Which superpowers come from quitting porn, and which come from semen retention?

If only I understood… what I know is 51 days free I feel totally awesome and a million times better than I did 52 days ago! I just don’t know why!!

• could be the SR
• Could be the relief of no longer doing dodgy shit online
• Could be the daily meditation
• Could be no more masturbation

I just don’t know! But I love it and want to make it permanent!

 

So are you saying the quitting porn is more significant than the SR?

 

Well you see, none come from quitting porn, and everything comes from SR and not masturbating. The only benefit of not watching porn is not masturbating, if you are smart enough to not m without porn.

 

I disagree. Watching porn has numerous negative effects, such as changing Testostrone Levels, and changing the way you see sex and people.

 

Porn does not change testorone levels. It’s possible that masturbating TO porn could do that. But it would be the result of the masturbation, not visual images.

That is highly subjective and debatable. Do you think men didn’t lust after women prior to pornography?

 

Essay incoming.

I think the majority of benefits come from not ejaculating. It's more due to brain chemistry rather than retaining semen though.

There is a hangover from ejaculation that takes around 2 weeks to fully recover from where your dopamine cells shrink, your androgen receptors that bind to testosterone in the brain reduce significantly, more Gaba is produced as opposed to dopamine, making you more anxious and less motivated to seek your goals. Prolactin is released, which is the antithesis to dopamine and makes you tired and sleepy.

I have also read a theory that over time this hangover can build up over time past 2 week mark, let's say if you are fapping every day for a couple of months then it will take longer to recover, whereas a normal guy who has sex a couple of times a week only needs the 2 weeks to shrug this hangover off. I don't really understand it myself because it is very complex.

So dopamine generally affects your mood. Low dopamine will result in poor mood, poor sleep, irrtitability, and overall less motivation. The later being the main thing that dopamine does - it makes you go after things.

Porn definitely has an impact on dopamine it seems to unbalance your dopamine levels, and in the flatline especially your dopamine levels drop off significantly making you lose the ability to get aroused and makes your mood shitty. Once you are off porn then your dopamine levels will be back to normal, but if you were to ejaculate on a frequent basis even without porn then you will feel the effects of low dopamine.

Then you have your androgen receptors. Many people report improved confidence, more drive, being more sharper, angrier, more beard growth, deeper voice, etc. These are all effects of testosterone and that's why nofap gets linked to testosterone so much, but the research doesn't point to a significant increase in testosterone. However, your levels of testosterone do not matter if it isn't binding to these androgen receptors in your brain then it isn't being used.

Now this last one is more of just a personal theory of mine. It has a lot to do with the attraction that guys report from girls the longer they go into their streak, the more significant interest from girls they get. I think this is definitely because of retention, but not retaining semen, retaining sperm cells. The sperm cells are what creates life. Over a 60-70 day period your sperm cells accumulate. The more sperm cells you have the more fertile you are i.e. you are more likely to get someone pregnant.

If you are in a state where you are able to make babies then naturally on a subconscious level your body is going to seek out females, whereas if you are ejaculating every day then you have no reason, again on a subconscious level to bang girls when you can't make any babies because you have hardly any sperm cells stored up.

I think when you have sperm cells stored up it is easier to talk to and approach girls, I think subconsciously your body language becomes more confident, with more swagger because this confidence attracts girls. This theory has weight because sperm cells accumulate over a 60-70 day period, and the guys who have gone completely abstinent over this time period report the most female attraction to the end of this time.

When you tie it all together, it all comes down to not ejaculating. Making you more driven to seek sex.

 

Makes total sense bud!

 

Semen is just the fluid that carries the sperm, the latter being what fertilises the egg to create life. I'm not sure where the term 'semen retention' comes from. It is possible that frequent ejaculation increases the demand for the body to produce semen taking away your body's nutrients and blood to make it. This could be why people who are abstinent report a healthier glow.

But in terms of attraction the longer you are able to accumulate your sperm cells the more likely you are to successfully reproduce. A guy who faps everyday is literally close to being infertile because he has hardly any sperm cells saved up. His body therefore has no reason to seek out females, and his body language to females sends out the message that he isn't down to mate. The longer he can retain his sperm cells the more he is able to make eye contact, stand up straight, act more confident, and this interests the girlies.

 

I have to say reading the answers above are very interesting. I would love to give my opinion here as well. As a 48 year old male who masturbated over 30 years with Playboys, erotic movies, VHS porn and then internet porn, I can tell you the negative compound effects that can lead to other addictions such as cigarettes, alcoholism, drugs, gambling, video games, social media, streaming and other time wasters. It is also a time waster that can make you lose hours, weeks, months, years where you could have put that time elsewhere to do something meaningful, that would have contributed to your personal growth and improve your life situation.

One of the things that I learned too late is that we all have that sexual energy in us. We love women, we find them attractive, we desire them. It is not a weakness, it is not a sin, it is natural. The problem is what we do with that sexual energy. You could either use it to be creative, channel that energy into goals , spiritual growth, educating yourself,personal development , accomplishing meaningful things, be proactive, efficient, etc., or you can use it jerking off on porn, Facebook, Instagram, wasting time on social media, playing video games or other time wasters. Whether you like to admit or not, a lot of what we do is influenced by that sexual energy.

So what superpower do you gain quitting porn? Time and energy. Each day you stay away from porn, you gain minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years that you can put in things that will make you grow as a person, spiritually and psychologically as well. You will become more disciplined, confident, self aware, mindful, energetic, mentally tough, physically stronger, goal oriented, find peace.

But what is also important is if you quit porn, what are you replacing it with? If you replace this free time and energy with wasting time online, spending too much time streaming, social media, Instagram, Facebook, Tik Tok video games, you will relapse. But spend that free time feeding your mind with good books, learning skills that will make you more self reliant, exercising, meditating, going outside, being with real people who don't spend time on their cell phone, and the superpowers you will gain is strength, knowledge, enlightenment, awareness, inner peace, confidence, better self esteem and happiness.

And if you stumble and fall, don't beat yourself up, get back up. Not only do you get up, you will rise. Just have a clear vision why you are here and what you accomplish. There will be frustration once in a while, but it is not permanent. Like all things, it shall pass.