This Refinery 29 article by Erika W. Smith looks into five ways masturbation can help lift your mental wellness. Find an excerpt below, then the full piece here:

“Masturbation helps you learn what you like sexually, plus, it just feels good. But did you know that masturbation can help your mental health, too? While masturbation alone isn’t an effective treatment for any mental health condition, it can relieve some symptoms, such as stress and difficulty sleeping. "Orgasms are truly amazing things," Vanessa Marin, sex therapist and creator of Finishing School: Learn How To Orgasm, previously told Refinery29.”