, is a desire, not a need and therefore can be lived without. Masturbation is an empty act that my SO thinks I should do just to do b/c he says I'm repressed in this area (and he doesn't masturbate!!). To me, sex is about emotion and sharing, not orgasming for the hell of it.

SEXUALITY:
GENDER:
TITLE: Anonymous

once I did but it was because of depression an lonelyness for this few days also didnt eat or talk much... I pretty much didnt leave my room

SEXUALITY: Straight
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Mary age 20

The longest I went without masturbating was for 9 weeks during my Army National Guard basic training. The day I got home I my vibrator was on almost nonstop. In a period of 10 days in between boot camp and my job training I must have masturbated over 40 times.

SEXUALITY: Virgin
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Katelin

I did feel gulity about masterbation but no more. I have had very open conversations with my mom, health teacher, and my priest in confession and they all said that it was normal as long as it did not interfer with my other relationships.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Linda

A few times, usually preceeded by excessive masturbation (twenty or more times a day) or exceptional sexual experiences. I think it was temporary overload.

SEXUALITY: Virgin
GENDER: Female
TITLE: pussdildo

no I love masturbating and I am only 13 it feels soo good and it takes away the stress from school

SEXUALITY: In-Between
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Tess

Yes, when under a great amount of stress I have lost interest and stopped. Probably the longest period I went without was when my ex and I first split up. I just didn't want to think about sex in any variation whatsoever for a while.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Carol

Sure, I've lost interest in masturbation, just as I've lost interest in sex in general, periodically. Like the moon and the tides our bodies work in a natural rhythm. One day I just wake up and want it all again. Interestingly enough, the more sex I have, the more I want to masturbate. I think the longest I went without masturbating was possibly 6 months. Sometimes I just don't think about it and sometimes I want it all the time.

SEXUALITY: Straight
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Annie

Right after I got my first vibrator, I was constantly masturbating. Eventually, I felt like maybe there was something wrong with me because it was all I wanted to do when I had spare time. So, I felt guilty, and this led to a lack of masturbation for about a week or so.

SEXUALITY: Straight
GENDER: Female
TITLE: leah

i've gone extended periods of time with no sexuality at all. masturbation and sex with a partner do seem to be related though, because the longer I go without either, the less i'm interested in either. different things cause it, I think. stress, distractions, depression. I had religious hangups for a long time. orgasm is difficult for me, and many times I don't even feel like putting the effort it takes to get there.

SEXUALITY: Bisexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Sarah

Loss of libido - you bet!!
One word.
Children!

SEXUALITY: Straight
GENDER: Female
TITLE: s

Yeah, several things can cause it--having my period and not wanting to touch myself too much during, having yeast infection or being sick with a cold, etc., and if I'm having awesome sex, I find I don't do it solo as much. This semester, I've had enough offers or I could find guys easily enough that I could do that instead. On the other hand, since i'm still pretty inexperienced, masturbating is more pleasurable. But when u masturbate, u cannot have a naked warm guy pressed up against u, kissing u, licking, sucking, pushing their tongue against you, groaning, talking to u, holding u, on top of u, breathing as hard as u are.......However, doing it solo IS still alot of fun....lol.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Anna

The truth is its not healthy and every time you do it your just addicting yourself to desire. People say its healthy but thats nonsense and a sign of our 'instant gratification' society of animals. I have gone from doing it alot to not at all. It definitely gives you more power and self control.

SEXUALITY: Straight
GENDER: Female
TITLE: wildthang

i've never enjoyed it alot anyway, I begin sex so early I just was alwys used to a dick.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: afterglow

Yes, many times. I think it's usually been due to depression or just feeling bad about myself.

SEXUALITY: Bisexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Jordan

I masturbate so often that it has become a part of my life. I work at home and often will just get on, view porn for a half hour, and masturbate. If I didn't do that, I would not be able to function. It maybe a little unhealthy, like a caffiene addiction, but I see no reason to wean myself off of it, as it feels so good and goes with my beleifs

SEXUALITY: Straight
GENDER: Female
TITLE: luv my man

As a matter of fact, I have just recently lost interest in it, where I was doing it at least twice a day every day. I'm a person that just gets burned out easy with stuff. I get really bored, however, I still do it, I just don't do it as often.now it's maybe once or twice a week.

SEXUALITY: Straight
GENDER: Female
TITLE: jessica

im 14 and I masterbate one or two times everyday. I think its healthy,relives stress and is a good alternitive to sex. I have no guilt about it at all.masturbation rocks!

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: JJ

Yes, I have lost interest. It usually stems from depression. I did take Wellbutrin once which didn't decrease my sex drive in the least, but I could NOT have an orgasm. That was more frustrating than the depression itself. When I first discovered masturbation, I did it several times a day, though I had guilt issues. Once those got resolved, and as I grew older, I slowed down on it a bit (to several times a week). I've since gone about 2 months without because of depression again. After a while, if I don't take care of things, I start having dreams where friends (not partners) are trying to urge me in some way or another to masturbate.

SEXUALITY: Bisexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Anonymous

Yes, it has happened. It depends on many factors, stress, my sex life, time, mood, living situation etc.

SEXUALITY: Bisexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Pico

I would never stop masturbating. I need my shower head orgasm every morning and on nights that I don't get _____ properly or at all, I need my fingers to spin me an orgasm or I can't get to sleep.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Suzie

No. Frequency changes, but I don't go for a long time without it.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Poopey

Yes, It was nothing to do to pleasure myself

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Libby

Absolutely. I have gone for weeks without masturbating, though not since I have been married. I think over a year's time my solo masturbating is more frequent, probably because of the toys and other stimulus. Maybe five or six times a month. I do it with my husband two or three times a month. The difference is when I do it with my friend. That's about once a month.

SEXUALITY: Homosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: Liz

I have never lost interest in masturbation, though at times I have masturbated less frequently. Before I was with my partner, I was extremely sexually active with many women, but there were times when I was less active. I think my freqnecy of solor masturbation has been pretty constant.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: butterfly

Yes, I have lost interest in masturbating when I have no boyfriend. The more I have sex with my boyfriend, the hornier I am in general. The day after a night of sex, I replay the wonderfuly event in my head for days and it makes me need to masturbate. I love being in love! ----- I seem to be in the minority about thinking about other people; my boyfriend is the hottest and most desireable thing to me, and I excited over him only.

SEXUALITY: Bisexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: 23

Yes. I have had problems with depression - before this was diagnosed, and when switching between different medications, I have completely lost my "mojo". It takes a long while to build my sex drive back up again, and this usually has to be achieved on my own rather than getting straight back to sex with my partner again.

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
GENDER: Female
TITLE: ML

In times of job stress, relationship problems, health concerns, I have masturbated almost not at all for weeks at a time.