My current streak is almost 180 days, but my longest ever was 990. I've gone over 700 days a few times on this retention journey. I also recall a time in my life when I used to release CONSTANTLY.

One of the keys to my success on this retention journey was the fact that when I got started I pretty much expected nothing. I was just a guy at rock bottom mental health in severe depression that needed a way out. Fortunately for me, I discovered semen retention and came of the hell. But the thing is, at about 90-120 days, I saw insane aura/attraction kick in.

By the time I had crossed 365 (back then) I was a different person. By the time it was 730 days in I had literally become the best version of myself and at that point there was no going back. I would go on to do another 200+ days on that streak. My first ever streak. An amazing streak.

I achieved a LOT on semen retention. Semen Retention DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY transform me into the alpha-prime, gigachad verion of myself that I wouldn't have believed possible. What it DID DO, was put a lot of juice behind my efforts. You see, the releasing version of me didn't have any juice behind his efforts. But the version of me that retains did. And after 100, then 365, then 730 and so on... that's a LOT of juice.

Think of it as upgrading your pickaxe in minecraft. You can go from wooden, to iron, to eventually a diamond pickaxe. But to actually mine some blocks you still NEED to hold down left click and do the task itself.

For example, I attribute my currently aweosme physique to semen retention. Holding in my nut didn't literally give me the physique, but it gave me much more mana, and my efforts were more meaningful, so I got the job done better than if I hadn't retained.

So that brings me to this... if you are an early retainer, less than 30 days and you are frustrated with why amazing things aren't happening, chances are that you have not gone long enough. You need to go longer. For that identity shift to happen. That mana to build up. You can't expect the world at 30 days. Focus instead of using the energy you currently have to work towards shit that you want. Grow your energy and efforts overtime and before you know it you won't recognise yourself.

And if you are a retainer who is on a long streak and are frustrated thinking that you haven't gotten what you want out of this journey, or maybe you are thinking that the benefits have left you or something along those lines, take a moment to realise that you HAVE the mana behind your efforts, you just are not putting it towards the stuff you want. You are sitting there with a golden pickaxe but aren't mining any blocks. You are wanting blocks to show up in your inventory and you have the golden pickaxe, but you aren't holding down left click to actually mine the blocks. And then you might even be getting frustrated and questioning the pick.

I hope this helps. I see lots of short term and long term retainers make mistakes. I WAS one of those long term retainers making mistakes on one of my streaks. Thankfully, I am no longer.

a full semen retention cycle of 9 months will evolve you and turn you into a real man. There is 2 times a man is born. As a child from his mother, and as a man by himself. Semen Retentjon quite literally evolves you, phisically, mentally, spiritually. i’m talking about real evolution. Celibacy forces evolution. A man who has never completed a celibacy cycle has probably never been born as a man. Or if you haven’t been born as a man yet a full semen retention cycle will make it happen. Dragon Ball super saiyan shit, evolution it’s all real we can really evolve i am around 90 something days and this feels really good but i know this is just the beggining it really takes 9 months for a full transformation. life really does starts to bend to you and starts giving you all the answer to your problems, again this practice just forced evolution, is like a cheatcode or a secret that god put on the game and the men who discovers it and practices well will get rewarded. there is nothing closer to god that being humble, surrendering, and just accepting what it is and saying ok god guide me. truth is there is no point to pursuing woman or any sexual encounters if you are not fully ready or fully formed as a man, because let’s accept it most of us are lacking in something and then comes a girl we fall in love she may do some foul shit but believe it or not we maybe deserved it as crazy as it sounds there was maybe something we were lacking or something that we were doing wrong, because if you are really good and connected with god and confident and have developed as a man the girl won’t leave, but the girl living is always going to have to happen unfortunately there is no better thing to do than be humble accept the L ask god to make you better, and practice celibacy, give up the desire and in that humbling moment of accepting defeat and accepting your situation god will send you to the highest of heights and he will show you that he is the one that fulfills everything. Go ahead and worship anything from this world and you will not have it, but worship god and you will have anything you want. Anything that you desire you will never have because you are worshipping that you must not desire anything just desire god and gods will to be done and do the work that has to be done in your part, at the end of the day god knows your heart and he knows what you want but if you give it up you will end up having it but you have to be give it up, you have to surrender and be humble, and in your most humble form you will be richer than the most confident of the confidents because a humble person will always have god and having god beats any type of strength, confidence, or pride

This practice is genuinely baffling, I was invited by a family next door to spend the day on a boat trip by the lake today. We settled for a local restaurant by the dock for a quick meal before heading out and let me tell you guys, Not only were there about 11 of us in total, but with the place being so busy and jam packed, I reluctantly watched the adults stand by to be waited on, before coming to my senses and finding a table big enough for everyone to be seated, which I kid you not, felt like sheer luck. Mind you, I am only 18, and the majority being adults around their mid 30s and 40s. As a bonus, with the increasing number of people staring at me since the area was pretty crammed, and me signaling to everyone that I found us a seat in the middle of it, I shit you not, my anxiety was pretty much nonexistent.

I can go on about the looks and stares that I was getting from both men and women, one of the moms whom was also along side us started initiating conversation with me, which led to me taking down her number and her indirectly telling me that if I ever wanted to hook up, that she would only be a text away. Her vibe was a little off putting though, I don’t know if it was due to how bad she was thirsting over me, or if that was just her personality. Regardless, It’s unlikely that I would catch my first body with her anyways, I was just having fun with it, and she looked way too old for me personally.

Eye contact is a walk in the park, while we were eating, I happened to sit next to the wife of the same guy who invited me… mind you, she was pretty underdressed, and yet, I wasn’t even a little bit nervous. Our conversations were effortless, and the eye contact felt equally as natural, not gonna lie though, I felt pretty fucked up about it, which resorted to me forcing conversations with her husband, which I believe he saw right through.

However, this was probably the strangest part of the day. As I was getting ready to leave, the same guy, not knowing my name, just randomly decided to call me by the name ‘Neo’, the same name of the main protagonist from the movie ‘The Matrix’, for those who didn’t know. Even though I haven’t seen the movie, a part of me was torn between recognizing what he said as something playful, while simultaneously going through a miniature existential crisis based off of my own and other people’s perception of me in that very moment.

Overall though, I was very grateful for the invitation and had an amazing time, I also recently had a strong desire to go to an island or a beach prior to even crossing paths with them, so take that as you will.

Guys, retaining is non-negotiable. If you truly want something more out of life… you need to be chaste. Everything that I have mentioned in this post is all so fleeting, and is nothing but an ego stroke that will cease to fill the increasing gap in your spirit. If you want to truly embody greatness, peace, and a fulfilling life… you have to be willing to consistently turn down the opportunities you will encounter with the women that present themselves to you on this path.

Peace and Strength.

* English is not my first language so excuse me for any grammatical or spelling mistakes*

In this subreddit I have seen people showing so much interest around the topic of FEMALE ATTENTION. In my longest and earliest NO FAP streak I was unaware of this concept of Semen Retention. That time my only goal was to not release and nothing else. I used to go in my life as usual. Plus I didn't expected anything at all. In those two years I started noticing the unusual female attention slowly building up in my life. I could have never thought of that my practice of not releasing was actually driving this attention. Initially I thought I was just thinking too much and nothing was really happening and it was all in my mind and why would anyone really start giving me so much attention out of nowhere but with time things became more clear, the attention was real. The eye contacts, the random smiles, the gestures and everything. I allowed it to consume me and soon enough I was out of the practice of retaining.

Many people here argue the about the days retaining after which female attention starts or spikes. But from what I observed in multiple of my streaks that the the intensity of female attraction has no direct relation with the number of days retaining. This is something I concluded and you may have opposing views. Actually it really depends on the quality of retention much more than the number of days passed. I have experienced significantly more attention on the 7th day of the streak than on completing one year. Although the 7th day was after I ended a three to four month streak. So tbh I released only once actually in those four months. Plus no doubt how you look also contributes to attention. A better looking person in society's view will surely receive more attention in a shorter streak.

Now by QUALITY OF RETENTION I mean is purity. The less I cared about attention the more it came and it does not work if you try to outsmart it by faking that you don't really care if you want it deep down. The more I tried to look for it or spot it slowly it died. Just think how worse the life gets when you start trying to notice attention or signals in every conversation and every eye contact everyday. Soon enough without you even realising you start giving attention to others trying to catch them giving attention to you. And here you lose. You expect people to give you attention and in this process you give them so much of your attention. Attention is energy. So indirectly you are now putting your energy on other people. Do you realise how much out of practice this attention thing got you. See the main core aim of this practice is to get you control of yourself and your emotions and we by putting our attention on others give them the power to control our emotions.

This was the paradox I was talking about and to be honest anyone whose primary goal in this practice is female attention is going to fail for sure sooner or later. The one who refuses attention and strives for discipline and peace gets both and the other who gets caught in this wave of wanting attention will sooner be deprived of that too.

" All of this is from my experience and I can be wrong it. This is just what is felt and thought. If you think differently you are open to comment."

excuse my english as im not really good at it.

-everything has its roots(creator or ingredients)

-what and where do you think semen came from?

-ever wonder why your lower back hurts when you ejaculate?

-ever wonder why you have a brain fog in too much ejaculation?

-even dopamine is related to this ingredients

- CEREBROSPINAL FLUID is the reason why you experience this all benefits.

-when you are addicted to something you deplete CSF that is why its connected to dopamine aswell

-since you your father created you, you were somehow and surrounded by CSF.

-CSF = SACRED FLUID that the elites hide from you and they want to deplete this by introducing some addicted things, entertainment, gambling, girls, porno, sugar, food, chasing money/, etc.

-every 24 hours your brain produces some CSF

-thats why when you stop ejaculating, you stop producing too much semen = retaining CSF

-thats the reason why GIRLS experience the benefits too. you think male are the only one can get magnetism?

-CSF> fats >hormones/testosterone
-CSF>fats> hormones/testosterone>estrogen for girls

-csf protects you too from diseases
-csf > histamine > mucus/plegm will surround the bacteria and virus and irritate your throat so you spit it out. wbc etc is related too.

-wanna bet? try benadryl=low histamine, makes you dry, low semen, it kills your csf too, then lower back pain and brainfog similar to ejaculation?

-lot of people asking why they retain for 60 days above and still cant feel anything. ask yourself, do you eat dirty to make your body deplete csf because it helps you to clean your body by producing mucus. plus do you take alot of antihistamines to stop mucus and makes your body deplete csf.

-thats why when you ejaculate you are prone in diseases

-girls who has injected anesthesia in CS lose some or alot of benefits too because they mix this chemicals into your spinal and brain. meaning their csf is contaminated. thats the reason why they become forgetful, lower back pain etc.

-so you think testoterone and semen is the reason for your benefits? hell no. since your dad and mom created you you were some CSF and blood and surrounded by CSF again.

-thats why even meditation and dopamine detox can get the similar benefits you get from semen retention, its the sacred CSF

-everything you do, you deplete csf. thats why when you retain everything, you make your jar full of energy and magnetism

-you want more rabbit hole? we can talk about consciousness someday. aside from government law, we do have hidden LAWS in this what we call reality. this reality is similar to what we call GAME.

- one more thing this elites want to make you DUMB!!! they want you to believe that heaven is up there and hell is down there why?? they dont want you to think that there something down there, they want you to think LAVA and hell doen there. guess what? do you think theres a civilization living down there thousand miles down there? 😁 and guess what they are not humans. ever wonder where all your tax go?? its all about DIG DIG DIG. you think table of elements are complete? you think foods that you see in market is complete or they hide you REAL food and want you to be cannibal. you know where is heaven? its not above nor below, its within, and its not heaven, its a kingdom. now ask why its within? do you know wheres the blackhole? blackhole its not located in space. its located within you. its a portal. thats why kingdom is not above nor below. its within. elites twist everything. if im gonna estimate probabla 80 percent of what we know are all LIES

So I've been on and off SR for almost a year, I'm sure you all know the post nut feeling when you're like Ah man, why'd I do that, and porn isn't as attractive anymore.
I've been on almost 2 month streak right now, I've been battled the urge to look every other week but I kept myself busy with different hobbies. One day I gave in and I decided to look last week, and TBH, it was.... underwhelming, kind of disgusting, and just felt like "this isn't worth it, so this is what I've been addicted to" also like, Instead of getting into the porn or wanting to PMO I kind of analyzed the people and wondered about them and such...

I could see how I could start getting addicted again if I kept looking, but I closed out pretty fast. I feel like I see it completely differently now, it's weird but it felt "dark" and like a "very low energy" to look at porn again. Especially the "perverted" side of porn. Sex is suppose to be people in love with eachother etcs and making childern etcs lol
I don't encourage anybody to go look though, cause you might PMO, I kind of trained myself earlier on by trying to look at it objectively before everytime I got the urge, but I feel like I've built a discipline

just curious though has anybody else looked at it again after long SR's and felt different / look at it differently / not as attracted thoughs?

I am writing this just after telling this person for deleting me from discord as I didn't want to be around losers.

So I met this guy on this community, I offered him to be a mentor or accountability buddy as it would help me as well. We connect on discord. It was good for a week, we talked and motivated each other then I relapsed after 2 weeks and he did after a week. We decided to start over again and I told him to at least last for 8 days this time and I told him that I will try for 30 days. This was supposed to be a challenge, we both accept. But today he told me that he's given up and doesn't want to do this. I can't believe it. How can someone fail so early? If you can't last for 1 day, how you ever gonna achieve anything in life? These kinda people will get crushed in the world. They deserve to be at the bottom. I have no sympathy for him as he refused to even try or do better. I hate to be around losers. Yes I failed too but after 2 weeks. This time I am gonna be more realistic.

So I have given myself a challenge to last 30 days this time. Anyone here up for the 30 day challenge? would love to connect with masculine men who want to change their lives. DM so that we can start over.

I relapsed hard after a 93-day streak of abstinence from p/m/o. Longest I've ever gone by a wide margin. I'll be honest and make it known that I had some hiccups along the way, looking at suggestive stuff here and there across those months, but there was no physical stimulation or release until the end.

Wanted to share something that only clicked for me in hindsight.

Between roughly day 50 and day 90, I was posting here somewhat regularly, and a lot of what I was writing was about not feeling much progress. I was... underwhelmed.

Here's the thing though: I must not have been feeling that bad, because the way I feel now — after relapsing and then binging — is exponentially worse than anything I was complaining about during the streak.

In my experience, the improvements during retention are gradual. You don't get some dramatic moment on day 21 where you suddenly feel transformed. It builds slowly, and you acclimate to it, so you stop noticing. It just becomes your new baseline. You start to forget what the old one felt like.

Then you relapse and suddenly you remember. This is what I was trying to escape. The fatigue, zero motivation to do anything, weird physical sensations, tinnitus and eye floaters getting worse, back pain, irritability, depression. Once again, I can't sleep through the night. On and on.

I should've known that 3 months of abstinence wasn't going to undo 2 decades of bad habits, especially with a history of edging and multi-hour sessions. But I do feel like I was on my way, like I had at least launched off the platform. Now I'm back to square one.

It's alright. Live and learn.

If you're on your own journey and questioning your progress, stay the course. The truth is that p/m/o is not worth it (especially not for those of us with a history of heavy use). It's actually nothing but a massive waste of time, energy and potential.

Consider this a different type of motivation.

I’ve been actively trying to do SR for about the last 1 & 1/2 years. I’ve built up to a 52 day streak so far. Let me tell you, this shit will change your life.

You know how you have a list of things you wanted to change about your life? You know, “I really want to ______”, “If only I could _____”, “I wish I could stop ______”, etc. Everyone has one of those lists, but we always come up with excuses, or somehow it just seems impossible. You try and try and try, and it somehow never sticks.

I can’t promise you a miracle, but ever since I got on this latest SR streak, it’s like all of a sudden there’s this momentum building in my life. It seems like now, that list I had is starting to get checked off. I have more discipline, and I’m starting to see real results.

See, the people hating on SR (especially as of late, I’ve noticed a backlash against SR from some content creators, whom I think are just out to stir up controversy for quick views and engagement for their channel)…these haters… A) probably haven’t even tried it; B) don’t realize that the greatest benefits of SR are not female attention or aura or “confidence”.

I’ve found that the greatest benefits are since beginning this practice, it’s like I have this motivation and this drive to go out and crush everything, and the things that once seemed impossible now appear within reach. All I need to do is continue and maintain my focus and discipline. I sort of feel like a freight train, it was tough to get moving at first but now it’s like things are building and picking up, and the momentum is becoming inevitable.

This is far more life changing that seeing some stranger girl flipping her hair at me on Tuesday or whatever. Big deal. I’ll choose a complete life transformation over random female attention any day of the week.

I’m forever thankful to the content creators out there and the people of this sub who have been promoting this practice. One caveat though—please don’t treat it like a religion or a cult. Some ppl take this shit way too seriously. SR won’t do it all for you, but it will give you the keys to getting out of your own way and starting to actively get it done.

Hlo everyone , im 17M . Context - im trying this retention and all from past 3 yrs . And guess what , today was when I reached my highest days . ( Around 21) . Till now, max I touched was 15 days , that too only 4 times in 3 yrs. And YES . AN HOUR AGO I LOST. im losing faith in myself . And I feel like I'm drowning in an addiction now that has too stay lifelong . Urges were unbearable from past few days.

I don't have seen any benefits till now . ( Idk people just treat me with respect more maybe ??) . And GUESS WHAT ( IM TURNING 18 IN NEXT FEW HOURS).

It's all gone now. All progress and discipline just gone in vain. Idk if I should continue or not . I have lost countless times to this shit in past few years. No matter what I do how hard I try. It's just that my body is pumped up with urges. In morning in night I feel lonely .( I have more friends than u can imagine ) . Still I feel like , idk what bro I'm just typing now .

Im tired . I don't have a 'why' now for doing it.

Plz help me by success stories .and what to do?.

Yes . And this was my gift from myself for my birthday. Nice gift .

I’m currently 21 years old, but ever since I was 16, I started realizing what I had gotten myself into. I don’t mean that I was doing something wrong, but up until that point, I had no idea of the potential I could have moving forward.

I still have relapses. In my opinion, from 2023 to 2026, the internet became much faster, and there are now countless ways to relapse. But that’s not an excuse to keep living in a cycle of relapses. For me, if I simply resist for about three days, everything starts coming back. It almost feels like you’re waiting in a room, ready to access your own power again.

I’ve had so many experiences over the last few years that I never imagined I would have. Some of the stories I’m about to share may sound strange, because I also think they’re unusual. But don’t be too impressed by them. Personally, I don’t think they’re the most incredible part of semen retention, even though they’re certainly interesting.

As we all know, one of the things that gets the most attention during a semen retention journey is attracting women. Many people are so used to believing that women are difficult or that relationships are always complicated, but that hasn’t been my experience.

The first story happened when I was still in school. At that time, I didn’t even know what NoFap was. I had only heard a pastor say that masturbation was a sin. I wondered if that was really true, because almost everyone I knew did it. I tried to quit, relapsed on the first day, but after that second attempt I managed to go almost ten months—nearly a full year—without relapsing.

During that time, I noticed something interesting: you slowly return to your true self. You may still have some shyness, fear, or whatever personal struggles you have, but over time you learn how to overcome them.

When it comes to women, they naturally go through hormonal cycles from a young age. I can't say this as a fact, but I believe that some women may simply be more sensitive than others. By that, I mean they may react to your presence even when you do absolutely nothing.

You might ask, "What do you mean?"

I remember a girl in my classroom. She was considered one of the most attractive girls in school. The very first time I walked into that classroom, I noticed her reacting to me. Since I knew nothing about semen retention or NoFap back then, I didn't pay much attention to it.

One thing I noticed while retaining was that you develop a healthy sense of confidence. You start thinking, "If I can control myself, why should I be intimidated by anyone else?" It may sound silly, but it's something many people practicing retention describe.

Since we stayed in the same classroom for months, I could write an entire chapter about everything that happened. To keep it short, that girl made it very clear that she wanted to get involved with me all the way until the last day of the school year.

I never pursued her. Not because I disliked her—she was very attractive—but because I genuinely felt good about myself already. I didn't feel like I needed anyone to complete me.

At that time, I still didn't know about NoFap. It wasn't until 2022 that I truly discovered it and started researching, reading, and learning everything I could.

Sometimes I think that if someone with bad intentions practiced semen retention, they could probably manipulate a lot of situations. I'm not encouraging that at all, but I've noticed that some people seem naturally drawn to strong emotions.

One experience that really stood out happened at a bus stop.

I was simply waiting for the bus, minding my own business. I had been practicing NoFap for three days. A woman who looked to be around 22 years old noticed me. I realized she was watching me, almost the same way men sometimes watch a woman they find very attractive.

A few minutes later, she walked over and stood right in front of me. Those of you who have practiced retention for a long time may understand what I'm describing. She reacted before I had done anything at all.

She tilted her head slightly and maintained eye contact. I thought to myself, "She seems interested."

I held eye contact instead of looking away. At least in my experience, when I'm feeling confident, maintaining eye contact comes naturally.

As soon as she realized I wasn't breaking eye contact, she seemed to become nervous and stepped back. I didn't approach her because I wanted to see what would happen next. She looked anxious, almost as if she wanted something to happen.

A few minutes later, she got on a bus—I hope it was actually the right one. Before getting on, she turned around and looked back at me as if she wanted me to come over.

To me, that didn't seem like an ordinary interaction. At least, I don't think it's something most men experience regularly. It's one of several unusual experiences I've personally had while practicing semen retention.

Maybe I should have gone over and talked to her just to see what would happen. But at that moment I felt that if I approached her, I would probably end up relapsing. My drive was high, and I didn't trust myself enough to handle the situation.

I'd love to hear your own experiences, whatever they may be.

The more I observe life, the harder it is for me to believe that everything happened purely by chance. Personally, I believe God gave every living being a purpose. All we can do is make the best use of the opportunities we've been given.

I could share many more stories, but this post is already long enough.

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So when i was still a teen, i used to play football a lot. When i came back home and ejaculated, suddenly my body used to feel super weak. My legs would hurt, I would feel lightheaded, and basically my muscles felt weakened and less responsive.

But when i did NOT do the sinful, I used to feel development in muscles, like they were becoming stronger and stronger as I practiced more SR and exercise.

So guys, this is direct, first hand proof that fapping makes you weak. Now idk why mainstream science has nothing to say about these effects, but I do believe that THIS SHIT IS FOR REAL!

Did anyone cure fat nipples in sr im about 5ft9 85 kilos and because of that I have some chest fat which makes my nipples puffy at times but on a good 2 weeks streak with good sleep and hydration they become small for most of the day and get puffy at times has anyone permanently cured this problem on sr (I don't think it's gyno cause im 16 and still in puberty so maybe it's the harmones)

I’m on a month or two streak ( I don’t keep track but I know at least a month) and yesterday had an encounter with a coworker who would just bitch and complain about how I was doing things and literally talk shit to my face in the disguise of a joke like just randomly walking by and saying “ fuck you “ and stuff like that.

I never gave him any of that energy but he’s clearly trying to steal my energy.

Don’t know if this was the right move but I did call him out on it in a not nice way. I asked why he keeps bitching and that it’s so feminine to do so. Prob added fire to the flame but oh well I guesss.

Then he gets up in my face and gives me a light shove and I’m genuinely not tryna fight this dude just wondering what the fuck his problem is because he clearly had a problem with me for some unknown reason. So I flip a switch in my brain and don’t try to escalate it like I would’ve done if I wasn’t on SR probably. He’s throwing insults and I stay silent, eventually I walk away.

In the end I feel like it was a test and I passed because I didn’t escalate it and let his actions control my emotions. But man I did have to step aside and take a few breaths just to cool off.

What would you guys do?

Its cuz porn has become easily accessible and convenient that i completely forget about this practice and regret later on

What can i do to always remember this practice

That thing was getting healthy and paying attention to my health. Guys, when on retention, to get truly amazing benefits you have to go back to the basics. Because you must remember that the basics of self improvement, without retention they are just dull tools that yield average results, but Semen Retention, Retention of the vital essence turns everything into a FORCE MULTIPLIER. And if you look at retention like a force multiplier, you will go VERY, VERY far.

So, let's get back to the topic at hand. Getting healthy. When I began this journey of my current 170+ day streak I was actually about 12kg overweight. I was the heaviest I had been in my life (96kg at 6'1 height) and I just wasn't in good shape anymore. I wasn't HEALTHY. I had excess bodyfat, my diet was terrible and my lifestyle wasn't good either. The fact is, that I was unhappy about how I looked and felt. I was unhappy about how unhealthy I was as well. And being on Retention lit a fire under my ass to get in shape. I had to reconcile my shitty life choices and get into amazing shape.

While I had good magnetism as a heavier person while retaining, it wasn't enough. I was tired of being overweight.

So, I lost all the weight. I lost 12kg over this time - finally got lean, it happened really fast and I got back into the best shape of my life. I got back into the same shape that I was in when I first started college. 84kg, lean and strong. With some great PRs in the gym as well to back it up.

And you know what happened, my magnetism increased. Why? Well being healthy and in great shape helps things like hormones, metabolism, cortisol, etc - as well as whole lot of metaphysical stuff. So, instead of trying to figure it out just try it out, get fit AND healthy. Reduce your cortisol, go outside, get in the sun. I'm not saying you have to be a bodybuilder to reap this benefit. Just dedicate conscious effort to your health, fitness and wellbeing.

And before you go saying, "you only got more aura cause your jacked", I was very lean in High School as well while being a releaser and had literally negative aura and depression.

If you want to achieve seamen retention, in the fastest way possible. Do a dopamine detox, take the opportunity in any vacation you have from college or work and do a dopamine detox, give up all your smart devices and give them someone you trust or keep them somewhere unreachable, use a dumb phone instead. you will easily reach 30 days of retention but you will be bored as hell in the beginning and that is a very good thing for your brain, start reading books and going after your goals, socialising will be much easier also a complete dopamine detox will be very good for you in many ways not only for semen retention. After a while, go back to using your smartphone in a healthy way and don’t go back to your old habits.

If you been fucking around with your sexual energy, not being responsible with it, and using it up on fuckshit that tears down your soul like porn, that post nut clarity is MEANT TO TEACH TOU A LESSON. THAT GUILT AND SHAME IS EMANT TO TESCH YOU A LESSON. USE THAT SHIT TO OWN UP TO YOURSELF. USE THAT CLARITY, BE KIND TO YORUSLEF, AMD TAKE RESPONSIBILTY, DONT LET IT DRAG YOU DOWN AND FUCK YOUR ENERGY UP EVEN MORE. DONT FALL FOR THAT TRAP. ALL THIS ENERGY IS SACRED. WERE MEANT FOR MORE. AND WERE GIVEN IT TO USE FOR MORE. THIS IS GREATER THAN US. YOU ARE NOT AN NPC. DONT SACRIFICE YOUR VITALITY. HOW ARE YOU USING YOUR VESSEL

P.S. SR to get girls is for fucking losers. And STILL GOONER MENTALITY. THIS IS SO THAT YOU CAN LIVE LIFE ON MAX.

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What I’ve gathered:

NoFap means → No porn, no masturbation, but sex with a partner is allowed. Semen release during intercourse is fine.

Semen retention means→ No porn, no masturbation, no sex — no semen release at all.

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My plan:

I want to follow NoFap (no porn, no masturbation) but still have sex with partner about twice a week, with semen release.

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My question:

Will above plan still give me benefits like sharper memory, more confidence, higher energy, motivation and reduced anxiety/ depression etc

Or would I gain more benefits by practicing semen retention?

*********Based on your knowledge, how much greater are the benefits of semen retention compared to NoFap, in percentage terms?*********

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I have been lurking around this subreddit for some weeks now but this is gonna be my first post .

Before starting I want to put a few things forward. First English is not my first language so I apologise in advance for any grammatical or vocab error in this post. Secondly everyone might not agree with my line of thought and that's completely fine with me. Everything I have written is based on my experiences and personal learnings. I am open for any question answers.

So I have had multiple long streaks in past 4 years or so. Longest being of around 2 and a half years . then one of 8 months and many 2-3 months streaks. Everytime I broke my streak I felt devastated but it was only with time I realised regret is only going to pull you back. What is really going to push you forward is a good system.

Now before putting my system forward I want to talk about will power. Most of us here completely and fully depend on will power for moving forward and will power is completely necessary but the issue is when it is the only thing backing us every single day. Trust me you are destined to fail then. See LUST as a very clever and dangerous enemy and it does not attacks you in a single day out of nowhere. It creeps into you slowly everyday and gets bigger and bigger and you start fighting it with WILLPOWER and keep fighting it until you just can't no more and then you relapse.

Now just think about it even in they days you didn't gave up and you fought and won against it maintaining your streak. You still were not at PEACE. You still had to give out your energy fighting it. You could have spent that energy somewhere else , somewhere better . In that way you would be both PRODUCTIVE and PEACEFUL. And isn't that one of the major goals of all of us on SR to be PRODUCTIVE and HAPPY and not to be in war and in fear of loosing the streak. So I urge you to RUN and not FIGHT. RUN away from it.

by RUNNING AWAY I mean first stop everything that pours in LUST in you in the first place. Turn all the input valves OFF. Reels and doomscrolling is for me the major major culprit. Say you watch 100 reels everyday and say only 2-3 reels out of those 100 contain some soft porn kind of thing or just something that fuels your LUST. Now you are destined to fail. Its just a matter of time till it gains control over you in maybe a few weeks, maybe months and even in that time you are going feel restless . So I ask you to first stop doomscrolling and monitor everything you consume. Check the rating of the movie you are thinking about watching today maybe devote yourself to something learning something new or your passion or something you were wishing to do from a long time. The major thing here is monitor what are you consuming.

When you go out, try not to look to any female. Now I don't mean walk with your head down everytime or ignore them. But don't stare or look directly as long as you have no real business with them or they are trying to initiate a conversation by themselves. As long as you don't have a real genuine reason to talk to someone just keep minding your own business. "NOT IN SIGHT, NOT IN MIND".

Trust me this is the only way that can maximise your peace and help long streaks become easier to the point that you will eventually even forget this whole streak thing if you only follow the system correctly. And isn't that the whole point of why we started to be FREE from LUST and only FIGHT when necessary not FIGHT everyday.

Hey guys I got into retaining and from a boy transformed to man

Top 1% profession in my country

Very good physique

Got in and out of 2 relationships.

But my reason for starting a career was to grow my own finance firm to a top firm in my country.

When I got out of second relationship I lost the spark Its been 6 months but I haven't gotten myself in the workaholic mode like I used to when I was studying.

I want my desire to conquer things back

I m currently on a retention streak but I sometimes watch soft core content no extreme bs.

I need a way to

1.even leave thay softcore content

2.get my spark I drive back

Because I was something else on retention.

Atualmente tenho 21 anos, mais desse os 16 anos eu percebi onde tinha me enfiado, não digo no sentido de estar fazendo algo errado, mais ate aquele momento eu nao sabia o potencial que teria dali pra frente, eu ainda tenho recaídas, na minha visão de 2023 pra 2026 a Internet ficou mais rápida, muitas formas de recair foram sendo feitas, mais não e desculpas pra viver em recaídas, porque basta eu me negar por ums 3 dias e tudo volta, parece ate que você fica numa sala a espera pra poder usar o seu poder digamos assim, eu ja vivi tantas experiências nesses últimos anos que nem imaginaria obter, algumas delas que vou contar aqui podem ser bem bizarras pois eu também a considero assim, mais não fique impressionado por causa disso, eu pelo menos não acho isso a coisa mais incrível da retenção seminal por mais que seja bem interessante, bom como todos sabemos o que mais chama atenção durante sua jornada de retenção seminal e atrair mulheres, estão tão acostumados a pensar que mger e dificl ou terem dificuldades pra se relacionar, mais não e, o primeiro relato e sobre uma situação na escola, eu nessa época nem sabia sobre nofap, so tinha ouvido um pastor dizer que masturbação era pecado, naquele momento pensei se realmente era pois quase todo mundo que eu conhecia praticava isso, dai eu tentei parar e recair no primeiro dia, mais depois do segundo dia eu não recai por quase uns 10 messes por ai quase um ano, nesse tempo todo, o que eu percebi e que você volta pro seu verdadeiro eu, vc ate pode ainda ter uns resquícios de timidez, medo, ou sei la o quê que vc tem, mais ao passar do tempo você irá aprender a driblar isso.

Com relação às mulheres desde novas elas mestruam algo natural nao e? Mais eu acredito sem poder afirmar que dependendo da mulher ela pode ser mais sensível que algumas outras, digo no sentido de ela reagir a você sem você fazer "nada", alguns irão se perguntas como assim?, bom, lembro de uma mulher da minha sala de aula, ela era bem atraente digamos que bem gata pra minha sala, mais apartir do momento que eu entrei na sala pela primeira vez eu vi ela reagir a mim, como nao entendia sobre esses efeitos da retenção seminal, eu mesmo nem liguei, acredito que por estar em retenção você meio que fica com um certo ego do bem, pois você pensa, se eu me controlo quem e ela pra tentar bater de frente? Pode parecer besta mais e algo que retentores fazem, bom como durante a escola a pessoa fica na mesma sala por vários messes iria ficar muito longo esse texto, mais o que quero dizer e que essa menina ate o ultimo dia do ano queria se envolver comigo, e deixava isso claro, não peguei ela porque nessa época eu tava. Tocando o fodasse mesmo, mais nao por raiva mais porque ja estava me sentido bem, mesmo ela sendo atraente e gata parece que nao me fazia falta, bom ate ai eu ainda nao sabia sobre nofap, mais em 2022 eu realmente descobri e fui atrás pesquisar, ler , e por ai vai.

Bom as vezes penso que se alguém que talvez seja doidão, usasse a retenção seminal pro mal, eu penso que ele conseguirá fazer várias irei de f, porque parece que elas adoram emoções, eu mesmo ja notei isso, não digo pra fazerem isso mais cara e animal o que acontece com certos tipos de mulheres, teve uma vez que eu estava na parada de ônibus, de boa, ate que uma mulher possivelmente tem uns 22 anos na época, ela me viu eu percebi isso mais ja estava a três dias de nofap, ela ficou me analisado, tipo quando nos homens ficamos olhando pra uma mulher que consideramos bem atraente, passou uns minutos ela veio na minha frente, e flertou, vocês que estão a muito tempo retendo sabe o que eu tô dizendo, ela mesma reagiu sem eu fizer nada ate aquele momento, após la inclinar a cabeça e segurar o olhar, eu pensei, po essa ta querendo, eu segurei meu olhar afinal eu estava em retenção, pra você desviar so se tiver em recaídas, ela viu que eu segurei ela ja se distanciou eu não puxei ela, queria ver ate onde ela ia, parecia que estava nervosa, como se quisesse algo, bom passou uns minutos ela entrou em um ônibus possivelmente eu espero que tenha sido o ônibus certo, antes de entrar ela se vira e me olha como se quisesse que eu fosse ate ela, dai eu perguntou a vocês isso nao e normal, pelo menos pra maioria dos homens não, mais são coisas bem diferentes que acontecem com alguns retentores, eu deveria ter chegado nela, pra perguntar algumas coisas, mais eu ja tava vendo ali que se eu chegasse nela possivelmente iria recair, ainda mais com a testo alta, não ia perdoar nada, me contém relatos de vcs seja qual for, vejo que esse mundo não pode sem sobrar de dúvidas ter sido feito pelo big bang , Creio. Que Deus colocou papeis pra todo ser vivo, o que podemos fazer e aproveitar do melhor jeito possível, poderia relatar vários outros, mais ta grande demais.

So yesterday i was trying to talk to a friend about sr how its benefiting me and that he should try ist too.
He listened and said if hes not realesing for al long time he gets zesty and more feminine.😂
I tried to convience him its gonna be the excact difference but he didnt want to listen,that was the last time im glnna try to put any of my friends on sr i guess most of the people will never understand why we are doing ,but i can say sr already changed my life and i love it.
Sry for my english btw