Thoughts On Semen Retention

[TheGod]

I'd like to share my personal experience with semen retention. 

I've been practicing it here and there for the last 5 years after reading "Your Brain On Porn Book". During these 5 years I tried complete semen retention for a month, masturbation on imagination once a day, masturbation on Porn every day, masturbation once a week, etc. 

Here's what I've realized based on my direct experience:

1. Semen retention for 1 month straight. 

After 15 days I'm becoming like the guy from "Primal". I become very aggressive, irritated and rude. 

2. Masturbation on imagination every day.

Makes me lazy and unmotivated. 

3. Masturbation on porn every day.

Makes me depressed and victimized and needy for women. 

4.  Masturbation on porn once a week.

Impossible for me. I can go for 7 days and if I masturbate on porn I can't hold myself not to do it multiple times a day. 

5. Masturbation on imagination once a week. 

The perfect sweet spot for me. I feel energized and fulfilled. My motivation and creativity goes over the roof. My confidence is calm and non-aggressive. I also become more present and my concentration is improved. My communication with women becomes flirty raw and direct with an implicit sense of dominance  but without arrogance or superiority. On the other hand I do not give a needy guy vibe, therefore, it's more authentic communication. 

I also feel whole and complete. The interesting thing that I've noticed that I become more playful and joyful and general. I also become more empathetic and sensitive. My feminine traits becomes more visible. For instance yesterday I was at work and I saw this girl crossing a street. It wasn't the girl that caught my attention but her little cute puppy she had in her hands. I ran out of the place and approached her asking if I could pet her puppy. She said yes and when I started petting her the puppy licked my hand and her cute little tail was here and there so cute. I couldn't help myself and a few tears left my eyes because I was floored by its being. Speaking of which I can definitely sense being better, way better. I also have these dreams of some beautiful creatures or fantastic animals once in a while. I wake up in tears in the middle of the night.  Last time I had this dream where I was screaming at this tiny adorable kitten I was holding in my hands. At some point the kitten just surrender to me and started purring. I woke up crying like a baby. What destroyed my heart is that I realized in the dream that I'm everything and I am love and the anger is love and me surrendering to my own anger is pure blissed magical unbelievable unreal fucking amazing and impossible love.  
 

 

[shree]

Yeah, once a week using your imagination seems most natural and is probably the best approach!

 

 

Porn is way too addictive, especially if you used it as a coping system early on. It stays with you.

[Salvijus]

20 hours ago, TheGod said:

I couldn't help myself and a few tears left my eyes because I was floored by its being

Aww. I know puppies are cute but it could also mean you have some pent up stuff that wants to be released. 

Edited May 7 by Salvijus

[Eskilon]

Nice to hear your assessment on the issue. I generally agree with your points.

20 hours ago, TheGod said:

I woke up crying like a baby

I thought I was the only one who woke up crying out of love. Are you an INFP by any chance?

Edited May 7 by Eskilon

[TheGod]

15 hours ago, shree said:

Porn is way too addictive, especially if you used it as a coping system early on. It stays with you.

Yes! It's been my coping strategy since the age of 12. 

[TheGod]

3 hours ago, Salvijus said:

Aww. I know puppies are cute but it could also mean you have some pent up stuff that wants to be released. 

I'm just a very emotional men and only lately started allowing myself being emotional. Sometimes I feel like my emotions are stronger and deeper than even women's. 

Most of the things I've released on my 100+ trips for the last 5 years.

Edited May 8 by TheGod

[TheGod]

2 hours ago, Eskilon said:

Nice to hear your assessment on the issue. I generally agree with your points.

I thought I was the only one who woke up crying out of love. Are you an INFP by any chance?

I definitely am! Unfortunately, I came from a very close-minded and stupid society where men are taught that being emotional means being pussy and weak. I've been unwiring my brain from 20 years of bullshit I've been exposed to. 

[Norbert Somogyi]

Nice to see you found your ideal frequency, but even more so to read how emotionally intense and real experiences you are having!

I spent like 8 years of my life as well, dabbling in semen retention through nofap. I've had my ups and downs, short and long-streak periods, the latter making me feel normal and outgoing. I definitely felt the primal in me in a similar way you did, and often times the excessive sexual energy made me irritable, angry, and sometimes insomniac. I used to be a heavy addict, though the addiction is not gone even now, regardless of my numerous long streaks.

I even visited a yogi's tantric workshop once, where we got a theoretical foundation connected with a few practical movements/postures. Stuff about non-ejaculatory orgasms, the divine connection between man and woman through making love, the transmutation of sexual energy to fuel personal development and spiritual awakening. I was interested because I was on a long streak of almost a month, and wanted some guidance how to control and transmute this energy without causing me trouble like it did in the past. I could feel the potential in some of those things, just didn't resonate with me too much at the moment.

My current experience since I have been taking supplements is that I consistently feel almost as comfortable in my skin as on long streaks, and in some ways even better. Jacking off has little effect on me (the crashes were heavy in the past), and I suppose this feeling is what I was looking for through nofap. I have yet to experience a long streak in this state, but it's a little hard because a large portion of the motivation is gone. Did I find the antidote? Something like that at least for me, but I'd be too simplistic to say nofap and semen retention has no longer any potential for me. What I am most happy about is the shame being reduced to near zero (through inner work and now the supplements upregulating my health and my brain's neuroplasticity), and this consistent good feeling of opening up to and even loving life!

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

This is complete bullshit in my opinion

[Applegarden8]

4 hours ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

This is complete bullshit in my opinion

The benefits of semen retention are there in my experience, but really happened after a long time. And I still have to meditate to "harvest" those benefits so to say. I feel more aligned with my flow of life ever since.

[Hojo]

Good write up try this masterbate use imagination but you dont interact. You are like link in the imagination.

[Lauro Chapa]

I have aphantasia, that means I cannot imagine, I literally can't be conscious of mental images. What can I do instead of mansturbate using imagination?

Edited May 12 by Lauro Chapa

[Eskilon]

14 hours ago, Lauro Chapa said:

mansturbate using imagination?

Masturbate to the feeling of horniness itself.

Edited May 12 by Eskilon

[Schizophonia]

Nofap never made me aggressive.

[Applegarden8]

9 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Nofap never made me aggressive.

Same here.

[BlessedLion]

I find releasing once a week with real human sex is best, if you can't get human sex best to stay on SR until you do. But that's just me.

[Someone here]

Idk .maybe semen retention does have some benefits.  For me it makes me more motivated. When you cum a lot you kinda lose your mojo and zest for life .but also not cumming fora  long time makes you obsessed with lust and horny .

Besides..you're gonna cum in your sleep anyways. 

Edited May 12 by Someone here

[Peo]

10 hours ago, Someone here said:

Besides..you're gonna cum in your sleep anyways. 

You talking about Wet dreams?

[NewKidOnTheBlock]

On 8. 5. 2025 at 8:49 PM, Applegarden8 said:

The benefits of semen retention are there in my experience, but really happened after a long time. And I still have to meditate to "harvest" those benefits so to say. I feel more aligned with my flow of life ever since.

I think I've changed my mind on this. I think it can help with decentering your mind as a man, from survival mode where we tend to be stuck in most of the time. I underestimated the significance of this. Helps with both happiness and women. I think this is the only real benefit of the whole nofap and SR thing anyway. It's also what feminists keep complaining about the most

[Applegarden8]

12 hours ago, NewKidOnTheBlock said:

I think I've changed my mind on this. I think it can help with decentering your mind as a man, from survival mode where we tend to be stuck in most of the time. I underestimated the significance of this. Helps with both happiness and women. I think this is the only real benefit of the whole nofap and SR thing anyway. It's also what feminists keep complaining about the most

Number 1# benefit is massively reducing the guilt related to your sexuality. You are not a mindless animal that has to have it. You don't need to think about women that are in relationship or you don't  know to cope or escape from something in your life. To some degree it's still there but like 5% maybe and I am working to untangle it. I am feeling much better. You just basically own your energy. There is gravity to it, you are not spilling it daily, you can think and feel straight and in relaxed way.