• dustyData@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The brain actually knows it’s masturbating. The synaptic patterns and the body response are different to when another person is involved.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve always wondered, is this psychological or physiological? Or both? Like, how does the body “differentiate” the two? Clearly there is a difference, but is it the brain actually seeing another person and firing different responses, or is there a difference in the act itself that lets the body know what’s really going on? Or perhaps a little of both?

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      1 year ago

      What if the other person is just somebody you’re watching from the bush outside their house?

  • bleistift2@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I can tickle myself at the soles of my feet by trying to scratch them. Very annoying when they itch.