Will I run out of sperm if I wank too much?

Please be reassured that frequent masturbation and sexual intercourse is not harmful and will not affect your health. Masturbating can give you good feelings and it can make you orgasm. It can also help you to get to know your own body. These things are all perfectly normal and it’s important not to feel guilty or scared about masturbating. There are a lot of myths about things that happen to people who masturbate but they are not true; masturbation can cause no mental or physical harm.

According to the fpa, when a man ejaculates he releases on average about a teaspoonful of semen containing up to 300 million sperm. Each ball produces about 2,000 sperm per second which is about 200 million sperm everyday! So it’s impossible to run out of sperm, or for masturbation to affect the long-term amount produced.

Under 25s can talk to someone, in confidence, about anything to do with sex and relationships, at their nearest Brook Centre, so if you do feel worried about it you can pop into your nearest one. You can also visit their digital tool, Ask Brook.