Is the practice of masturbation considered forbidden in its case, and does the ruling on compulsive acts apply to it, given awareness of what is happening?

Frequent supplication (dua), reading the Qur'an, performing remembrances (dhikr), and lawful ruqyah (definition) (exorcism) protect a Muslim from the schemes of Satan and remove from him obsessive whispers (waswas), sorcery, and jinn possession. You have done well by not going to charlatans, as doing so is forbidden, and whoever goes to them will not have their prayers accepted for forty nights. It is obligatory to strive against oneself to abandon the forbidden act of masturbation. You can consult a reliable female psychiatrist. Marriage helps one maintain chastity, and it has great benefits, including repelling the evils of lust, increasing offspring, striving for the Hereafter, and fulfilling the command of Allah and His Messenger for the continuation of the human species and the preservation of righteous remembrance.