If you masturbate often and don’t feel the relief you expect, thus feeling addicted to sex/masturbation: is it really cumming you are after or do seek the intimacy that comes with sexual relationships? If it’s the latter, you may not be “addicted”, you just tried to use the wrong tool for the job (pun intended). While this may not bring any improvement to your situation, at least know that you are not broken. Trying to fix the longing for intimacy with masturbation is just like trying to fix thirst by drinking oil. It may seem related, yet will ultimately get you nowhere.
I’m not sure what your thesis is, can you clarify it please?
Are you saying having sex with somebody you don’t like is healthier than masturbating?
Or are you saying that masturbation removes people’s drive to form relationships?
Would you say the same thing to somebody who’s sleeping around and not forming a long-term relationship? Or would that’d be okay?
I think it’s safe to say that op is only stating that people that don’t have meaningful relationships are ultimately substituting with a hollow replacement. Not that they’re addicted. More so that they’re misinterpreting it as addiction.
