My death grip possibly cured after 6 months. Thank you nofap!

That's a nice achievement indeed I'd say the death grip is cured for now, and will stay this way until you relapse to PMO. I strongly suggest you build up on this success to build a healthy sex life, far from the lies and expectations that P has tried to engrave into our heads

If you want my personnal account of this transformation for feedback, here it is : I too used to have terrible desensitization, and (very extreme) Delayed Ejaculation (especially when not masturbating), all due to 25 years of intense PMO. And much like what you describe, the sensations came (back?) with NoFap - and it felt like the world was slowly changing. After more than 7 months of NoFap I can safely say that it is what cured me. To get into the numbers only (godforbid I go into so much physical details), 3 to 4h masturbation or sex was usually what it took to O, unless the P stimulation was extreme (I won't go into triggers here) in all possible ways and then it only took about 1 to 2h. Now a look at a gorgeous girl or a simple sexy thought can easily bring me on the brink of physical sexual interaction. (Good thing I'm no sociopath, I might add ) As for M, when I want to indulge, I O in less than 5 min. With intercourse I tend to still like to make it last (old habits..) so it's closer to 30 mins when we both agree to it.

You can thank your former self for leaning in to the challenges, and your current self for going this far. When you look back at how far you've come, what advice could you write for the new fapstronauts, currently wandering with courage but tremendous difficulty?

 

Wow, you guys are great!

I knew you can be cured from desensitization. I'm suffering from that as we speak and working on getting my sensation back. First time I had sex was not enjoyable for me as I did not feel anything...

 

I wish there were more treatment threads about DE and death grip like this one. I'm on day 56 of my journey to fix DE and I haven't seen the superpower levels of improvements but my issue is just fixing DE. I am already socially outgoing and exercise so my journey is different. But I'm glad to know it might take more than the 100 days! I plan to give up masturbating for good and I'm glad to know it is possible. I do have to ask though, did any skin start peeling off of you? That's what's happened with me a few times and it's very odd.

 

If it happened it was very light because it didn't bother me the slightest. Does it happen in very specific spots? I actually recall a few places where there was some light skin coming off and I didn't know what it was, didn't realize it could be linked to the skin of the penis readjusting for a very different day-to-day life. Makes sense though, the same happens with one's feet when hiking a lot then stopping, or when playing a string instrument and then stopping (Two things I do a lot of then stop then go back to).

As for the duration of recovery from DE, I guess it all depends how strong your case is - mine was hopeless, couldn't O without heavy masturbation and stimulation, needless to say I couldn't O with no woman at all. And for me it's been like that forever (before the 100+ streaks of NoFap). How about you how's your own experience compared to that? (To try and see where your body stands now)

 

Only on the tip and maybe the shaft a bit? But mainly just the tip. It really confused me when I saw it haha.

I've been Ming since 12 or so, and P a few years before that. I got accustomed to a certain way of doing it, so throughout high school until my early years in college I didn't experience very many Os with girls, and to this day still haven't from intercourse. In terms of your death grip though, I honestly would say it's fixed especially if you can get off with one finger. I can't even imagine that. I'm hoping that my response to sex is something incredible like that. I've only had one instance so far and it didn't last very long due (her issues unfortunately) but I can definitely tell my body is wanting to try again at times.

I used to use stimulation from P a lot of the times (especially in high school) but I was dating a girl off and on for a year or so and her being new to literally everything, I never expected to get off much. But she became so good at it that I didn't even touch myself several days before hand if I knew I got to see her. So in short it's really gotten better the last year, and the past almost 60 days I would assume have only gotten better. But I haven't gotten a chance to really try it out.

 

It's encouraging to say the least, because you've already made a clear cut difference between your time using and not using, and seen some benefits. Patience will be key as to set the new standards for the rest of your life, eventually you'll get to try your new capabilities and take away some new knowledge and sensations! To be honest the first time I O'd with a woman easily after the DE was gone, I was so anxious it still lasted about 15 mins. Which is nothing compared to the bane it was before So yeah a bit of performance anxiety is to be taken into account the first several times. But you'll get there, you've done much of the hard work already, keeping up with your current habits and willpower should be fine ! All the best to you buddy

 

Same here. I wish more people made threads about death grip and desensitization. But I'm going to start my journal on the subject to give insight to the people looking for a way out and hoping to regain sensitivity..

 

Definitely make an article!

 

@troyan dude you are my fucking hero right now. I've wanted to try stuff like that just to see and made a whole post about it and nothing. And then you come in with the most detailed answer I could've imagined. PLEASE write an article.

 

Yeah please do write more details, I'm sure we're only a few voices in the ocean of users that would like to get advice on what to try next

 

Awesome, I was also thinking about using a fleshlight as well

 

Excuse me, what is a death grip?

 

From NoFap glossary :

If you've been fapping long enough (and chances are you have otherwise you wouldn't be hanging around here ^^), the need for more intense stimulation has probably made things a bit hairy (no pun intended) at times, and pushed your physical and mental boundaries a bit further. Ever noticed a change in P flavors? Well the same happens with our actual grip on the penis, more masturbation more often and tighter is the way we end up doing our M. If it reaches certains thresholds, you might end up with a case of Death Grip - and then you have to heal this to recover normal sensitivity (and more than likely performance/pleasure).

 

How much time does it take to fully recover from death grip?

 

It's anyone's guess, depending on how much you've been PMOing for, how often, how hard, for how long, then I suppose some other physical variables are to be taken into account like your age, things related to your penis itself, etc etc. To put it mildly there's no way of knowing how long it will take. But what's known is that NoFap helps recover from it - people like @troyan explain their tryouts and progress, so we can all take heed...!

 

Damn 2-3 condoms?? I should definitely try that when the time comes for it.