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Effects of Semen Retention Poll

Discussion in 'Self Improvement' started by RyanRVA, Sep 3, 2015.

Does frequent ejaculation degrade your vitality and health regardless of it's context?

  1. Yes

    117 vote(s)
    71.3%
  2. No

    14 vote(s)
    8.5%
  3. Twice a week is best

    5 vote(s)
    3.0%
  4. Once a week is best

    6 vote(s)
    3.7%
  5. Once a month is best

    11 vote(s)
    6.7%
  6. As long as it's sex with a woman there's no limit

    34 vote(s)
    20.7%
Multiple votes are allowed.
  1. docker

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    Well, what the studies has shown @johnnyjohnny ? Endearment of the prostate gland?
     
  2. @RyanRVA:

    About your question-Yes that too unconditionally & irrevocably that frequent ejaculation degrades health and vitality.



    I think its damn true.I have read this in Vedic literature and its quite right naturally also.And as we know excess of anything is damaging and disastrous and so the ejaculation and sex also & this point is also quite natural i think(for instance,unnatural acts and excess rain gives flood nothing else).
     
  3. RyanRVA

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    Over 30 pull ups!? That's unreal. I've never in my life seen that. The most I could ever do was 25 when I was 20 years old. At 32 years old I can still do 20 if I'm screaming through the last one about to die on a good day with everyone cheering me on. Otherwise it's 15 or something. 31 is insane!

    This is improbable enough to be real world evidence of the power of semen retention as far as I'm concerned.
     
  4. TetraVaal

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    I definitely feel a decrease in energy after ejaculation, especially if it's a night. The next day I'll feel like shit.

    One thing I also noticed was the "coffee crash". My energy is down after a cup of coffee, and it's worse when combined with a doughnut!:rolleyes: The effect is really noticeable for me, so I will have to stop drinking coffee because, apart from the taste, what's the point?
     
  5. Jersey

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    All I now is that ejac. after a long period is really great, you feel more, you are more sensitive, you can enjoy it much more. One of my motivations for not relapsing is thinking in how great it's gonna be when I will have real sex with my wife. I do not use to have sex all nights but I think its better if you let your body to take a rest as long as possible and the have a great recompense. Few great-awesome moments are much better than thousands of daily little pleasures. That's what I think.
     
  6. TetraVaal

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    When you think about it, sugar is a drug. You have the "high" and then the inevitable crash that is following. Meanwhile, your body is fighting this drug to return to balance and you feel tired. Yes, the doughnut was tasty, but was it worth the effect on my body and brain? Nope, just like masturbation.

    I'm beginning to see that energy is something that is cultivated and not something you can get by consuming a product. Sure, you can drink coffee or a can of RedBull but then you have the crash afterward. The energy spike doesn't last. What we need is clean and constant healthy energy.
     
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  7. RyanRVA

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    There is plenty of evidence out there to support this. There's tons of people who have claimed to go very long periods of time without ejaculating. I really think it gets reabsorbed into the body. You can feel it, I don't know exactly how to describe it but I swear I can feel it.
     
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  8. RyanRVA

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    Is there a list of the acronyms used on this site somewhere?
     
  9. docker

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    @bezimeni are you worrying that the long semen retention can affect prostate's health?
     
  10. Eskorbuto

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    Not only degrade my vitality, but also my interest that feel to my girlfriend. I mean, I don't want to have sex with her. Moreover my manliness is degraded and I feel less man than when I'm months not ejaculating. Because of that, I practice Kegel exercises and control my ejaculation when I have sex.
     
  11. jaaayyyy

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    I'm on day 25 with no ejaculation or porn. For me not ejaculating is the main thing but I chose to stop all porn as well. I do fap but mostly while doing lengthening and strengthening techniques such as jelqing. I also may stroke continuously to test how long i can go before i know i will begin spilling precum. I do PC squeezes randomly all throughout the day. I feel I've reached the point where I can stroke while erect as long as i want without spilling any precum or coming anywhere close to the point of no return. I practice sexual kung fu techniques such as Inner Smile and Micro Cosmic Orbit visualization. I believe that having the attitude that you will not ejaculate and that you will stay as far away from point of no return is the key to successful solo and dual cultivation. I am happier than I've ever been in my life and my energy is through the roof. I feel unstoppable. Infinite Love Peace and Harmony : )
     
  12. Temujin

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    You guys might find this interesting.

    Guy recorded his happiness during three different periods. Sex + one orgasm every eight days. No orgasm + no sex for thirty days. Sex + one orgasm every thirty days.

    His happiest period was Sex + one orgasm every thirty days, second happiest No orgasm + no sex for thirty days, least happiest sex + one orgasm every eight days.

    He also reported being more productive during the thirty day periods. Also reporting getting increased interest from women.

    He is part of the Quantified self sub culture who perform self experiments and record data on them,

     
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  13. rather then get in my reproduction facilties, I meditate!! I d or try to any way! if I have strong urges, I would rather relax, and get in my center. how could a m and o help me, besides a quick 'high'
     
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  14. 66% of people answered the first option, 44 people including me. The people who say that fap is harmless,that it's okay cause everyone does it and say that it helps you grow taller need to see this.
     
  15. Okay, I am new here and to this thread. Let me get some clarification: When you're with your wife and having sex, you don't ejaculate? In terms of semen retention, do you ever ejaculate or do you just keep that energy stored up? I have a girlfriend of three years and our relationship is currently in trouble. We are trying to regain intimacy, but not sexual intimacy. We need to reconnect on that deeper level again before sex. So, I put us on a sex break for a moment and my girlfriend agrees. When we do come back to sex, would it be wise to ejaculate there or to retain the semen and still hold it in? I guess I'm in what's called "hard mode" (day 7) and I'm not sure if that's like resetting or not?

    Are there any side effects to semen retention? Has that been discussed?
     
  16. Kyoheix

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    For me there is no such thing as semen retention.
    I can fap it out or my body will happily spit it out for me minutes before waking up.
     
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  17. Never_Return_There

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    Well, i can say, yes it degrades your vitality and health regardless of the context, as you ejaculate in any way, you still lose semen and seed. So it still has harmful effect, just research how many nutrients and minerals are contained in the semen and sperm,some of them are very vital, and when you waste it, your body takes the same things from your tissues in order to produce the new semen and seed. The prostatic juice is mainly alkaline, so in order for your body to make a new one, it must strip away alkaline elements from your body, and thus makes your ph balance more acidic. Besides, it's that life power of you that is one of the two things needed to create a new life, and people waste it away by ejaculating everyday, or once in 2 days, or more seldom. I don't know if the WD ejaculations have the same weight as the normal. But in my case, i now have less frequent WDs and i feel very good and kinda stronger than before, ( although i had WD last night :D). If i knew how to retain semen and not lose it in my sleep, it would be definitely better, but i don't know. And as far as i know, if you don't waste it, it gets reabsorbed in the body and used for other necessary things.
    Back in the days when i was fapping very often, i was feeling exhausted, energy depleted, sleepy, lazy, weak, unmotivated, had black circles under my eyes. At least now i know what is the importance of semen, and try to retain it the best way i can. ;D
     
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  18. So would one or two faps a month be good? What about when having sex with your partner? Should one never release, exactly?
     
  19. That's good to know!
     
  20. Septimus

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    My comment probably won't be so popular, but here goes.

    This is a question that needs to be answered in terms of real science, not pseudo science. Some of the commentary here relies on what I would call philosophical or religious texts. I have no objection to either; I am a practicing Catholic, my religious beliefs are central to my motives in being here, as is true for others. But if you ask me about the physical or health effects of either sexual behaviors or sexual abstinence, I would consider a citation from Scripture, or Saint Thomas Aquinas, to be an odd choice as scientific evidence.

    Now, I am not a scientist, I doubt any of us are, but like all of us, I have the ability to think critically, working from what I do know.

    The body is a highly complex system that, if healthy, is quite resilient. So it seems to me that while decisions about having sex, or masturbating, or even having involuntary emissions, can have effects on mood and on conscience, I find it dubious to make claims that these things have profound physical effects. In any case, the burden of proof must be on those who make such claims, and these claims should be viewed with close scrutiny, not accepted credulously.

    Here's the thing: how do you isolate the effect on body from effect on mood and conscience? If I am in a down mood, after, say, having sex or ejaculating after fapping, my body is likely to be affected, for many reasons. But that doesn't mean there was a physical effect due to loss of semen.

    The body knows what is doing. At various points, the body will expel semen on its own. As noted above, it makes sense we can indirectly affect this. However, you young guys may not realize this, but there can come a point, either because of age or other reasons, when your body stops having involuntary emissions. I've been 144 days with no O. I've had a number of erotic dreams, but no emissions, alas. A younger me would have. It happens.

    My bottom line on this question is this. I think there can be beneficial effects from abstinence, but mainly psychological/emotional, and I think it has more to do with whether we are having a "bad" sexual experience v. a "good" one, with "good" and "bad" bound up with some combination of our values, as well as what is more emotionally satisfying, and more "connecting." Some of this is morals; some of this really could be science - for example, the way our sexuality has evolved (or been designed) to foster bonding in relationship to child bearing and child rearing.

    So I do not believe there is any great value in semen retention, per se. I'm doing it for two reasons: as part of a needed "reset" after years of unhealthy consumption of porn, and because I believe it would be immoral to "spill my seed" outside marriage. If I were married, I'd be delighted NOT to retain my seed, in good conscience. Is the abstinent me really better off, physically and emotionally, than I would be married and copulating, solely because I am retaining my semen? I have no way of knowing, but those claim retaining semen, all other things being equal, does make me better off, have the burden of proving it. And without pseudoscience.

    Look: when advocates of abstaining from masturbation and porn make extravagant claims, it brings discredit to our message. Let's not make claims that aren't reasonable.
     

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