No freaking way!?!?!?!

[Guest S**a*Q]

Mormon Masturbation Prevention. *(I actually found this on the web)

 

 

STEPS IN OVERCOMING MASTURBATION

 

 

Mark E. Petersen

Council of the 12 Apostles

 

Be assured that you can be cured of your difficulty. Many have been, both male and female, and you can be also if you determine that it must be so.

 

This determination is the first step. That is where we begin. You must decide that you will end this practice, and when you make that decision, the problem will be greatly reduced at once.

 

But it must be more than a hope or a wish, more than knowing that it is good for you. It must be actually a DECISION. If you truly make up your mind that you will be cured, then you will have the strength to resist any tendencies which you may have and any temptations which may come to you.

 

After you have made this decision, then observe the following specific guidelines:

 

A Guide to Self-Control:

 

1. Never touch the intimate parts of your body except during normal toilet processes.

 

2. Avoid being alone as much as possible. Find good company and stay in this good company.

 

3. If you are associated with other persons having this same problem, YOU MUST BREAK OFF THEIR FRIENDSHIP. Never associate with other people having the same weakness. Don't suppose that two of you will quit together, you never will. You must get away from people of that kind. Just to be in their presence will keep your problem foremost in your mind. The problem must be taken OUT OF YOUR MIND for that is where it really exists. Your mind must be on other and more wholesome things.

 

4. When you bathe, do not admire yourself in a mirror. Never stay in the bath more than five or six minutes -- just long enough to bathe and dry and dress AND THEN GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM into a room where you will have some member of your family present.

 

5. When in bed, if that is where you have your problem for the most part, dress yourself for the night so securely that you cannot easily touch your vital parts, and so that it would be difficult and time consuming for you to remove those clothes. By the time you started to remove protective clothing you would have sufficiently controlled your thinking that the temptation would leave you.

 

6. If the temptation seems overpowering while you are in bed, GET OUT OF BED AND GO INTO THE KITCHEN AND FIX YOURSELF A SNACK, even if it is in the middle of the night, and even if you are not hungry, and despite your fears of gaining weight. The purpose behind this suggestion is that you GET YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE. You are the subject of your thoughts, so to speak.

 

7. Never read pornographic material. Never read about your problem. Keep it out of mind. Remember -- "First a thought, then an act."

 

The thought pattern must be changed. You must not allow this problem to remain in your mind. When you accomplish that, you soon will be free of the act.

 

8. Put wholesome thoughts into your mind at all times. Read good books -- Church books -- Scriptures -- Sermons of the Brethern [sic, Cistern too?]. Make a daily habit of reading at least one chapter of Scripture, preferably from one of the four Gospels in the New Testament, or the Book of Mormon. The four Gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- above anything else in the Bible can be helpful because of their uplifting qualities.

 

9. Pray. But when you pray, don't pray about this problem, for that will tend to keep [it] in your mind more than ever. Pray for faith, pray for understanding of the Scriptures, pray for the Missionaries, the General Authorities, your friends, your families, BUT KEEP THE PROBLEM OUT OF YOUR MIND BY NOT MENTIONING IT EVER -- NOT IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHERS, NOT IN YOUR PRAYERS. KEEP IT _OUT_ of your mind! The attitude of a person toward his problem has an affect on how easy it is to overcome. It is essential that a firm commitment be made to control the habit. As a person understands his reasons for the behavior, and is sensitive to the conditions or situations that may trigger a desire for the act, he develops the power to control it.

 

As one meets with his Priesthood Leader, a program for overcoming masturbation can be implemented using some of these suggestions. Remember it is essential that a regular report program be agreed on, so progress can be recognized and failures understood and eliminated.

 

Suggestions:

 

1. Pray daily, ask for the gifts of the Spirit, that which will strengthen you against temptation. Pray fervently and out loud when the temptations are the strongest.

 

2. Follow a program of vigorous daily exercise. The exercises reduce emotional tension and depression and are absolutely basic to the solution of this problem. Double your physical activity when you feel stress increasing.

 

3. When the temptation to masturbate is strong, yell STOP to those thoughts as loudly as you can in your mind and then recite a prechosen Scripture or sing an inspirational hymn. It is important to turn your thoughts away from the selfish need to indulge.

 

4. Set goals of abstinence, begin with a day, then a week, month, year and finally commit to never doing it again. Until you commit yourself to never again you will always be open to temptation.

 

5. Change in behavior and attitude is most easily achieved through a changed self-image. Spend time every day imagining yourself strong and in control, easily overcoming tempting situations.

 

6. Begin to work daily on a self-improvement program. Relate this plan to improving your Church service, to improving your relationships with your family, God and others. Strive to enhance your strengths and talents.

 

7. Be outgoing and friendly. Force yourself to be with others and learn to enjoy working and talking to them. Use principles of developing friendships found in books such as How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.

 

8. Be aware of situations that depress you or that cause you to feel lonely, bored, frustrated or discouraged. These emotional states can trigger the desire to masturbate as a way of escape. Plan in advance to counter these low periods through various activities, such as reading a book, visiting a friend, doing something athletic, etc.

 

9. Make a pocket calendar for a month on a small card. Carry it with you, but show it to no one. If you have a lapse of self control, color the day black. Your goal will be to have no black days. The calendar becomes a strong visual reminder of self control and should be looked at when you are tempted to add another black day. Keep your calendar up until you have at least three clear months.

 

10. A careful study will indicate you have had the problem at certain times and under certain conditions. Try and recall, in detail, what your particular times and conditions were. Now that you understand how it happens, plan to break the pattern through counter activities.

 

11. In the field of psychotherapy there is a very effective technique called aversion therapy. When we associate or think of something very distasteful with something which has been pleasurable, but undesirable, the distasteful thought and feeling will begin to cancel out that which was pleasurable. If you associate something very distasteful with your loss of self-control it will help you to stop the act. For example, if you are tempted to masturbate, think of having to bathe in a tub of worms, and eat several of them as you do the act.

 

12. During your toileting and shower activities leave the bathroom door or shower curtain partly open, to discourage being alone in total privacy. Take cool brief showers.

 

13. Arise immediately in the mornings. Do not lie in bed awake, no matter what time of day it is. Get up and do something. Start each day with an enthusiastic activity.

 

14. Keep your bladder empty. Refrain from drinking large amounts of fluids before retiring.

 

15. Reduce the amount of spices and condiments in your food. Eat as lightly as possible at night.

 

16. Wear pajamas that are difficult to open, yet loose and not binding.

 

17. Avoid people, situations, pictures or reading materials that might create sexual excitement.

 

18. It is sometimes helpful to have a physical object to use in overcoming this problem. A Book of Mormon, firmly held in hand, even in bed at night has proven helpful in extreme cases.

 

19. In very severe cases it may be necessary to tie a hand to the bed frame with a tie in order that the habit of masturbating in a semi-sleep condition can be broken. This can also be accomplished by wearing several layers of clothing which would be difficult to remove while half asleep.

 

20. Set up a reward system for your successes. It does not have to be a big reward. A quarter in a receptacle each time you overcome or reach a goal. Spend it on something which delights you and will be a continuing reminder of your progress.

 

21. Do not let yourself return to any past habit or attitude patterns which were part of your problem. Satan Never Gives Up. Be calmly and confidently on guard. Keep a positive mental attitude. You can win this fight! The joy and strength you will feel when you do will give your whole life a radiant and spiritual glow of satisfaction and fulfillment.

[MiaBella 10988]

Wow, way to make human sexuality dirty.

I wonder if people are aware that this could cause unhealthy outlooks on sex and intimacy?

 

I feel bad now :icon_frown:

[Guest S**a*Q]

This was published in 1970. I'd be interested to see if the views have changed since then... Probably not.

[Megan'sTouch 23875]

That's fucked. I discovered at my grandmother's home a book on "Family Health Matters" mostly for parents pertaining to typical childhood illnesses (ear infections, etc.) It had a section on masturbation for young adults and said that if your teenager is masturbating "Don't panic. He's probably okay. BUT, just to make sure, you should take him to a psychologist."

[baileydog 9367]

... and in a similar vein ... corn flakes are so bland because Dr Kellogg wanted something bland that would NOT increase passions (point 15 above)

 

from our friends at wiki ...

 

The accidental legacy of corn flakes goes back to the late 19th century, when a team of Seventh-day Adventists began to develop new food to adhere to the vegetarian diet recommended by the church. Members of the group experimented with a number of different grains, including wheat, oats, rice, barley, and corn. In 1894, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, the superintendent of The Battle Creek Sanitarium in Michigan and an Adventist, used these recipes as part of a strict vegetarian regimen for his patients, which also included no alcohol, tobacco, or caffeine. The diet he imposed consisted entirely of bland foods. A follower of Sylvester Graham, the inventor of graham crackers and graham bread Kellogg believed that spicy or sweet foods would increase passions.

 

 

... and I've already masturbated once today !!!

[roamingguy 300292]

Guess I'm a dirty dirty boy

There is a statistic that something like 95% of all men admit to masturbating and 60% of all women admit to masturbating. There is another statistic that 5% of all men and 40% of all women lied when filling out the questionaire

Masturbation is part of normal human sexuality, sex including masturbation isn't dirty, it's normal

Repressive attitudes towards sex are not healthy

Thats about the only rambling I could come up with, except to say this morning I unrepressed myself with a picture of Catherine Bell...does this make me a bad person, or less tense and able to face the day :-)

RG

[whatsup 11893]

On a good note, I highly doubt many would follow the preachings.

[Jabba 18389]

Wow - I think the minister who wrote that had a major grin & hard-on!

Probably wanted to get revenge on all the wankers in his congregation for being late for church (for obvious reasons).

[ottawaadventurer 5114]

I dated a mormon for a few years. These writings are still very much part of Mormonism today. As are the views on sexuality. But it's a package deal for them - there's no picking and choosing.

 

If you want to have a good laugh, google "Mormon magic underwear". They do exist - trust me. I've removed them countless times. :-)

[Alexandra-Sky 12606]

That's intense. But I can't say I'm all that surprised. *Most* instituionalized religion is really sex negative, but it's just not as obvious.

[Guest ***nsut***jr]

22. Don't be thinking about Sara McQuestion.

[DixonD 817]

What would happen if you chewed HandzOff while taking Viagara at the same time?

 

I don't have anything against anyone else's beliefs but my opinion is that if god or whoever didn't want us to masturbate, why give us hands and not two more feet? Put I believe there is a reason you only place ONE hand on the bible, so that the other one is free to do its job :)

[Dorinda Bloom 44036]

Omg! Thanks for the good laugh!

[April Dawn 12207]

It's their belief. I am definetly not Mormon but they should be free to believe and do whatever they want to without ridicule. I enjoy the freedom to be Wiccan and worship whatever, whoever, whenever I want to.

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[roamingguy 300292]

What would happen if you chewed HandzOff while taking Viagara at the same time?

 

I don't have anything against anyone else's beliefs but my opinion is that if god or whoever didn't want us to masturbate, why give us hands and not two more feet? Put I believe there is a reason you only place ONE hand on the bible, so that the other one is free to do its job :)

 

LOL...but now if I'm ever in Church (cold day in hell btw...I'm agnostic, but I digress) I'm going to wonder who has handled those Bibles, and maybe bring some sanitizer to wipe them down with...maybe sometimes hands switched for a minute or two LOL

All posted in fun btw

RG

[Bethany Westbrooke 7532]

6. If the temptation seems overpowering while you are in bed, GET OUT OF BED AND GO INTO THE KITCHEN AND FIX YOURSELF A SNACK, even if it is in the middle of the night, and even if you are not hungry, and despite your fears of gaining weight. The purpose behind this suggestion is that you GET YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE. You are the subject of your thoughts, so to speak.

 

I am thinking of using the reverse when I get a craving for a snack that isn't part of my clean-eating regimen! I have been inspired by this drivel to do the opposite, so not all is lost... Sexy times ahead! (Despite my fears of hairy palms, lol)

[antlerman 17064]

What would happen if you chewed HandzOff while taking Viagara at the same time? .....................................

 

Geez.......I thought that was my first marriage.............

[DixonD 817]

Guess I'm a dirty dirty boy

There is a statistic that something like 95% of all men admit to masturbating and 60% of all women admit to masturbating. There is another statistic that 5% of all men and 40% of all women lied when filling out the questionaire

RG

 

That is probably pretty accurate but if I could make a change to it, my study would say that 95% of men and 60% of women admit to masturbating while the other percent were too busy masturbating to fill out the questionaire!

[dominoeffect 1077]

I have to say, I find this topic to be in very bad taste. I was married to an LDS. I think that the judgement of someone's beliefs is completely innapropriate. I for one have spent some time in this church (attending with my Ex-wife) and have seen the whole picture. This topic is prejudice; if you don't have all of the facts, reasoning and writings on this subject i agree it can be consider a bit nuts. The fact of the matter is that their understanding of the act of sex should be between husband and wife. Though I am as jaded to sex as all of us on this bored, and trust me i enjoy it and indulge as much as i can. I still have a part of me that completely respects the sanctity of marriage and relationships between people. I'm sure people jude us as "prostitutes" degrading themselves and "Johns" enabling and disgusting men BUT WE KNOW DIFFERENTLY. I have no mal-intent in this post. I just was hoping to open some minds to possibly understanding and accepting people's beliefs as much as we think they are amusing or terrible.

 

Thank you for reading and i hope i have caused no offence in this post.

DoM

[Guest ***nsut***jr]

I still think its comical.

I don't think it is judging peoples beliefs that the thread is about as much as how they are presented in the original post. That is some funny language and the remedies are hilarious.

I don't think that speaks to the religions belief just the silliness of the author.

 

Just my take on it.

 

J

[Guest s******ecan****]

Well at least in my case this doesen't work. As soon as I started reading all of the suggestions about how not to masturbate I began to think more and more of how much I wanted to so .....

[DixonD 817]

I have to say, I find this topic to be in very bad taste. I was married to an LDS. I think that the judgement of someone's beliefs is completely innapropriate. I for one have spent some time in this church (attending with my Ex-wife) and have seen the whole picture. This topic is prejudice; if you don't have all of the facts, reasoning and writings on this subject i agree it can be consider a bit nuts. The fact of the matter is that their understanding of the act of sex should be between husband and wife. Though I am as jaded to sex as all of us on this bored, and trust me i enjoy it and indulge as much as i can. I still have a part of me that completely respects the sanctity of marriage and relationships between people. I'm sure people jude us as "prostitutes" degrading themselves and "Johns" enabling and disgusting men BUT WE KNOW DIFFERENTLY. I have no mal-intent in this post. I just was hoping to open some minds to possibly understanding and accepting people's beliefs as much as we think they are amusing or terrible.

 

Thank you for reading and i hope i have caused no offence in this post.

DoM

 

Yeah I can see your side of it and if I offended anyone with my posts then I apologize! I just like joking around and I love trying to make others laugh but I should be more respectful when doing so!