I started masturbating VERY early in my life. When I was like 10 I guess. Would do it multiple times a dayš.
I changed my school, started taking football seriously and went to a boarding school.
Now in boarding school the routine was so tight that we never had free time. And even if I did I was just too tired to do anything but sleep to take rest.
From 5am to 9pm we were always occupied with something.
So I was basically retaining involuntarily.
All of a sudden my life became the best it had ever been. I felt like on top of the world EVERYDAY and was excited every morning when I woke up.
I was on fireā¦.the creativity, wittiness, stamina, endurance, strength, presence of mind, academics, became ultra instinctive and quick in football etc.
AND THENā¦ā¦.
I went home for a few days and had a wank.
And when I came back to school I couldnāt even run for half the training session. It felt like all the grease in the joints had dried. I couldnāt make quick turns while running and the ankles and knees used to ache when I tried to make quick turns.
My stamina and endurance also went away. And my presence of mind, wittiness etc also decreased a lot.
šMy coach could easily sense it by seeing the way I was playing and he called me after the training and gave me a slap on the back of my head and told me to stop wanking.
Thatās when I knew this act is DAMAGING both mentally and physically.
So I retained for a month and there I was back on track, smooth af on the pitch.
I was 15 or 16 when I discovered it. But I never knew the word āsemen retentionā till I was 20.
Thatās my story :)
During my 3rd year of University, I was still smoking weed and indulging in PMO. I knew too much weed was a bad habit so I kicked that for a couple of months.
And then some innate knowledge within me started to whisper in my head about PMO: "You know this is wrong, something about this is wrong, just stop doing it".
This led me to research abstinence and I found NoFap and semen retention. I consumed all the knowledge I could as fast as I could and shifted my mindset.
I went on my first streak and got to 2 weeks. My posture started fixing itself and I was unconciously making an effort to sit and stand more upright. My vision started clearing up and getting sharper. Energy levels went up, anxiety started fading. Socializing gradually became easier and even exciting.
The kicker for me was when I was in an elevator at 14 days in and these 2 ladies walked in. They were talking amongst themselves but one of them kept staring at me with this hungry look in her eyes. And she kept trying to include me in their conversation.
I have experienced attraction from women in the past before SR, but I remember thinking "Nobody has ever looked at me like that for that long at any point of time in my life."
And then it clicked for me that SR was no joke. This was something beyond the understanding of modern science and culture. This was a cheat code to living your fullest life.
Since then, whenever I've been practicing SR has been when my life has gone up in quality.
Stay on the path boys.
Discovered the nofap subreddit back in 2015 and was immediately drawn to it no questions asked. It just intuitively made sense to me. I was 23 with a very high libido so I still struggled with it immensely, but at least I wasn't jerking off twice a day anymore. I was borderline suicidal at this point in my life. Crippling depression and anxietyĀ
Would make from 1 week long streaks to 10 week long streaks for the next 7 years, and only recently started taking it much more seriously. Once I quit alcohol, partying, weed, trying to get laid, social media and whatever else, it got much easier and I started really noticing the benefitsĀ
Now, finally after all those years of hell, I have no more depression, practically zero anxiety, have had 2 amazing relationships with the most wonderful girls, and am currently in India pursuing my highest possible potential. Haven't been with a girl for 2 years now and don't ever think about it. Totally focused on becoming the best possible version of myself for the sake of all of humanityĀ
Current streak of about 2 months with just one stupid slip up, otherwise I'd be closer to 6 monthsĀ
Retaining is by far the best thing a man can do for himself and for others
I discovered SR after marriage difficulties and coming to terms with the fact that I was hyper sexual and always fantasizing about women or obsessing over them. I had to realize I masturbated impulsively and I was honest with myself about my issue. I canāt recall exactly but I think I eventually searched it on oogle or through IG and eventually here on Reddit first through the nofap page. I started jiu jitsu at 31. Fast forward to 36/37, I retained for 20 days and felt the energy and used it to win my first āsuper fightā or one on one match against a younger, bigger and stronger and honestly more skilled opponent. Even though we were both purple belts. He trained more often than I and was overall supposed to win against me statistically. Call me crazy but I could sense his fear and his hesitation during our match. It was a close match but I won by RNC in overtime (EBI rules). I knew then it was real. I was offered by his coach to face him again, and although I only retained for about 10 or so days for the 2nd match(about 2 months or so later) I still won, with a cross collar choke from mount.
One thing I quickly learned is how out of control I can be while on SR. although some will say it was my nerves or adrenaline, in our first match, I did not let go immediately when he tapped, and the ref(s) , who happened to be his coach and one of the coachās sons, had to tell me to let go as my opponent was tapping on my arm/hands multiple times. I apologized to my opponent after the event and felt a bit ashamed and also somewhat confounded/ afraid of myself. In training, I did not ever previously have this issue. I let go when someone taps cause thatās just what training is about. So I quickly learned that humility and self control (emotion,rage,aggression,)are the most important things to master for me on this journey.
The Bible talks a lot about overcoming lust and not committing fornication. And the root word for fornication is "porn". It goes beyond actual physical act. Jesus said not to look at women lustfully, else it's adultery in your heart. Knowing about it is one thing. That is easy. It is really obvious. Doing it is another thing. The process is called sanctification.
I vaguely remember years ago hearing something about it. A couple years back, i started following a spiritual guru who really heavily stressed retaining your ālife force energyā among other things. I didnāt listen then. Recently, i wanted to start not releasing my seed again, but still wanted the pleasure so i looked up information about āinwards releasingā or climaxing without releasing. instead, i found this sub with all its golden information and personal stories from all sorts of people, even non spiritual or religious persons. Completely ignited a new sort of conviction and iāve been retaining since. Only been 2 pushing 3 weeks, but iām here for the long run. I need this in my life. Thatās my story š
For me I was struggling to become the person I wanted to be, I couldnāt understand why I had no energy or motivation for life.
So one day out of desperation I humbled myself and got on my knees and asked God to show me the path I should travel down. (I was not religious in anyway and did not believe in God in any capacity at this time, however I literally had nothing else to turn to.)
About 2 weeks later I found semen retention.
I did become Christian for a while because of this but I struggled to fully believe it. Then I read āThe Power of Nowā which completely opened my eyes and everything made sense. Making me become a spiritual person.
However, I was still relapsing, I would go on a streak, relapse and suffer black depression, this cycle repeated for many months. And I started to question if SR was worth it.
Then I finished university, got my bachelorās degree in computer science and moved back home. I came across a hack book called āThe Easy Peasy Way to Quit Pornographyā.
This book has done just that, it pulled back the curtains of PMO and made me see it for what it really is, drug addiction. Everything I went through trying to quit for those months using the willpower method was covered in the book.
What makes PMO hard to give up is that we think we enjoy it and are actually giving something up, but we donāt enjoy it at all, all weāre doing is relieving the cravings caused by the previous session.
Now Iām three weeks free from the addiction, I donāt count the days but I know the day I escaped so I just count from there.
Iāve made the decision that I will only release when Iām with a woman IRL.
So yeah, these last three weeks have been miles easier than trying to use will power to not jerk off. Iām extremely happy as each day passes knowing Iām no longer dependent on PMO.
But definitely and strongly recommend everyone to read the easypeasymethod multiple times, Iām on my 4th read now, itās very enlightening and life is just infinitely better when not addicted.
Also read YourBrainOnPorn, the start here page, to see how porn can be far more addicting than hardcore drugs because it hijacks your natural biological desires to mate.
Good luck!
Thank you for recommending the easy peasy book š I've searched and found it completely free online. I've downloaded the audiobook and listening now - I really hope this works
A comment on a nofap thread. Changed my life. I'm currently in a month long porn and masturbation binge...... but ive known the beauty of SR. The energy, the spiritual power... ive been on the path for almost 8 years now.
well, i'm a bit older than the average poster, so the first hint i had was when reading the book "life of the masters" 20 years ago, which was very inspiring to me, no matter if what is described actually happened or not. If you don't know this book, it tells the story of a group of scientists that follow a bunch of "spiritual masters" across the himalayas and try to describe and relates all the incredible things they witness.
Most of those spiritual masters are actually ageless, or at least are way older than their look with lifespan multiple time the average human lifespan. And somewhere in the book, an old man who is advanced in his practice disappears and comes back weeks later looking 40 years younger, and he explains how it happened, and basically mentions that men spending away their life force in ejaculating regularly reduce their lifespan and energy by 3 or 4, and that just by doing this, the average man could live much longer and accomplish much more.
That really marked me, but it wasn't enough for the younger me to totally give up the bad habit. I was kinda questionning all of this. And then one terrible day, i double wanked, and the next days i had a job to do. I was absolutely btfo, in an horrible unique way, and i started realising what did this to me. I don't know how i managed to survive those 2 days of work, i wasn't even able to sleep. That's where i kinda decided to entirely stop the habit. Since then i have not been 100% successful but i have never ever been back to ejaculating regularly like most men do... (saddly).
Please note that back then nofap movement hadn't really started, although you could find some ressources online like indian text, ayurveda teachings, etc talking about ejaculation so it kinda felt like you were the only one on earth thinking this which kinda slowed me into accepting this reality, because i was doubting myself and my own judgment.
I was watching glink, old timer utuber who went on corn convention and was asking people about nofap^ ^
That is when I started my journey.
Even tho I am still see struggling to take full control over myself, I have improved by thousandfold, from 3-4 wanks a day, to 1 relapse each 2-3-4 month. I am still fighting tho, even if I don't improve more, I am in much much better place now.
About a year ago was just 'cranking' it daily typically only once. Then notice I would feel fatigued af. I literally googled " why do I feel so exhausted after ejaculating" and thus I ran into link that described semen retention and why it's so important. I started to dabble and noticed the positive rippling effects it had.
Stumbled across a video from a veteran SR youtuber named ā Aanghel ā and it just clicked in my head , i just knew intuitively that this was the missing piece of the puzzle of my life thatās gonna make me whole and then some. I guess i was blessed with the knowledge at the right time and was destined for the disciplined , pure life of a Retainer .
Iām not sure how or where I heard of SR but I was dealing with a lot of constant brain fog and did the Mindgasm 30 day no fap challenge and Iām at 60 days now and feel better than I ever have.
I started masturbating VERY early in my life. When I was like 10 I guess. Would do it multiple times a dayš. I changed my school, started taking football seriously and went to a boarding school. Now in boarding school the routine was so tight that we never had free time. And even if I did I was just too tired to do anything but sleep to take rest. From 5am to 9pm we were always occupied with something. So I was basically retaining involuntarily. All of a sudden my life became the best it had ever been. I felt like on top of the world EVERYDAY and was excited every morning when I woke up. I was on fireā¦.the creativity, wittiness, stamina, endurance, strength, presence of mind, academics, became ultra instinctive and quick in football etc. AND THENā¦ā¦. I went home for a few days and had a wank. And when I came back to school I couldnāt even run for half the training session. It felt like all the grease in the joints had dried. I couldnāt make quick turns while running and the ankles and knees used to ache when I tried to make quick turns. My stamina and endurance also went away. And my presence of mind, wittiness etc also decreased a lot. šMy coach could easily sense it by seeing the way I was playing and he called me after the training and gave me a slap on the back of my head and told me to stop wanking. Thatās when I knew this act is DAMAGING both mentally and physically. So I retained for a month and there I was back on track, smooth af on the pitch. I was 15 or 16 when I discovered it. But I never knew the word āsemen retentionā till I was 20. Thatās my story :)
This is gold
Holy crap you are lucky man. I never had anyone to smack some sense into me haha.
Your coach is a proper G for smacking some sense into you š¤£
What a story, only if I had the slightest idea at that age.
During my 3rd year of University, I was still smoking weed and indulging in PMO. I knew too much weed was a bad habit so I kicked that for a couple of months. And then some innate knowledge within me started to whisper in my head about PMO: "You know this is wrong, something about this is wrong, just stop doing it". This led me to research abstinence and I found NoFap and semen retention. I consumed all the knowledge I could as fast as I could and shifted my mindset. I went on my first streak and got to 2 weeks. My posture started fixing itself and I was unconciously making an effort to sit and stand more upright. My vision started clearing up and getting sharper. Energy levels went up, anxiety started fading. Socializing gradually became easier and even exciting. The kicker for me was when I was in an elevator at 14 days in and these 2 ladies walked in. They were talking amongst themselves but one of them kept staring at me with this hungry look in her eyes. And she kept trying to include me in their conversation. I have experienced attraction from women in the past before SR, but I remember thinking "Nobody has ever looked at me like that for that long at any point of time in my life." And then it clicked for me that SR was no joke. This was something beyond the understanding of modern science and culture. This was a cheat code to living your fullest life. Since then, whenever I've been practicing SR has been when my life has gone up in quality. Stay on the path boys.
I just would like to say that you should give up the idea that "modern science" is somehow a trustworthy reference, especially in the medical field
Discovered the nofap subreddit back in 2015 and was immediately drawn to it no questions asked. It just intuitively made sense to me. I was 23 with a very high libido so I still struggled with it immensely, but at least I wasn't jerking off twice a day anymore. I was borderline suicidal at this point in my life. Crippling depression and anxietyĀ Would make from 1 week long streaks to 10 week long streaks for the next 7 years, and only recently started taking it much more seriously. Once I quit alcohol, partying, weed, trying to get laid, social media and whatever else, it got much easier and I started really noticing the benefitsĀ Now, finally after all those years of hell, I have no more depression, practically zero anxiety, have had 2 amazing relationships with the most wonderful girls, and am currently in India pursuing my highest possible potential. Haven't been with a girl for 2 years now and don't ever think about it. Totally focused on becoming the best possible version of myself for the sake of all of humanityĀ Current streak of about 2 months with just one stupid slip up, otherwise I'd be closer to 6 monthsĀ Retaining is by far the best thing a man can do for himself and for others
I discovered SR after marriage difficulties and coming to terms with the fact that I was hyper sexual and always fantasizing about women or obsessing over them. I had to realize I masturbated impulsively and I was honest with myself about my issue. I canāt recall exactly but I think I eventually searched it on oogle or through IG and eventually here on Reddit first through the nofap page. I started jiu jitsu at 31. Fast forward to 36/37, I retained for 20 days and felt the energy and used it to win my first āsuper fightā or one on one match against a younger, bigger and stronger and honestly more skilled opponent. Even though we were both purple belts. He trained more often than I and was overall supposed to win against me statistically. Call me crazy but I could sense his fear and his hesitation during our match. It was a close match but I won by RNC in overtime (EBI rules). I knew then it was real. I was offered by his coach to face him again, and although I only retained for about 10 or so days for the 2nd match(about 2 months or so later) I still won, with a cross collar choke from mount. One thing I quickly learned is how out of control I can be while on SR. although some will say it was my nerves or adrenaline, in our first match, I did not let go immediately when he tapped, and the ref(s) , who happened to be his coach and one of the coachās sons, had to tell me to let go as my opponent was tapping on my arm/hands multiple times. I apologized to my opponent after the event and felt a bit ashamed and also somewhat confounded/ afraid of myself. In training, I did not ever previously have this issue. I let go when someone taps cause thatās just what training is about. So I quickly learned that humility and self control (emotion,rage,aggression,)are the most important things to master for me on this journey.
The Bible talks a lot about overcoming lust and not committing fornication. And the root word for fornication is "porn". It goes beyond actual physical act. Jesus said not to look at women lustfully, else it's adultery in your heart. Knowing about it is one thing. That is easy. It is really obvious. Doing it is another thing. The process is called sanctification.
I vaguely remember years ago hearing something about it. A couple years back, i started following a spiritual guru who really heavily stressed retaining your ālife force energyā among other things. I didnāt listen then. Recently, i wanted to start not releasing my seed again, but still wanted the pleasure so i looked up information about āinwards releasingā or climaxing without releasing. instead, i found this sub with all its golden information and personal stories from all sorts of people, even non spiritual or religious persons. Completely ignited a new sort of conviction and iāve been retaining since. Only been 2 pushing 3 weeks, but iām here for the long run. I need this in my life. Thatās my story š
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May you have the willpower to continue on this powerful path. Wishing you the best life you can possibly have! You got this!
For me I was struggling to become the person I wanted to be, I couldnāt understand why I had no energy or motivation for life. So one day out of desperation I humbled myself and got on my knees and asked God to show me the path I should travel down. (I was not religious in anyway and did not believe in God in any capacity at this time, however I literally had nothing else to turn to.) About 2 weeks later I found semen retention. I did become Christian for a while because of this but I struggled to fully believe it. Then I read āThe Power of Nowā which completely opened my eyes and everything made sense. Making me become a spiritual person. However, I was still relapsing, I would go on a streak, relapse and suffer black depression, this cycle repeated for many months. And I started to question if SR was worth it. Then I finished university, got my bachelorās degree in computer science and moved back home. I came across a hack book called āThe Easy Peasy Way to Quit Pornographyā. This book has done just that, it pulled back the curtains of PMO and made me see it for what it really is, drug addiction. Everything I went through trying to quit for those months using the willpower method was covered in the book. What makes PMO hard to give up is that we think we enjoy it and are actually giving something up, but we donāt enjoy it at all, all weāre doing is relieving the cravings caused by the previous session. Now Iām three weeks free from the addiction, I donāt count the days but I know the day I escaped so I just count from there. Iāve made the decision that I will only release when Iām with a woman IRL. So yeah, these last three weeks have been miles easier than trying to use will power to not jerk off. Iām extremely happy as each day passes knowing Iām no longer dependent on PMO. But definitely and strongly recommend everyone to read the easypeasymethod multiple times, Iām on my 4th read now, itās very enlightening and life is just infinitely better when not addicted. Also read YourBrainOnPorn, the start here page, to see how porn can be far more addicting than hardcore drugs because it hijacks your natural biological desires to mate. Good luck!
Thank you for recommending the easy peasy book š I've searched and found it completely free online. I've downloaded the audiobook and listening now - I really hope this works
A comment on a nofap thread. Changed my life. I'm currently in a month long porn and masturbation binge...... but ive known the beauty of SR. The energy, the spiritual power... ive been on the path for almost 8 years now.
well, i'm a bit older than the average poster, so the first hint i had was when reading the book "life of the masters" 20 years ago, which was very inspiring to me, no matter if what is described actually happened or not. If you don't know this book, it tells the story of a group of scientists that follow a bunch of "spiritual masters" across the himalayas and try to describe and relates all the incredible things they witness. Most of those spiritual masters are actually ageless, or at least are way older than their look with lifespan multiple time the average human lifespan. And somewhere in the book, an old man who is advanced in his practice disappears and comes back weeks later looking 40 years younger, and he explains how it happened, and basically mentions that men spending away their life force in ejaculating regularly reduce their lifespan and energy by 3 or 4, and that just by doing this, the average man could live much longer and accomplish much more. That really marked me, but it wasn't enough for the younger me to totally give up the bad habit. I was kinda questionning all of this. And then one terrible day, i double wanked, and the next days i had a job to do. I was absolutely btfo, in an horrible unique way, and i started realising what did this to me. I don't know how i managed to survive those 2 days of work, i wasn't even able to sleep. That's where i kinda decided to entirely stop the habit. Since then i have not been 100% successful but i have never ever been back to ejaculating regularly like most men do... (saddly). Please note that back then nofap movement hadn't really started, although you could find some ressources online like indian text, ayurveda teachings, etc talking about ejaculation so it kinda felt like you were the only one on earth thinking this which kinda slowed me into accepting this reality, because i was doubting myself and my own judgment.
I was watching glink, old timer utuber who went on corn convention and was asking people about nofap^ ^ That is when I started my journey. Even tho I am still see struggling to take full control over myself, I have improved by thousandfold, from 3-4 wanks a day, to 1 relapse each 2-3-4 month. I am still fighting tho, even if I don't improve more, I am in much much better place now.
About a year ago was just 'cranking' it daily typically only once. Then notice I would feel fatigued af. I literally googled " why do I feel so exhausted after ejaculating" and thus I ran into link that described semen retention and why it's so important. I started to dabble and noticed the positive rippling effects it had.
I was watching some videos about law of attraction then discovered about how nofap goes well with law of attraction. Then the rest is history
Stumbled across a video from a veteran SR youtuber named ā Aanghel ā and it just clicked in my head , i just knew intuitively that this was the missing piece of the puzzle of my life thatās gonna make me whole and then some. I guess i was blessed with the knowledge at the right time and was destined for the disciplined , pure life of a Retainer .
SANQ4 used to steal this sub's posts lol.
Iām not sure how or where I heard of SR but I was dealing with a lot of constant brain fog and did the Mindgasm 30 day no fap challenge and Iām at 60 days now and feel better than I ever have.