Masturbation is touching sensitive parts of your body – most often the penis for guys and the clitoris for girls – for sexual pleasure and often ending up in orgasm. It may help people learn what feels good and may help their sexual relationships later on.
Most people masturbate at one time or another. Some people masturbate once in a while, while others masturbate a lot.
Masturbation is normal behavior. It is also normal NOT to masturbate. There are still many myths about masturbation. For example, if you masturbate, you'll go blind. These myths are not true.
You might also hear people talking about the danger of not masturbating... that you must masturbate to keep your sex drive high or that people who don't masturbate are not well adjusted. These rumors are not true.
The truth is that masturbation will not harm you, and NOT masturbating will not harm you. In fact, the only real harm can come from the guilt that some people carry around about masturbation.
All this message can do is assure you that masturbation is normal, and that it is done by people of all ages throughout their lives.