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was masturbation the cause of my early puberty
I'm a girl, and started masturbating at around age 6. I started by basically humping a stuffed animal or pillow til I reached orgasm. I don't even know what made me figure it out. I've never been sexually abused and knew nothing about sex or even masturbation until around middle school. I'd do it in secret and as a young kid I remember feeling incredibly ashamed about it afterwards and never telling anyone about it.
I am 18 now, and know it's completely natural and everything but I still remember how much I used to feel that masturbation was a dirty little secret and made me different from others when that is not the case. Even when I'd read about it being natural and common online it just seemed like such a lie. I just could not believe it. When I just started earlier than others. I'd do it about once or twice a week, which is still pretty consistent with me now. Just like how sometimes I'd go for 1-2 months without doing it at all.
but yeah, so basically I had my period at age 10, right after i had orgasmed in my bedroom. like I remember going to the bathroom to pee and seeing blood when I wiped myself and crying and thinking I was dying from my vagina. and then i told my mom about the blood (never had a masturbation or sex chat with my parents, we dont have that kind of relationship) and she's like "it's something to celebrate!" and I'm like wtf. cause this was all a few months before I had even learned about puberty in school (via the pancake movie) so it was all new to me. and then when my periods started i had to use birth control cause they would last too long, like 2 weeks each. and i'd get horrible cramps so bad that for years i'd have to miss one day of school almost every month, on the worst day. my mom had bad cramps too, growing up, but her period started later. my older sister (one year older than me) never had troublesome cramps, and her period started about 2-3 years later than mine. little sister getting her period before big sister, despite the fact that i weighed less than her, and we ate around the same foods. she's about 7 inches taller than me now, too. but she's always been one of the tallest girls in her grade. i was above average as a kid, but ever since puberty, i'm now just average.
so my periods would be so bad i'd have to take 2-3 different medications, use a hot water bottle, and crouch on the couch. not really anymore, but for years i'd always throw up at some point, and have a runny stomach.
but anyways, so i'm just wondering if i hadn't masturbated that time.. or even at all, would my period have happened later? did masturbating make me mature faster? it bums me out cause it makes me wonder if it has stunted my growth, as both my parents are above 5'8", my sister is 6'0" and i'm only 5'5". could i still grow 2-3 more inches? i really hate being this short.
i exercised quite a bit at that age, so it couldn't have been from lack of exercise. and i didn't get much sleep during my teenage years but around age 10 i got plenty. my diet was probably healthier than most other american kids my age, too. sometimes i'd sneak a sugar cube but it's not like my parents were buying me mcdonalds and cookies everyday. my mom would always cook healthy meals and i'd bring healthy lunches to school
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Relax you're normal in all respects that you write about. Masturbation played no part in your early maturity; it is just who you are. Somewhere down the family tree an Aunt, or Grandmother also matured early.
As to masturbating at an early age? The age of 6 is not all that early. Infants masturbate especially male infants. Why? Because it feels good. Watch an infant when they are in their cribs on their stomachs. They will sometimes rock themselves. They do this to calm themselves because it feels good though they are for the most part masturbating. The urge to do this goes away for awhile then returns again later in life. Male infants do actually get erections they just do not ejaculate.
The only thing that has happened to you is you as the saying goes, bloomed early. Nothing you did or didn't do caused this to happen. so relax and enjoy your sexuality.
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Nope. Masturbation had absolutely nothing to with your earlish puberty. It's wasn't a cause of it, or a symptom of it.
It has nothing to do with your height, or your painful periods.
There is just no connection whatsoever. Your body would still be exactly what it is, even if you never masturbated in your life.
If you have had regular check ups in your life, there is really nothing to be concerned about.
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