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Science of Semen Retention?

Discussion in 'Abstinence, Retention, and Sexual Transmutation' started by Philomath, Nov 7, 2018.

  1. Philomath

    Philomath Fapstronaut

    So I've been doing a lot of research lately into hormones, and biochemistry - and this is a whole new subject of interest for me.

    I was wondering if anyone knows of any possible relevant studies or mechanisms with regards to semen retention?

    (I got nothing against those who have spiritual or religious reasons - I just kind of want to go further than metaphors and philosophy, and calling our cum "life-force". ;)
     
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  2. horny nerd

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    I know that cum contains something that forms bones and stuff so after I MO my knees or back will hurt.
    Also there is the one week spike in testosterone. It probably has more to do with the dopamine system in your brain than anything you are keeping in. Though, of course holding it in definitely helps. It has more to do with the insane amounts of dopamine you are getting with basically no effort. PMOing by yourself takes away all your drive, because you get desensitized to regular dopamine release. After a while you no longer smile randomly like when you were an innocent kid. Some may say it is called growing up, but with nofap you feel like when you were a kid so it is definitely dopamine desensitization. I wish to become my happy extroverted child self and not this depressed anxious shell I am. After doing Nofap for 7 weeks I smiled randomly and was happy for anything. I laughed to myself all day. I then fell off and now I kind of feel empty most of the time. I feel pretty neutral instead of feeling happy like I should. With Nofap you are retraining your mind to seek actual benificial things that release dopamine. Instead of seeking cheap free dopamine you now seek valueble dopamine like working out, meditating, being with friends, learning, and all kinds of things that make life better.
     
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  3. Slick Willie

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    Its like you read my mind with the childhood thing.
     
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  4. rickyracks

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    Semen and more specifically sperm is made of high amounts of minerals which are alkaline and important to our health. Some theories are that the amount of nutrients required to make a drop of semen is equivalent to a cup of blood and so on. So if you’re constantly cumming you’re losing a lot of nutrients and creating an acidic environment in your body lackin in minerals. Our seed carries the testosterone with it, and it requires a lot to make it so if we’re constantly wasting our seed that means there’s none left for us. Someone compared one ejaculation to 10 hours of labor. Also as mentioned earlier, the amount of dopamine and endorphins we receive afterwards is sedating and relaxing, making us docile and not masculine, which is worse when there’s porn involved. The combination of all that undeserved pleasure can make any man dependent and lazy. With that being said, you can see why it’s important to not waste it, and why porn addicts look absolutely dreadful.
     
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  5. SRG444

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    How often does your body absorb the un-ejaculated semen?
     
  6. rickyracks

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    See there’s different theories, some say it begins when your testicles are filled and recycled at around 2 weeks. Another is that at 6 weeks, which is how long Muhammad Ali would wait before a fight. I believe that it begins to build up once your testicles are filled, and then as time goes by you begin to swap out the bad with more good as the nutrients build in your body.
     
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  7. Hank Pym

    Hank Pym Fapstronaut

    Thanks for sharing, it means alot motivation to fight.

    I also hate fact that we waste so much semen even at the time of making her pregnant. We ejaculate 200 million sperms and only 100000 sperms are absorbed in the egg! 99.95% sperms, mean almost all the vitamins and nutritions are wasted! We produce so much that one man could make 2000 women pregnant at a time!
    I hope human evolve more and correct this system so we don't lose anything at all!
    Another worst fact is, girls don't lose anything while pmo, mo or having sex! Why should girls have all the fun?
     
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  8. Ravefist

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    I'd be interested to hear what your research has been. I'm very interested in the hormonal effects of masturbation and ejaculation. I wish I had never started this habit.
     
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  9. Angus McGyver

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    You seem to only focus on the disadvantages for men and the advantages for women but I would claim that it all balances out because women do of course experience some disadvantages that men definitely don't. I was thinking of the following:

    -Although women don't lose minerals and too much energy on PMO as men, it still has a negative effect on their mood, mindset, genitalia and hormone-balances if done on a regular basis.
    -Women's SMV (Sexual Market Value) usually plummet when they hit age thirty but for men, their SMV will only increase with age for at least 25 more years or so.
    -Related to the statement above is the fact that women's fertility plummets after age thirty while for men, the decline is very gradual.
    -As women hit the menopause, their libido will go very low while for men, this declines gradually with age.
     
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  10. Powerous

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  11. thegibbie

    thegibbie Fapstronaut

    This is very well said. Thanks for sharing.
     
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