How is semen formed???

Science/medical/health-wise I don't think there's any benefit of semen retention, which is why our bodies have been designed to eject it on its own after awhile (nocturnal emission). There's also correlation that those who orgasm regularly less likely have prostate cancer.

I'm probably gonna get backlash for saying that since this is NoFap's forum. But personally, I don't plan on resisting M forever. I only choose to do avoid M (and O for now) temporarily while I get rid of my pornography addiction and change my bad habits of procrastination/lack of productivity and being anti-social.

I don't currently hold any spiritual beliefs, but don't refute those who do. It may be worth taking a look at for some.

 

Only older people. The same study that said older people who masturbated more frequently were less likely to have prostate cancer said younger men who masturbated more frequently had up to a 79% higher risk of developing prostate cancer by the time they were 60.

http://www.webmd.com/prostate-cancer/news/20090127/masturbation-and-prostate-cancer-risk#1

It just gets misquoted a lot by people who didn't actually read it.

 

Thanks for correcting me - I never actually read which scientific articles/journals supported that claim. That said, that post was made in 2009 and I couldn't find the source article on the internet so I did some very surface-level research within the publically available scientific journals, and saw this, published just recently in August 2017: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1078143917301072

Case-control study, n= 2141. Just for ages 20-50: "We found only weak evidence of an inverse association between ejaculatory frequency in the fourth decade of life and advanced [prostate cancer], which was not significantly modified by number of new sexual partners. No relationship was found for ejaculatory frequency in the third and fifth decades of life."

So, at least in this study, there was a very loose correlation at best that more frequent ejaculation = less prevalent prostate cancer in the 30's, and otherwise no correlation (positive or negative) in the 20s and 40s.

 

There is just as much "information" saying the opposite, which is why I turn toward peer reviewed scientific journals instead of mere hearsay and conjecture.

 

Look, I'm obviously not against nofap. I think too much of anything can't be healthy, case is undeniable imo when you pair masturbation with porn for many many years. But that line of thinking "I haven't seen any benefits [but here are the negatives I've noticed]" is a faulty line of logic that humans cave into. We like to notice patterns that don't actually exist.

If masturbation is so bad for you (not related to porn), wouldn't have humans just died out ages ago? Since everyone masturbates? If we're so weak and it causes all this damage, why would our bodies naturally have us do it anyway (ejaculate through masturbation or sex)? The symptoms you describe (weak, depression, and--I don't know how you've reached the conclusion but--premature aging) can also arise out of sex and also arise out of ANY addiction and/or stress. You could honestly just be stressing yourself out about these issues that wouldn't otherwise be there. Back when I was naive and thought masturbation was bad (since that's what everyone would say), I felt so bad about it. After I learned it was normal and that everyone does it, I didn't have any of these symptoms. It was just fun to do. Which is why I kept doing it and it led me to a porn addiction.

I'm not saying you're wrong, and if you believe that spiritually semen retention is a real thing, then that's your belief! I'm not a particularly spiritual person and prefer to refer to facts/logic/science to reach a conclusion.