Welcome to the Semen Retention General!>What is Semen Retention?Semen retention is the practice of completely abstaining from masturbation and ejaculation, often with the intention of preserving and redirecting vital and sexual energy to oneself.>Why do it?Reported benefits include: increased vitality, mental clarity, reduced stress, increased motivation, increased energy, improved focus, healthier hair/skin/eyes, deeper meditation, improved AP/Lucid Dreams, deeper voice, improved mood, greatly improved testosterone, improved physical strength and many more.>Wet Dreams?They happen because you had a sexual dream and you coomed. Learn to be conscious on your dreams and stop the succubus.>What causes wet dreams?The causes are many: Illnesses, telepathic bad actors fucking with your dreams, excess energy build up, watching too much sexually-inducing stuff, lusting during the day, lack of an adequate transmutation activity, eating too late at night, excess nutrients overall, stimulants like maca, ginseng, ginger, excess protein, excess carbs, tight clothes (pajamas) for bedtime, bad sleeping posture (this varies, find the one that suits you best), going to bed with full bladder, exposure to hormonal disruptors via food (pesticides...) or body care products (soap, deodorant etc)...>> I hereby bless this thread and all who come here with righteous intent. He who cometh with righteous intent will surely be blessed in this endeavor and all others.>> He who cometh with malicious intent will surely be cast out and held accountable for their trespasses against their fellow man.>> Godspeed my fellow retainers.Previous thread >>42432538
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>>42472114If I swallow my semen after jacking off does it still count as being retained?
It's is now the third full moon in a row that I get a wet dream. What else beside "staying vigilant" do you suggest ? I mean beside being conscious during the dreams like mentioned in the OP, I am training that atm
>>42472724This stops me from having wet dreams. I do 2, 4 minute sessions per day.>>42472122
>>42472724I tuck my dick behind my thighs at bedtime. I was having wet dreams every week but doing this prevents them, somehow.
>>42472724You're just weak.
I've been on and off streaks for a couple of years now, after having destroyed what I thought was my last relationship over my porn use. Its not even the porn itself. It's the behavior and thoughts that destroyed me, and in the process destroyed everything else in my life. The weakening charisma, the dopamine pits that make even once fun things dull and boring. The shortening of attention, you dont even care what people close to you have to say anymore. Not to mention the erratic, fiend like behavior, the skin inflammation, and the smell. Oh god that smell is burned into my brain. Whatever hormones are created by gooning stink and it sticks to your clothes, your furniture, and doesn't seem to come out when you do laundry. On my last streak I had two exes hit me up, and I settled into a highly sexual but ultimately flawed situationship that has lead me back towards seeking the powers of semen retention. I'm beginning a new journey, and hope to regain what had been lost to lust. Today marks about a week for me, i dont count days but I do check phases. I am just now regaining my desire to talk to people and some energy but i have a ways to get to where I belong.
>>42474622What day do your exes hit you up? My ex messaged me the other day (day 11) and a year ago I was on day 21 when another ex hit me up and we fucked.
Bumping for my retaining bros
>>42472114https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oby08eHpIOwbest 2 hour explanation on SR basics
>>42472114Stop using this gay AI slop for the OP.
>>42476554Same
456 day streak just ended. back to day 0. idk how to feel about this bros...I have failed myself after gaining so much insight during my streak.
>>42477166Only thing you can do is extract what learning/experience you've gained during that time and start over. You might fail again and again, but doing the right thing and fighting against it is all that matters.
>>42477166How did this happen - because of sex? And how did you feel when you were in a state of retention, especially this long?And i think, if you only had one relapse during that long streak, you should recover much faster
I guess ayylmaos can sniff out if you have a full tank and they happily drain it leaving you with an implanted memory of a wet dream....sorry for being too /x/
>>42477166>failedhow? you retained for over a year. sounds like you fucking crushed it. this isn't a "get back up and try again" moment. you already did it dude. now just go back to retaining. you guys gotta stop thinking in these terms of OMG I FAILED. no, you succeeded for 465 days. you learned a mountain of knowledge and gained a lifetime of experience.
>>42472331Something I experience every time i do semen retention https://archive.4plebs.org/x/thread/42163816/#42163816
>>42477166after like 50 days you should stop counting
>>42477261honestly I stopped noticing more gains after around the 3 month mark. It was a very steady feeling after that. leading up to the 3 month mark felt like every day I was accumulating energy.>>42477395thank you for the kind words. mentally I feel slightly foggy right now but physically I am feeling pretty good atm. I also gave up coffee and alcohol, and made a lot of progress in my life during the streak. I plan to exercize and meditate more as I start retaining again. I let those two things slip at the end of my streak, and they were crucial for me in the early stages of retention.>>42477399I wasn't actively counting at all. I knew when I started and looked up how many days it was during my moments of clarity and regret after I slipped up.
day 1 tomorrow wagmi
fucked up 20 something day and went on a streak in these past days. the og mistake i've done was reinstalling dating apps. never ever ever do that. theres something satanic in the way it captures your attention. you just cant stop looking for the next notification.
I can't stop thinking about big titties
>>42472705>If I don't retain am I retaining
>>42475186One hit me up a year ago about 90 days into a streak. She hit me up AGAIN the next streak I was on after that. But she cheated so I dont trust her. That time was about a month in. The other one she friend requested me out the blue on ig. We met up, fucked a couple time but she's gone through some shit since we dated and I was seeing someone better at the time so I knew it wasn't gonna work out. On streaks I get plenty of pussy thrown at me but I'm picky so most I try to ignore.For you incels out there realize a man who gets pussy thrown at him is no happier than you if its not the type he's looking for. And even then its so much work managing relationships like this. I envy guys that have only ever been with a few woman.
>>42477395THANK YOU!!So sick of hearing the "woe is me" self-fellatio bs when relapses happen.
>>42478019>For you incels out there realize a man who gets pussy thrown at him is no happier than you if its not the type he's looking for. Absolutely, everyone wants to fuck... but do you even like the girl?
My hairline is normalising and my hair has so much volume, the jew wants you to buy minoxidil and put it on your head everyday which is pointless cause any gains are unnatural and not even guarenteed to work + it dries your skin into a prune making trying to keep your hair in vain by making you look way older than you are while SR has the opposite effect making your skin clear + moisturised as well as making your hair healthy. SR + a whole foods diet + faith in God is what they've been trying to keep you from your whole life by teaching you self destructive habits like masturbation so you become a pacified good goyslave
>>42477395Based
>>42472114if semen is life force then what happens to people who take trt or steroids which shuts down their natural semen production?how can these people still manifest things if they don't produce semen?
>>42478874Yes I only sleep with girls who I think there "might" be a future with. That said post-nut clarity is a hell of a drug.
>>42478019>For you incels out there realize a man who gets pussy thrown at him is no happier than youTrue, someone who is a slave to the vaginal jew isn't happy in the same way someone who's a slave to prescription drugs or alcohol + they always run the risk of STDs, unprepared pregnancies and probably has way too much drama in their life that is stressful to deal with. /r9k/ envies such people but when your mind starts thinking in a metaphysical sense you realise how spiritually poor it is to be a manwhore
>>42477166Im coincidentally at 555 daysI would be devastated to lose my streak now. I still haven’t figured out the whole point.
>>42479639It destroys your life through pleasure. It certainly can be an ego boost but that quickly vanishes. As my success as a manwhore increased it left nothing but regret. A huge risk every time. One of the powers of SR is being willing to take riskier chances due to higher T but using this power for casual sex is like driving a car into a nail instead of a using a hammer. There will be damage and it probably won't result in what you want. I also learned (and cannot unlearn) that all woman (& most men) are untrustworthy. That being said I still find some mesmerizing. The next woman I fuck I'm marrying.
What we know scientifically: orgasm leads to something called the Refractory Period. During this period dopamine tanks and for a short period prolactin rises. Too much prolactin feminizes the body. The drop of dopamine lasts hours, even beyond 24h. As long as male orgasm is not achieved, the masculine baseline is maintained and even enhanced. As time passes without male orgasm two outcomes can happen: anxiety increases or not. If you are chronically tired anxiety increases, and you will have the painful urges. High dopamine when chronically stress is essentially anxiety, because dopamine signals prediction(positive, neutral and negative). Semen retention therefore needs to be coupled with high quantity of resting(9, 10h) in order to be stable.Another important foundation: looking at porn without ejaculating, and importantly, without initiating masturbation, and very importantly, without ejaculation, is acceptable. It is not preferred, retainers can easily notice that it might lead to urge pains, but it's important to establish to oneself that just because one liked some pornographic imagery it doesn't mean they now have to masturbate and ejaculate. This foundation Reduces relapse, because it creates layers of "losing", as opposed to the exaggerated All Or Nothing package, or the focus on not seeing porn(as opposed to the focus on Not Orgasming).
Too many rat bags in this thread. Sad!
>>42480153First paragraph is amazing and the second paragraph is utter trash so this equals out to average
>>42476603Fuck this freemason pro-medicine jagoff
>>42480153>scienceanonSkipped
>>42480153Fag.
>>42480153In my experience just checking out your favorite lewd content while edging a bit or even without touching your jade rod at all is still distracting and emotionally draining. So I'd say it's better to avoid porn altogether even if you can control your ejaculation (which you should be able to unless you have zero impulse control).What I do is just massage it occasionally while imagining stuff I like, and then redirect the energy upwards. There are real health benefits in it as long as you're not overdoing it.But yeah, only ejaculating counts as "losing". Those claiming otherwise come from some religious/moralfag standpoint, feels like.
>>42476945No
>>42476945Post an image that you would like used and if I like it I’ll use it when making the next thread.
>>42472114I've been retaining for 80 days and I notice no difference. When do the benefits start?
>>42480153>looking at porn without ejaculating, and importantly, without initiating masturbation, and very importantly, without ejaculation, is acceptable.
>>42481328this one
>>42481559>boo hoo WOMEN! waaa waaaI would agree with the guy if he could stop bitching for two sentences
>>42481584You got mad cause he told you to be less gay and you love gay buttdicks lmao
>>42481589>AIEEEEEE NOOOOO!! not my favorite fag haterlol fag
>>42476603>AI-generated garbageeuthanasia
>>42472114rewrite this for women
>>42481643nuh uh
>>42481128>But yeah, only ejaculating counts as "losing". Those claiming otherwise come from some religious/moralfag standpoint, feels like.Yeah but in a more feminine sense of religious, because they see it as a passive cascade(if porn then masturbation then ejaculation) and avoid it altogether. Also because for the last decades masturbation has been More socially acceptable than porn, you have doctors if not the majority of people saying that masturbation is healthy. You can easily get more in trouble for criticizing masturbation, orgasm and sex(which is why you almost never see it) than for criticizing the porn industry. So when a guy ejaculates and feels like shit he is essentially taught to blame porn, and talk to others about how porn is bad, it is the only way he will get any support from normies.In reality porn won't magically go away, it will only increase from now on. So I better get used to it and start being a man around it.
Made it through a rough night/day. Thanks gents. Closing in on 60 days
Does the urge to fantasize decrease after one has been consciously blocking out impure thoughts for some time? I'm a little worried about the amount of effort that pure mental celibacy will take, but fantasizing gives me depression and blue balls so I think that I have to finally try it.
I just jacked off and feel like shit I want to fucking kms I’m so pissed off.
>>42482906Why did you do it?
>>42482368full moon last night this weekend was brutal
>>42481696>> In reality porn won't magically go away, it will only increase from now on. So I better get used to it and start being a man around it.I’d bet every dollar I got that porn won’t exist by 2030.
How do I summon angels to place me in the holy chastity cage?
This is fucking humiliating but I need to hold myself accountable. I came really hard like four times in a row last night trading nudes with a bunch of strangers online and the refractory period is killing me now.
>>42483209>I’d bet every dollar I got that porn won’t exist by 2030.What makes you say that?
>>42483315gotta eat that shit sandwich big fella, take your lumps and get back on the horse. Try looking back at some of your actions on the streak, can you identify the trigger(s)? the mindset?Start there.--------Day 68I was working night shift at my job two nights ago, I made contact with this drunk young woman. The woman seemed lost and vulnerable. She lived nearby and didn't want to walk to her AirBNB alone, so I offered to walk with her. Turns out she was in my city by herself and was abandoned by her friend. (she was at some fashion event, I didn't pry too much cause she was very emotionally vulnerable). When I got her to her AirBNB, she cried and we hugged it out. She was pretty, and I had a few lustful thoughts hit me, but I pushed them out. In a way, I felt like an adult tending to a child. Walking back to my jobsite, I saw "1234", maybe it was a sign idk. It felt good to help someone. I think to myself that if I wasn't on a streak, she wouldn't have trusted me to walk her to her AirBNB. and THANK GOD it wasn't a setup.Full moon urges were there last night, but those urges for me were to break my fast rather than relapse. Fortunately, I kept strong and completed my fast an hour ago.Let's keep it going everyone.
>>42483460How long did you fast for?
>>42483209that's 4 years away. will never happen. even if every single world government woke up tomorrow and all got on the same page (lmao) and agreed to ban porn (lmao) it would take them years just to actually roll it out because everything takes forever
>>4248357820/4, I got back into fasting 6 days ago, completed one 16/8 fast, four 18/6 fasts, and one 20/4 fast.
>>42483460> Try looking back at some of your actions on the streak, can you identify the trigger(s)? the mindset?Yeah. I was feeling particularly lonely and horny fixating on some pretty depraved fantasies. Jerked off thinking about them. Once would’ve been enough but I felt like I needed to express them to someone anonymously just to get them off my chest. Instead I ended up feeding into them even more with people who were also into it and ended up having a 4 hour goon sesh. Absolutely drained now, mentally and energetically. I’m kind of glad I learned my lesson. I learned it the hard (haha) way but I still learned it. That’s definitely not happening again.
>>42483344Things are changing bucko, can’t you feel it?
>>42480153>looking at porn without ejaculating, and importantly, without initiating masturbation, and very importantly, without ejaculation, is acceptable.Cum spills out everytime I do this, learnt the hard way one too many times, also it's never a one off picture, almost everytime I end up wasting an entire day hands free gooning genning impure ungodly stuff with AI. satan appears as a cute innocent kitty cat like kyubey from madoka but once you come into agreement with the temptation to pat the cat, the cat becomes a menacing lion devouring your lifeforce for hours and taunting you for being so weak willed
>>42483802I feel you, do you meditate and workout? I find that my meditation practice developed my meta-cognition. I catch myself all throughout the day having depraved thoughts, and stopping myself. I try not to beat myself up about it when the lustful thoughts come. Instead, I say to myself things like...>my seed is too precious to spend right now>she's a human being, treat her with respect>lets focus on the task at handThese last few months I've been working on how I think and speak about myself. I'm not perfect by any means, but I can already see some positive effects.For expression of that sexual energy, you should put it into any hobbies that you have. Me personally, I play fighting games. That's where some of my energy, along with working out and studying for certifications goes. Much better than telling strangers on the web what you're feeling.To sum up my post, the process is...>identification the lustful thought in the moment>acknowledge the lust/feeling (DO NOT SHAME/GUILT YOURSELF!!)>redirect the energy into the task at hand.This is what's been working for me, I hope this helps you.
>>42483880Thank you friend
finna nut
>>42480153>porn is acceptable>>42481128>massage it occasionally>>42481696>be a man around pornthe porn rabbis have landed!
>day 0
>>42484237Like I said: massaging the jade rod has health benifits. But obviously if you lack impulse control you should work on that first and avoid touching it altogether except when urinating.Like, it's wild to me honestly how some people report literally cooming in their pants and not being able to control arousal but it is what it is I guess.Point being: know your abilities and your limits.
Anyone know of any techniques to get through the flatline faster? Three weeks in my flaccid dick has shrunk down to the size of an acorn, I have very little sexual interest and low mood/depression/no energy. It makes it easy to not give in to urges but I would take the urges over this feeling of impotence honestly
Day infinity
>>42484533Eat raw egg yolks. At least 5 but there’s no upper limit. You dont want to do too many for too long especially with poor quality eggs because you’ll get too much omega 6. Mix with equal parts ice cream for a delicious snack, although you’re gonna get fat quickly if you’re not careful. You can swallow the yolks like a big pill too although I find carbs make them easier on the digestion. You WILL have a wet dream if you don’t sleep naked in a cold room. Raw eggs digest extremely quickly and you should feel an effect that’s powerful enough to discount any thought of it being placebo. Jogging typically works too, the nights when I do it I have intense urges. It likely has to do with the physical bouncing of the testicles which stimulates them. I’m only spitballing but I’ve heard similar ideas from Chinese suspension qui gong (hanging weights for penis and balls) and bodybuilding circles. Either way it seems to work in a way that other forms of cardio don’t. The other thing I’ve found recently is to pursue whatever you’re doing in life with maximal effort. This is some woo woo shit but I’ve found that when I’ve done so my libido has increased to insane levels. WDs every night, even relapse and I had to accustom myself to a new level of arousal. I’ve seen studies that winning at sports or watching war movie scenes increases testosterone temporarily so it follows that pursuit of purpose would do the same.
>>42482823>Does the urge to fantasize decrease after one has been consciously blocking out impure thoughts for some time? IYes. > I'm a little worried about the amount of effort that pure mental celibacy will take, but fantasizing gives me depression and blue balls so I think that I have to finally try it.notice how you already recognize that fanticizing actually takes more effort than mental celibacy does/will. doing nothing=less energy than doing something
>>42483460>I think to myself that if I wasn't on a streak, she wouldn't have trusted me to walk her to her AirBNB.This
>>42484730>sleep naked in a cold room.Tips for doing this? I'm a bit of a coldcel heat addict
>>42482823Yes. If there was ever such a feeling as being born again thats what it feels like. it gets easier to subconsciously avoid peaking as you practice. But be warned you also start being more sensitive to all the sex thrown at us daily by media, friends etc. you start seeing it everywhere. i think thats why monks live in the mountains.
>>42484237Great image. quitting porn has been one of the most difficult and most rewarding things i've ever done.t. day 500ishit literally gets easier every day. like detoxing. like realizing i was living with poison in my veins for years/decades
>>42481559Not fond of the image, got anything else?
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>>42485159>>42485193Thank you frens.
Alcohol makes me not wanna jerk off. But I have a drinking problem. Any help?
This shit worked when I was a teenager not after 30s.
>>42485600It works, your body just takes longer to repair itself but it still workst. in my 30s
I am become serial coomer, destroyer of confidence.
>>42484482>massaging the jade rod has health benifitsCorrect, but doing it to generate sexual energy is another form of sexual alchemy, different from abstinence. >if you lack impulse controlCorrect again, it's just sorta off topic and since you were interacting with what is known in the general as a porn rabbi....let's just carry on forward.
>>42485205>like realizing i was living with poison in my veins for years/decadesAnd you are not even kidding anon, it be like that. Much respect.
Is there food that makes you horny? I haven't eaten chips in a year and I decided to give it a try after so long, and once I finished snacking I immediately felt horny..Does this apply to all snacks? Now because of this I lost my streak and I feel like shit
I'm literally nutting right nowfeelsgoodman.webp
>>42486914eat more saturated fats and eat potatoes.
Day 15Been struggling with trying to figure out what is it that I really wantI just don't feel like doing shitI'm tired of doom scrollingTired of YoutubeTired of junk foodEven now I know I don't really want porn itself. When I used to watch a part of me already knew that all of it was just a crock of shit and didn't believe what was on the screen.I know I shouldn't bed rot but I just feel mentally constipated today. I just don't give a shit....I don't knowI have nothing but time on my hands but everyday always feels like I didn't get to do what I actually wanted. But I don't even know what I want. Its like a paradox or some shit.
Whew I just survived my biggest temptation in almost 2 months. It's true what they say, peeking is too risky.
>>42479555this is one of the things that keeps me from hopping on. That and possibly being hypogonadal in the forest while being hunted down by the NWO
>>42480153porn is disgusting. hentai for the ambience is cool
>>42482917Temptation by the devil I hate him so much Today I will be strong but I feel the temptation again. God save me
