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Question for guys who do semen retention.

Discussion in 'Abstinence, Retention, and Sexual Transmutation' started by Shiva87, Apr 29, 2021.

  1. Shiva87

    Shiva87 Fapstronaut

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    Iam 34 y old man, and i hope to get answers from guys who are in my age or even older.
    When i start my retention cycle, i notice quiet good energy shifts happening between days 5 - 14.
    Its seems that when i get close to 20 day mark, i have notice my energy actually drops, and its not same as it was around the first 14 days on my streak. So does that mean we hit plateau and we get used to that new way of being? I have read few people mention that aswell, that main benefits actually dissapearing after some time. I wonder if that energy will actually return later in streak? Also there are guy who tell that 90 days is where really start to notice benefits. I have done 63 days streak aswell, but it was hard to tell if the energy got to the point where i felt the same motivation and energy as i did around 2 week mark.
    Iam not porn addict to say, but i have had lust issues and mastrubation that is still kind of online related (social media, edging).
    I do also qiqong that incudes meditation (falun dafa) excersises. aswell i do go the gym and so on ..
     
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  2. Infidel.48

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    Do you know what a flatline is?
    The only way to know , is to go on a 90 day streak .
     
  3. I’m not your age but you lose that energy High because testosterone peaks around 1 week and goes downhill from there, so your new state of being will be more energetic but I doubt you will notice it all the time.
     
  4. Waltz

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    The high energy in that period is because your testosterone levels increases suddenly due to retention, a study shows that it it increases upto 140% and it goes down after sometime as well, I haven't hit the 60+ day marks but I've tried and failed a lot, so, one thing I can say is it happens always there's a week with superhuman energy level and then there's a week of lowest energy. Also, during that low energy week there's an emotional rollercoaster inside me that takes away all the motivation, that's the time where I relapsed most.
     
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  5. nfpexperiment

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    Just wondering, has this been studied ? For example daily testos level measurement ?
     
  6. Shiva87

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    As it seems that youtube "SRand nofap " experts tell that the energy will increase the longer we go, but is that aswell myth? They do say that after 90 days one really sees the effects.
     
  7. Shiva87

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    I know, theoretically while reading reddit and all that. Its made up term and doesnt actually mean much the question i asked. I talk about the energu drop after 14 days, and its always that way for myself, aswell as i have read up similar observations. If people say they got energy...they say they feel very high energy 90+ days, maybe they just hype it up, who knows...
     
  8. Shiva87

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    Yes, maybe we got to pass that 3 month mark really, and body comes more efficient. That can be possible.
     
  9. Well the 90 days period is more then just semen retention, it also has to do with the dopamine receptors that porn destroys slowly over time healing and returning to normal, dopamine is what drives us to do things and it gives us pleasure, you will at first not feel much pleasure after quitting porn but in time you will experience many new things. Semen retention is good because it keeps testosterone levels high and you keep all those nutrients you would otherwise throw away masturbating.
     
  10. Waltz

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    Not sure about daily but a Chinese scientist did study this matter.
     
  11. Shiva87

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    Yeah, seems that we dont really understand testosterone and how body utilizes it, and maybe we focus too much in scientific numbers, but scientific papers/ studies are not always truth. There are also spiritual aspects about semen retention. And who knows what takes place as if man abstains. Maybe body gets more efficient, and there is more free testosterone, other hormones, compounds that efffect our energy, motivation.. Seems to hard to get the right answers, so that if one has gone more then 90 days so they may know the difference, 0-14 days vs 90+ Iam sure, there is dark side what comes up before light in the tunnel will show up. I never gone more then 64 days, alltough it was up and down, around 60 days i felt more "collected" peaceful energy, then this hectic what i experienced in first week or even two
     
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  12. Shiva87

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    So you mean that in time of absistainng for 7 months you did not notice difference or energy increase compare to day 14? Did you notice more peacefulness? And less sleep?
     
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  13. modern milarepa

    modern milarepa Fapstronaut

    I will add a seated meditation like Dan tien meditation or microcosmic orbit meditation. If you are doing retention, energy never stops from increasing. It means you are not doing enough or right energy sublimation. Also if you can do taoist sex it will help a lot, if you can't all the others thing are ok.
    Also energy can be diminished because biorhythm, astrology transits, lifestyle, stress.
     
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  14. Shiva87

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    Funny that they come of with this different meditation names like yiu mention, also there is eating qiqong lol. But its all bullshit really, these new age/modern energy practices, they mix different methods together to come up with something new, but it can do more harm then good, who knows. There are daoist cultivation systems that are legit ofcourse. I do allready follow full system of qiqong (falun dafa), and i dont want to mix things with it. It is allready powerful practice what try to do, its full cultivation system, not only healing or fitness qiqong. But i have done it about 2,5 months so it takes time and effort. But then i think i have to increase the excersise time, there is also sitting meditation in the end of the set of 5 excersises. We gotta be ready to know that there are times when we have to go trough dark periods in semen retention, its not easy or all flawless like many youtubers want to make it sound. They talk about only the benefits and things what people want to know, but semen retention brings out dark side in us, and we need to work on our moral character aswell, and only focus on material benefits, external stuff.
     
  15. Shiva87

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    I did not have porn addiction so to speak:) But i do more semen retention. So that what i talk about , Thanks anyway
     

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