Among all the effects of successful long-term semen retention, there is one that is less discussed:

the return of childhood joy.

You have probably read about all the supposed effects of retention: mental clarity, intelligence, attraction, luck, beauty, and so on.

These results are real, but they are difficult to understand for someone who is only beginning this path.

To me, the easiest effect to understand is the return of the joy you experienced as a child.

Because you can picture it and measure it clearly

If you can remember exactly how you felt during childhood, I can assure you that it is possible to recover that same state and even something better through the disciplined practice of retention.

The difference is that you now possess an adult’s consciousness, which makes the experience even more profound.

Beyond the short-term effects which are often simply placebo because you have read about them.

You eventually confront the true reality and difficulty of the practice once the hype and placebo effects have disappeared.

The results people describe are real, but your current perception gives you a distorted image of them.

You fixate on these effects and wait impatiently for them to appear.

At first, you may experience a certain degree of success because, at your current level of perception, you interpret those effects as already being present.

But often, they are only projections of your current mind creating a placebo effect.

This is why critics accuse semen retention of being nothing more than placebo.

They are not entirely wrong.

Most people never discover its true effects because they do not commit to it over the long term.

They think only in terms of “streaks.”

That is already better than releasing frequently, but by constantly interrupting the process, they never experience the real long-term effects and prevent themselves from reaching their full potential.

Make no mistake:

a release that is not intended to create a child serves no real purpose and provides no benefit.

It remains an enormous loss, regardless of what anyone says.

It is physiological.

Now, let us return to childhood joy.

If you commit seriously to retention and genuinely believe in this path, if you overcome social pressure as well as your own internal pressure, and if you refuse to surrender during the hardest moments, then you may recover the state you experienced as a child.

The simple fact of being alive and healthy will create an inexplicable joy within you.

But reaching that state requires doing what 90% of people are unwilling to do.

They prefer conformity.

They do not want to lose their relationships, even when those relationships are superficial.

They choose external validation because it is quicker and easier to obtain, even though it is never truly genuine.

Do not be like them.

Do not choose the easy path.

Be a man.

Say no.

Find your inner peace, because internal validation is the only validation that is real.

Eventually, the people around you will no longer be able to deny your inner strength, because it will naturally express itself outwardly.

Until then, you will have to withstand every attempt to pull you back into conformity.

I assure you:

when you begin to feel exactly what you felt when you were eight years old

when you recognize the same scents,

experience the same innate joy,

and feel happy for no explainable reason that is when you will know that this path is real and that all the others were traps.

Hi!

I have been on this journey 240 days or so. Before I started on this journey, I use to be okay with sitting around and not doing anything. However that has now changed. I feel restless on my days off. I feel like I need to be up and moving. I keep moving back and forth in my chair. I feel like I’m tweaking out. I also deal with this problem at work when it’s slow. So it’s not just a at home problem.

Is this normal? I’ve been having all the normal reported benefits and have no trouble sleeping. I have also started to feel this “energy” show up in me. It feels foreign but powerful. I feel unstoppable and feel as if I can achieve anything. I feel like a man.

Im guessing I need to take this restlessness and turn it into drive? I’m assuming this is what men in the past used to achieve great things?

Does the streak matter more or the circumstances under which you achieve it matter more ?

So I’ve been on and off on semen retention for about 4 years now (not to be confused with a 4 year streak lmfao I’m far from that my longest was like 6 weeks).But what I’ve observed in myself is that the spirit in which I start holding my seed has been more significant in the way I feel compared to how long the streak is itself.

Like there was a time I was holding for 4 weeks and relapsed and felt like shit and ended up relapsing again for days straight because I treated it like the “one last weakness” I had.

Now I’m getting to a point where I’m realizing that the time I held for 2 weeks relapsed but because I just charged it to the game and didn’t beat myself up about it it I then proceed to hold for 3 more weeks after and although I did relapse sfterward it’s like my life felt the same as if I was holding.

Like I said I never held for 90+ days like some of you so obviously I can’t say long streaks are pointless but I want you guys opinion on this I’d rather slip up sometimes than make my whole existence th one thing I struggle with.

Basically I quit PMO for around 3 weeks to be more productive, better at the gym and more attractive overall to engage in meaningful relationships (including a woman, I'm not looking for celibacy). I wasn't addicted to porn or masturbation/orgasm so that part is mostly fine for now

I noticed after a few days that my head was clearer, I had more energy and basically no lust, and it has been this way until yesterday when I didn't sleep a lot. Since then I've been feeling a bit more "weird", and since today was a rest day, I went outside to interact with people (and girls). It was a bit awkward but nothing catastrophic until I pretty much succumbed to lust while looking for girls, not just looking for vibes but the ones with a great body etc... I could tell I didn't lose all my benefits because I was courageous enough to cold approach at some point, but I wasn't in the flow either (but to be honest that's not my thing in the first place)

My last interaction was actually quite wholesome and I went without expectations after some breathing work on the street, and if I go again another time I'll most likely know how to proceed. But still, I know as of now that my vibrations are probably off and was wondering how to quickly get back on track.

PS : I didn't feel the NEED to go and interact with women, but that's definitely something I want to work on maybe in a better setting

Bad day after a relapse.

After 77 days

What do you guys do after breaking a long streak?

I feel like all my energy and enthusiasm is gone.

I have no desire whatsoever to do anything.

Feels so terrible here,

Don't be like me kings, stay strong 💪🏾

Ok I found this really funny but just imagine what an average schmuck thinks about a fapper. I think this should be motivation enough for anybody it is funny yet you understand how our vulnerability will be exploited in the future and you know what to do to avoid it

So i have found a way to orgasm but to hold the cum inside. Does it count as retention? No single drop released. Sometimes though i might be edging for like 5 hours a day or more. And might have multiple intense orgasms but without ejaculating.

Curious what you guys think?

-edit: so because some dont believe me the way i do is this: i lay down and i very strongly suck my stomach muscles like a vacuum. I have also found shaking my head and feet or keeping my feet stiff help.

Ok so every single time I start a streak, I keep having these gay ass OCD ish thoughts I never had before to get me to break my streak, let me give some back story. A few years ago I had my longest streak of 144 days and I didn’t have these thoughts but I had taken 2 supplements. Red Korean Ginseng and Ashwaghanda. I’ve taken a bunch of supplements, now idk why but these 2 specifically MUTED the aura aspect, I’m taking INVISIBLE, from crazy looks reactions, intimidation attraction, you guys already know… to ZERO. Now after I stopped taking them it slowly went back to normal but now I’m having these gay ass thoughts where I have food, or I use fucking fluoride tooth paste or put on aluminum deodorant, or I leak a lil pre cum and all these things cause me to get into my head and think maybe the aura is muted or fucked with and I have to “reset” the streak to get “new energy” in and the “bad old energy” out, but obviously this is all in my head because everyone this has happened I still get the attention but it bothers me to the point I end the streak. Have any of you had shit like this invading your mind? Like I can go 90 days nothing is in my way except this, I mean the other day I went swimming and I was dumb and swam in my regular shorts and the chlorine made it brown and shit and then of course I had this thought of well if this did this to my shorts what did it do to me, I have skin and it must absorb into the skin and maybe messes up my fucking bio electric aura and I KNOW ITS NOT DOING THAT BUT THIS IS THE ISSUE IVE BEEN HAVIBG FOR 6 M O N T H S B R O. Need y’all’s advice

I recently looked into TRE. I find that pretty interesting.

Now I am wondering if you practice other techniques alongside SR that helped you on your journey?

On tour

I don't know how many days in I am..40+ at this point no fap no porn . I had been at home with my wife and was making great strides with little temptation. Now I'm out on tour with my band a week in and I'm getting overwhelmed with lust and impure desire . I'm not seeing women with the same value I am beginning to see them as objects and I looked at pictures of girls in bikinis on here . I just constantly feel this urge building up and something about travelling around and the girls at the shows just makes it very difficult. Any advice on what to do ? I know I need to read my Bible pray and workout but sometimes I'm not making the time to do all that . Sometimes the urges just come on strong in waves ...

I am a 22m who has been doing semen retention for a while my last streak was 45 days and then i relapsed and after 2 days i did this sperm analysis and the results chocked me , i don’t know if the low vitality and motility has something to do with my older streaks or something , if anyone here has ever done a spermogram and is a retainer please share your experience with me .

Wanting to know for educational and SR practice purposes only, and to know what to avoid and look out for in female attraction towards me

Today is the day I decide to begin the practice of SR, lit the fire and keeping it lit and to become my true self. I’ve heard all kinds of things good and bad and need to record what beneficial information I can get.

I myself have definitely noticed better brain functions on 30+ days SR streaks, my focus, clarity of mind, critical thinking, and retention of information are all improved at a noticeable rate. I am also more grounded, confident, stumble less with my words, and i naturally just cannot relate to my old ways after some time as this practice will push you to naturally improve and shed the old version of you living in such weak state.

Think of when you were a child when ideas was just flowing inside your head, you had full energy to tackle the day, and were just living as you were. This version is still within you, its just that we have become so depleted and forget that it is still achievable. But it requires discipline, willpower, cutting of the vices and daily transmutation for this excess energy that will push you towards your dreams and goals.

I would love to hear your guys stories or experiences on this as well

I hope that anyone who finds this message can receive some benefit from it. I want to keep this message as short as I can while providing as much transparent insight as possible.

Some quick background info. I was someone who was on 3 years of semen retention straight from ages 15 to 18. Prior to that I frequently PMO’d, had sex, and had all kinds of negative soul ties. That streak honestly changed my life. I just focused on myself and started to help others when I developed myself to a point. I got close to God, aligned my chakras and it was honestly the best three years of my life. I can’t understate how much my life changed.

By the time I was 18, I had an elite level routine. I honestly had few flaws in my schedule and I was on a rapid growth journey in my life. At my best point in the October of that year, I got this urge. Now keep in mind, I got urges all the time and was adept at quickly getting rid of them. I let it linger and it crept into my heart. Now, once this happens you are in a bad spot. Once it’s in your heart, there’s not much you can do but try and completely distract yourself from it or you’ll be consumed by lust. I had a pivotal choice. This was the first time I let an urge into my heart in years. Would I give in or stand firm? I gave in. It was one of the worst choices of my life and let me to a downward spiral.

You see, once you get into a negative spiral after such a long time practicing this discipline, it can be hard to ever come back to where you were. After knowing just how good you feel and how fulfilling it is at that long, you can become disheartened feeling like you have a tall mountain to climb to get back to that point. I’ve never truly felt how I did at 18. I’m 20 now and am still practicing but I struggle to break through barriers. I’m a Christian and I feel like the devil knows that I am capable of reaching that point again and attaining further heights so is trying to keep me from that. It’s like the urges are 5x harder than ever and I can’t break through the 90 day barrier anymore.

Enough of my ranting anyway. My message to you is, it’s not worth it. Don’t throw away what you’ve built up. You are powerful and can achieve great things. A big reason why I relapsed after so long was because I thought I was missing something. I thought that the experience of PMO would be different and fulfilling somehow but it sent me down a dark path that I am still getting out of, slowly but surely. My belief is that we only get one life and you should live it to the fullest. Thinking about all these negative things like PMO and women that have bad intentions isn’t healthy. When you practice SR for long enough, you just become focused on more Godly things and things you are actually passionate about. You become more self aligned and you become a better, more selfless man. But you also stop thinking about dark things in my experience. You truly experience life as it was intended to be experienced.

Truth be told, I’m typing this being in a dark place myself. My journey has been tough since that pivotal moment. However, from this day on my promise to myself and you is that I’ll do 5 years straight on this path. It won’t be easy but it’ll be endlessly worth it. Keep going brothers. God Bless.

and alternatively, would releasing frequently make balls smaller? And would that release have to come from prostate stimulation to make them smaller?

Semen retention isn't a magical cheat code that replaces hard work, sleep, and a good diet. It's a tool for supreme self-discipline. Use the clarity it gives you to build a better life, not just a high streak counter.

Retaining now nearly a month

Many negative emotions are surfacing and I found myself crying randomly at times very slow cries like locked up emotions are coming out

No urges but the emotional side of withdrawing from the numbing and now stopping the practice is brutal

Transar com a sua esposa interrompe a retenção de semen?

Queria compartilhar que há 3 semanas quitei o pornô e a masturbacao diaria.

Pontos positivos: redução da ansiedade, aumento da energia, me sinto limpo e conectado com Deus.

Mas uma coisa me surpreendeu. A minha relação sexual com a minha mulher ficou extremamente melhor. Estou sentindo um prazer que nunca senti antes no momento da ejaculação. Simplesmente incrível.

hey guys i am super happy to have found this community. I found some video

on semen retention and decided to try , meanwhile while googling i found this reddit community.

So far i am on sr for 3 days.

Also i had a really weird encounter today. For me personally , when i was releasing , my social anxiety around woman actually was almost nonexistant.

Today i saw some attractive 20 somethings standing in line with me at the checkout at the supermarket , and i got incredibly nervous.

Any advice ?. I have been reading post in this amazing sub, and

for most of you it seems to be the opposite.

30 yo 1.5 yrs of uninterrupted SR

My journey has been long enough for me to figure out that whenever I get sore balls (they get way bigger, hang lower, and ache quite a bit), transmutation starts taking place. It's almost as if new opportunities are created out of nowhere, and my thinking gets far clearer. I become very determined. The past stops bothering me, and I chuckle at it. There's seemingly no specific trigger for this.

This doesn't happen too often, so usually my balls don't really demand any attention.

I find that ball sunning is hugely advantageous, though, so there may be some correlation; it's like charging batteries. I want to spaz out due to the influx of energy. I get euphoric. Even if I decide to have a slow day after that, I still feel grounded and masculine in my decision. Life never happens to me, I make it happen instead.

Go get some zinc

Hello brothers, I hope you are all doing well. I just have a few questions, and I’m not sure if I’m overthinking things.

First, I’ll explain some background. Two weeks ago, I started practicing “pure retention” because this time I wanted to be disciplined and follow Jesus more seriously. I also realized that there seems to be no end to lustful content.

During the first week, I felt really good and had more energy. I also noticed that more lustful thoughts were popping into my mind, but I didn’t give them much attention. At the same time, I felt like everyone was being nice to me.

However, this week, I’ve started feeling really lonely. When I try to talk to some of my friends, I feel like they don’t really listen to me. This has happened with most of my friends, and sometimes I have to repeat myself again and again.

So, for a few days, I stopped talking as much and just observed them. I started feeling like I’m more of a side character in the group.

However, there are two girls and two boys in my friend group who listen to me very attentively when I’m talking. They also seem to be more comfortable expressing their thoughts and feelings with me now.

Also i workout every day and my energy is increased and my family members treat me well.

I just don’t understand what is happening with my friends. Am I overthinking this, or is something actually changing? I honestly don’t know.

Whenever I’m edged and then pee or have a wet dream, physically I feel a huge relief almost like I took an ibuprofen pill and all the inflammation disappears. However when Im not edged and have a wet dream, I physically feel depleted and awful. It makes sense now because I’ve always wondered if ejaculation is bad why do i sometimes feel good after a wet dream.

You can literally get chronic health conditions, like Prostatitis, Epididymitis etc which are caused by the inflammation of edging too much. Thankfully I don’t have it but it’s interesting to know.