I've stopped masturbating.

dont you have major case of blue balls?

 

Nah, I actually feel good. Its like the handful of times I've gotten major urges, I've done metta bhavana meditation. I cultivate or tune into a sense of universal love and kindness and maintain that awareness. Its really cleansing. If I don't have time for that, I just put all that energy into stuff I have to work on. Its a matter of shifting that tender feeling you get in your groin region when you're horny generally toward a higher part of the body, toward the naval or heart chakra. You can change your state of mind this way. The energy that flows through your body is all the same energy, so it can be transmuted into other forms.

The cold showers I've been taking too helps with that. It works wonders for hair and skin as well.

 

hmm. interesting.

also, why is cold showers better for skin and hair?

 

Cold showers are better ma hur look feirce

 

It shifts the blood away from the surface of the skin toward the internal organs and closes up the pores. It cuts down on pore blockages, so there's less acne and such. The cold water is also less damaging to the hair than hot water (less split ends). It tempers your body to be more resistant to cold, shrinks the morning wood, and the adrenaline rush is a great substitute for coffee.

 

Cold Showers Give All Of Your 4 Cheeks A Healthy Glow...:sunny:



Cheers Glen.

 

No glen that's a cum shower and thank you my skin is so nice today

 

like dayglo homey

 

ok im going to try this. i may explode.

 

i haven't gone that long - but i go on periods 1-2 weeks of not jerkin it

i agree, i feel more concentrated, sharper and more creative. i get more energy and i feel more apt to complete tasks in a timely manner

jerkin and weed smokin takes away my drive - but quittin jerkin improves greatly


i also get more motivation to actually go out and meet and speak to females in order to relieve non-jerkin

 

Yah, dude, I swear. Chicks subconsciously notice something in you during abstinence that isn't there otherwise.

 

ok i have lik two days down the drain

 

No little pony no !

 

"Down The Drain".??

Sounds Like A Bad Choice Of Words To Describe Abstinance....



Cheers Glen.

 

I'm just tingly all over

 

I'd love to reduce my frequency, but find wet dreams too messy and disgusting to give up self-pleasure entirely.

 

I think masturbation helps me deal with mental stress

 

I went cold turkey for 3 years [edit- 4 years after doing the math], and emotionally, it was the best time of my life. I totally understand what you're saying about being more productive and feeling better about yourself/more confidant. I think what's going on is that the sexual drive is finding other ways to manifest itself- sex is a powerful motivator, and if you're tunneling those emotions into other activities, it can do a good number on whatever those activities are.

Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your disposition), I got curious again a couple years back, given that I had completely forgotten how it felt. I'm on the waggon again, and while it feels great while I'm doing it, otherwise I'm an emotional wreck compared to how I was during my 3 golden years. To be honest, I was a grade-A student and top of my class, and when I started up again, my organisational skills just disappeared.

 

Oh yeah, and since it seems that I have the most insight on it here, I can fill you in on the long-term workings of this rare phenomenon of not doing it at all. It's regular nocturnal emissions all the way- for me, they usually weren't even accompanied by sexual dreams. The body needs to clean the pipes one way or another. It would be about once every 3 weeks.

And I certainly did not stink any more or less than normal. That must be a wive's tale.

 

Haha. Ironically, mastubation, being what I blame for my huge dip in school performance is what I did to get my mind off my anxiety over the very issue.

I'm just stating a funny fact; sure, I'll support anyone's decision to quit for as long as they can, but it's hard to reccomend it given how ridiculously hard it is. I'm not even sure anymore how I managed to stop- I've been trying lately and there haven't been any breakthroughs yet. Sheesh- the human mind is a labyrinthe, isn't it?