Masturbation Guides

Masturbation guides with real-life solo pleasure tips, confidence support, and ways to feel more at home in your body.

Welcome to my Masturbation Guides hub. This is where I keep my most practical, shame-free writing on solo pleasure, arousal, orgasm, technique, and the emotional side of learning what you like in your own body. Some posts are simple and beginner-friendly. Others go deeper into mindset shifts, fantasy, toys, and building confidence over time. Either way, this is sex-positive guidance for real people, real bodies, and real lives.

If you want broader sexuality writing, head back to Sexuality Articles. If you want bedroom advice that includes partners too, try Sex Advice. For everyday practical ideas, you might also like Sex Tips.

What You’ll Find In My Masturbation Guides

This category gathers guides and articles across solo pleasure and self-discovery, including:

  • Beginner-friendly masturbation tips, including how to start without pressure
  • Arousal, orgasm, and what actually helps when your body feels distracted or stubborn
  • Touch, rhythm, sensation play, and technique ideas you can try and adapt
  • Sex toy options and how to use them comfortably, with routes into sex toy advice and sex toy guides
  • Confidence, body comfort, and getting out of your head without forcing “sexy vibes”
  • Desire and libido shifts, including how to work with your energy and mood rather than against them
  • Fantasy and kink-aware exploration at your own pace, with routes into kinky sex advice

Where To Start

Not sure what you need? Start with what matches your reality right now.

  • If you’re new to masturbation: Look for beginner posts with simple, no-pressure steps and a focus on comfort
  • If orgasm feels elusive: Start with arousal and mindset posts, then try technique ideas you can tweak over time
  • If you want to try toys: Browse sex toy advice, then dip into sex toy guides when you’re ready
  • If your brain won’t switch off: Start with confidence and body-comfort posts, and aim for curiosity over performance
  • If you’ve got low energy or you need to pace: Look for gentle approaches, shorter sessions, and positions that support comfort and control

My Approach

I don’t write about solo pleasure like it’s a productivity task. I write it as something human, changeable, and personal. I’m not here to push one “right” technique, or pretend everyone’s body reacts the same way. My aim is to help you understand what feels good for you, with practical ideas you can actually use, and language that doesn’t make you feel weird for being human.

And yes, real life matters here. Stress, hormones, ageing, confidence, trauma history, chronic illness including fatigue and M.E., medication, and sensory preferences can all shape arousal and pleasure. This space makes room for all of that, without turning it into a problem you need to fix.

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What Is Edging In Masturbation? How To ‘Edge’ & Why You Should Try It

Experimenting with new bedroom techniques, positions and sensations is a great way to ensure your sex life remains healthy and varied. It's easy to discount masturbation as not really part of your 'sex life', but don't make that mistake - exploring new solo sexual ventures keeps things fresh and exciting. You're worth it!
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Masturbation Diary: I Touch Myself

Welcome to my masturbation diary, where I share an erotic first-person story of self-pleasure. In this entry, I touch myself on a hot morning, exploring throbbing clit desire, aching wetness, and the irresistible build-up to orgasm. If you love intimate masturbation stories that feel raw, real, and dripping with sexual tension, this diary is written for you...

Using Ice Cubes In Sex And Masturbation

I really struggle with the heat in summer. It's annoying being far too hot all the time –not to mention the resulting dent in my libido. That said, I've been using ice cubes during sex & masturbation for years, which is certainly a big help during a heatwave. Let me share some of my icy sexual pleasure tips with you here today.

Is Too Much Masturbation Dangerous? Can You Wank Too Much?

There are lots of myths and misinformation about masturbating, so I’m here to set the record straight. Can you masturbate too much? Is excessive wanking dangerous? Long story short: although masturbation is definitely a private pleasure, it’s also nothing to feel guilty about and it doesn't cause any harm.

Unusual Porn Searches: The Weird and Unexpected Fantasies People Look For Online

Unusual porn searches can be surprising, funny, confusing, and sometimes genuinely enlightening. This post looks at weird porn trends with a calmer, more human lens - what people search for, what it might mean, and why fantasy often makes sense once you stop judging it.