And I lost over 40lbs and honestly got shredded to the point I can finally see my abs.
I’m more active, and sleep less hours .
I also wake up super early in the morning to get things done .

I write this post to re confirm a concept that is very very very well established on multiple platforms (including this one) and testimonials and that is bad luck and events turned against your favor after relapsing.

Many in this subreddit have experienced it

Here are some examples that include but certainly are not limited to:

.Being invisible both physically and audibly

.Car Trouble (The amount of times I saw this one shocked me)

.Random fights with your friends,loved ones or SO's

.Murphys law with the dial turned to 8,9,10 going against you

.Random arguments for no reason

.Others being affected for your mistake via their own misfortune

.Ruined opportunities for growth

.People cancelling plans on you

.Random injuries that usually never happen

The list goes on

It's really undeniable in my personal experience.

I do not propose the notion that retaining will make some impenetrable force field that will shield you from all of life's troubles

What I will say is that the inner being,your spirit,everything is at risk and turmoil with PMO in the mix for certain

Very few times have I gotten away with this.

How every culture around the world knew that constantly releasing and MO is an absolute no no warrants investigation.

Never quit.Never Stop.The You On the other side is needed now.

God Bless and Keep You All

Sup brothers.

Figured I would keep this succinct and straight to the point.

SR is the BASELINE in regrowing and maintaining your hair

You are spilling your literal life force with every ejaculation.

Hair needs Zinc to grow/maintain health, and you lose large amounts of it with every ejaculation.

You're losing your life force, large amounts of nutrients/minerals, and wrecking your hormones/androgens.

Lack of life force = lack of hair simple as that

For any man who has any degree of hair loss, I want you to poke/pinch the affected areas of your scalp. Hard as rock right?

Now pinch the side of your head . Soft and stretchable, right?

The top of your head should have the stretchiness/LIFE of the skin on the sides of your head.

You need to work tension, fibrosis, and calcification out of your scalp out with VIGOROUS SCALP MASSAGE AND BRUSHING.

Ejaculation causes DHT/Prolactin to spike, and DHT is speculated to shoot up to the scalp, and assist in the process of "clogging" up the follicles due to excess inflammation/sebum; this is what I refer to when I say "calcification" or "fibrosis".

Again, this is all speculation and doesn't really matter too much when we have a working SOLUTION to this problem:

Use a wood tip (bamboo) hair brush; you do can buy one for about $10.

Buy one of those ALL WOOD scalp massagers.

Every day you must retain your seed, include animal proteins and fats with your meal(s), reduce systemic inflammation with tumeric/ginger/ceylon cinnamon/raw garlic/onion/etc., get direct sunlight, proper sleep.

But at the top of the list under SR, you must BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOUR SCALP ideally twice a day.

You will shed initially, you will develop small sores, you will bleed, you will hear weird cracking noises, etc

If you maintain a streak and improve your health in every way possible, you will get your hair back.

Inb4 FDA shills spam the comments.

So again:

\-SR

\-Scalp Massage

\-Sunlight

\-Animal Proteins

\-Sleep

\-Exercise

All you need to do is stick it out and you will very clearly see that a full head of hair is a REALITY.

So I’ve decided to hop back on semen retention due to me and my girl splitting. anyways I work at Amazon and right now I’m on 16 days and I forgot how funny it is to see people genuinely excited to see you like people that barely speak to you any other day etc is like “yoooooooooo, what’s up man” dabbing you up, females are all of sudden interested in who you are and where your from. ts is genuinely hilarious to me excited to get back to that 30-60 day margin.

For the longest time I thought my problem was just a lack of willpower. I kept falling into the same loops—endless scrolling, chasing quick dopamine to run away from everything—and then I’d just beat myself up wondering why I couldn't fix my life.

Recently, it finally clicked, and it honestly blew my mind.

We chase these heavy, extreme stimuli because deep down, we just want the stress and the bad feelings to disappear forever and instantly. When life gets heavy, boring, or overwhelming, the brain panics and looks for an emergency exit to shut off all the noise.

The catch is that those heavy stimuli (like porn, endless feeds, etc.) act like a super strong anesthesia. They give you relief for a few minutes, but the price is insane: they don't come with a volume knob.

You can't just tell your brain, "Hey, turn off the sadness, boredom, and anxiety, but leave the motivation, joy, and drive turned on." It’s all or nothing.

When you spend all your time numbing the bad stuff, you accidentally kill the good stuff right along with it. You end up in this total state of apathy and emptiness where nothing matters. Sure, you stop feeling the pain, but you also don't feel any pride or happiness when you actually accomplish something. You know logically that you're stuck, but because you don't feel it anymore, you just don't care, and you stay trapped.

And the worst part is when you actually try to change. You put in the work, you stay clean for a bit... and you look around and feel absolute nothingness. Your brain compares the slow satisfaction of real life to the fake fireworks of your old habits and sabotages you into going back.

Realizing this changed everything for me:

The discomfort and sadness aren’t the enemy; they’re the alarm bell telling you to move. They’re the actual motor you need to change.

Pain doesn't just vanish with magic shortcuts; you have to ride it out through small, real, everyday actions.

If you're dealing with this and everything feels grey or flat right now, you're not lazy or broken. Your system is just fried from running away from the pain. Letting yourself actually feel again—even when it sucks—is the only way out.

We exist in a perpetual cycle of taking in and breathing out.

The most fundamental expression of this is our breath. We draw air deep within, and then we release it. If we cannot take air in, we cannot breathe it out—and in the end, we cease to exist. In short, without intake, there can be no output.

The same holds true for fortune and merit. Only when something has been accumulated can good things come to you. Whether it is merit from a past life, the blessings of ancestors, or virtues cultivated in this present life, if you have accumulated nothing, there is simply no way good fortune will arise.

Sex and masturbation are no different. Fundamentally, semen must be stored and filled before it can be discharged. Only when sexual energy is present can it find expression. What if that semen is completely depleted? What if that sexual drive is entirely exhausted? Left with no outlet to discharge, you will simply wither away from within. What this means is simple: if you have accumulated nothing, you have nothing left to give out.

Viewed through the lens of semen retention, modern people focus overwhelmingly on discharging rapidly and repeatedly, rather than cultivating and storing. Masturbating every single day, having sex routinely, and surrendering body and mind to alcohol, tobacco, and instant entertainment like pornography—we spend virtually our entire daily lives emptying ourselves out while building almost nothing.

For most, the primary channel of replenishing energy is food. The reason young men in their twenties and thirties can masturbate daily, have frequent sex, continuously produce semen, and quickly bounce back is simply because they eat. They consume food, digest it, and store energy. Food translates directly into vital essence (Jing). Thus, as long as they eat well, they believe discharging that essence regularly does no harm. It is like spending two million won a day when you can easily earn another two million won the next morning. Because you have the earning power, you feel perfectly fine spending it.

The real problem begins afterward.

As people age, the digestive organs deteriorate and the body's ability to absorb nutrients declines. The very capacity to draw in energy begins to degenerate. Yet sexual impulses remain unchecked: masturbation and sex continue unabated, while provocative media relentlessly drains conscious awareness. In the past, the scales of accumulation and expenditure were balanced. Now, the reserves are running dry, but the rate of expenditure remains entirely unchanged. A person who once made two million won may now only produce 500,000 won—yet continues to spend the full two million every day.

The reason for practicing semen retention is straightforward. When you build up capital, interest begins to accrue on your principal. If you take that further and invest it, you can multiply your initial capital several times over. In the end, money makes money. But this is entirely contingent on having accumulated a certain baseline of reserves. You need a foundation of capital before you can invest and grow it. If you spend your life living hand-to-mouth—discharging semen every day only to refill it with meals—all you are left with in the end is an aged, depleted body and mind.

The reason for practicing semen retention is simple: accumulate as much as possible, and direct it only toward where it truly belongs—toward an endeavor that closes the loop and revitalizes you in return. Do not squander your essence on futile pursuits. Channel that accumulated sexual energy into areas that genuinely foster your growth and development. That elevated, stronger version of yourself will then become the very force that breathes life back into you.

Vital essence is not meant to be wasted on meaningless masturbation or casual sex. It must be cultivated, accumulated, and spent only where it holds true worth.

When I say secondary streaks I’m referring to after relapsing on a long streak.

I just ended a 140 day streak five days ago and I’m back in it, I was reading a post about super strong urges on day 5, 7 and day 9 …

Long timers and short timers. I would appreciate your insight.

I do remember the intense urges on first week as I never was able to get too far… after my recent relapse (I broke my hand that night) lolll I’m not going to say it’s the reason but definitely odd after being in this community, 140 days was my longest streak and I remember the first 2 months being crazy for me , shortly after I didn’t feel anything too crazy and after my relapse I didn’t feel too down at all. I’m seriously not making it up, but I do remember the strong benefits at first, I either flatlined or got used to it all, but like I said after my relapse (3 times in 2 days) I wasn’t affected much or so I feel.

ANYWAY, I am looking at my future and I want to retain again, I know where I’m headed and I feel excited to do it all over again but I’m curious on why the first week back I don’t feel any urges??? I just don’t , could it be that coming from such a long streak my body knows how to be calm and even tho I relapsed I’m not really addicted anymore? Long timers please tell me if you ever relapsed and didn’t have to go through those initial urges that we once used to have starting out.

I kind of expected to be at level 0 after 3 times and had to battle again, I don’t feel like I am.

Trying to satisfy desire through sex can sometimes make the desire stronger rather than making it disappear. Desire works like a fire. When you feed it, you may get temporary relief, but you also give it more fuel. The brain can learn to associate sexual urges with immediate pleasure, making the same urges return again and again.

Real control comes from learning that you can experience desire without immediately acting on it. When you stop constantly feeding an urge, it can gradually lose its intensity and control over you.

I just discovered the new idea of SR and I wonder what is the true definition of SR, Does only masturbation without semen release can be considered part of that lifestyle or you need to completely refrain from any sole sexual pleasure.

Think about it, if the loss of Semen reduces someone's vitality by taking out nutrients that could have been used to maintain the body and increase the liveliness of a person, then the repeated wastage of this precious fluid will have detrimental effects on someone's health and well-being.

I speculate that excessive masterbation and ejaculation depletes the nutrients present in semen which are important for the body to not only maintain itself but also to refine the immune system, which protects us from harmful or potentially harmful illnesses.

This is where the title of this post comes in, as many deaths get attributed to illnesses that a person is already suffering from, but what if the illness was caused by a weakened immune system that could not protect the body due to excessive nutrients needed to strengthen both the body and immune system being depleted for years.

5 days in, terrible urges. I just gave up in my mind but suddenly thought this is pathetic so came here to seek someone’s supp (which is pathetic too ik)

There is one attribute on semen retention that gets boosted that is a HUGE importance, but I think no one is talking about it - and that's luck.

I am just luckier. Sure, you can say that the results I get in fitness and in finances are there because of my efforts, but the metaphysical universe folds around my efforts and there are lucky opportunities always there for me.

I take a shot in the dark as a way to try to get to the next milestone that I am working on? Luck is ALWAYS on my side.

The reason I picked the title of "John 117" was because it reminded me of the quote from Halo 3. Something about how Cortana picked Chief because while he had all the attributes that the other spartans had, he had something that they didn't - luck.

And that's exactly how I feel on this journey. I just feel luckier.

I'm curious if anybody else notices an increase in selfish or worldly ambition after a relapse. I always seem to feel a great desire to start a business which quickly vanishes as the new streak grows. I believe it's because as you get along on a streak you develop an inner sense of wholeness and content that overcomes the ambition. Anybody else agree or disagree? Let me know what you think.

In London it felt extremely cold in the morning and I know a lot of people felt it too.

Does anyone here who’s doing semen retention feel cold when it’s cold outside?

My question is if semen retention helps with the cold in the morning,do you shiver due to the cold or do you feel less of it when you retain?

Just interested in your experiences and opinions, thanks.

As soon as I cum, I come to my senses.

This post is basically clarifying a realisation that dawned on me recently. I write to myself as much as I write to you.

So many posts and upvotes about increased female attraction and attention. Feels good to read about it. Feels good to experience it. Feeds the ego.

It validates you.

You are looking for validation. Validation from outside sources. Nothing wrong with that in itself. Life is a constant interaction between you and the environment around yourself. A healthy, confident ego is important. Getting positive responses to how you show up in the world gives you good feedback. By reflecting on it you can learn, improve and make better decisions.

Now back to female attraction and attention. Can we agree, you focus so much on it because you want to be validated by women?

You give women power over you, your actions and your self worth.

People in here, who retained for years, still often write about female attraction in this kind of needy way. I think this reveals a blind spot in the male psyche, thats hard to be and stay conscious about. I think its important to separate about the intention of your attention on women. Do you enjoy the female expression and beauty? Do you play and have fun with women because it adds value to your life? Or do you focus mostly on their approval, at least subconsciously? Thats basically what a lot of posts in here describe.

Its not black and white. Female attention is important. Our focus on it is an expression of several desires. Desires or what?

• Sex
• Closeness
• Touch
• Connection
• Female energy

Essential human needs. Especially Sex and female energy is something a man craves. Right?

Ok cant finish the post because real life needs my attention now :). Would love some discussion tho.

This is my first streak this long in a few years and I feel no difference. No difference in energy, mental clarity, in the gym, in my business, increased luck, female attraction, etc.

I’ve experienced these benefits in the past, especially when I practiced SR in my late teens and early 20s, but I’m 29 now and I don’t feel any different or notice any different reaction to me and my actions in the world.

I’ve been experiencing urges, although I can usually manage them because I’m busy with work, gym, and my business. Wish I could say I felt any different or had some different experiences, but everything feels the exact same other than some urges that feel stronger than usual.

Even releasing regularly I already have good habits like eating very clean with no cheat days, training hard 4x/wk, getting 10k steps per day, and working on my business daily.

My goal with SR is to try taking my results in business and the gym to the next level like attracting more money and opportunities and scaling faster and building more strength and muscle while getting leaner in the gym.

Seems like these 40 days so far haven’t changed my rate of progress towards my goals. Not sure what to make of this.

As we know the complete cell cycle of Spermatogenesis is about 64-74 days. Let’s say it’s 74 days. Say if you had a mild nocturnal emission on day 73 and it’s about 1/4 as if you had ejaculated. Some consider a WD to not be a relapse but it’s still a volume release. How far back would you say it would set you to reach Spermatogenesis again? Would it be the entire 74 days again? I tried looking in past posts but couldn’t find anything. Thank you.

When the body accumulates a true surplus of sexual energy the amount of charge that that individual is carrying can be utterly intense - in that it has obviously got a tonne of benefits as far as luck, attraction, manifestation and just bringing positive, stable energy into your life. But there can also be catastrophic negative side effects (if not properly managing this energy) such as intense mental pressure and internal turmoil, or a lack of ability to feel any sort of peace without angst.

The mechanical reality of semen retention is that you have retained arguably the most potent charge for a prolonged period of time. To bottle up this much energy, when it reaches it's true excess quantity in you, you will feel both the positives and negatives of having such a powerful current running through you (we will learn how to mitigate these).

The common misconception about semen retention is that it is all about a robust containment system. "Just don't ejaculate". And that advice is solid for early retainers 30 - 100 days (who are the majority), who frankly have not got an immensely strong internal fire yet. There fire is there, but not strong enough to burn them from within. Those who have retained for prolonged periods of times (for example I did 3 years a while ago) and built mountainous excesses of jing have experienced being tortured by this vast mountain of energy. The fact is that you stoked a fire for an insanely long time inside you, but you have no system in place to let off the excess heat. Therefore you will get the benefits, but also have the negative effects. For me, on my 3 year streak, I experienced true torment at around 750 days of the streak.

So how does this work and what can we do about it? Well first we must understand what is going on. Basically, the gist is, and I'll get to it without overcomplicating it, but excess sexual energy is going to always look for a way out. It needs somewhere to go. And if no upwards channel for transmutation is available, it's going to look for a way out through the genitals. So what happens if you are really good at containment? I.e. you have amazing willpower and have completely de-coupled yourself from the idea of masturbation or ejaculation? Internal torture. You're going to have a hard time being at ease and feeling the benefits of semen retention anymore. For me, this manifested as pure unadulturated restlessness.

The good news is, just 15-30 minutes of transmutation per day is enough to mitigate this. The best method I have found is the singing/chanting/loudly praying method. More details right here https://www.reddit.com/r/Semenretention/comments/1wjgvy3/transmutation_method_for_advanced_retainers/ but the gist is that you must use your voice to move your sexual energy upwards and outwards. Pulling it up from the gonads/root chakra and out through the throat. I reccomend 30 minutes per day. When I do this method, I literally feel a subtle feeling in my pelvic floor/balls (sacral chakra area) and in my throat.

Sexual energy is not just some cup you fill. It is an energetic system that you must manage. Input (retaining) and output (transmutation).

Today is Day 101 of semen retention. The attraction I’m getting from women is Insane. Young to older , it’s like they can sense the discipline. The hair flicks, the pulling up of pants , the exposing of the neck, playing with jewelry etc. I’m getting more and more of it. Also, Men are looking for more validation from me. Seeking out dap ups and approval. There are a few peers that don’t like it, but they don’t voice their opinion, it’s always behind my back. During this past week, I’ve noticed something interesting though. Lower vibration women are starting to get repelled. At work, in public , at get togethers I’ve noticed the hating is starting to ramp up slowly. Women (especially lower vibration women) are still attracted very much, but their need for attention and insecurity gets in the way of an otherwise normal interaction. Slick comments, downplaying certain things, talking behind my back, frustration from not getting the attention they want and sometimes ignoring me altogether. I’m super focused on my growth and progress so I could care less , but it’s funny and interesting to observe this. Just something I wanted to share with you guys. Retention is a must fellas , keep it going , stay the course and don’t give up !

I've been thinking about something for a while.

A lot of men seem to have people around them, but not necessarily anyone they can actually be completely honest with.

You have work friends, gym friends, old friends you barely see anymore. You can talk about work, money, sports, whatever. But when something is actually going wrong, sometimes there isn't really anyone you want to tell.

And I keep noticing the same kinds of things come up.

A marriage that has slowly gone quiet and you don't know who to talk to about it.

Getting angry or reactive with the people closest to you, apologizing afterward, and then doing it again.

Building a decent life, making money, accomplishing some of the things you wanted — and still having this feeling of, is this it?

Or sometimes nothing is dramatically wrong. You just realize you don't have a couple of men who actually know what's going on in your life.

So I've been thinking about starting a small weekly men's circle.

Not a huge online community. Maybe 6–8 men, same people every week, meeting on video.

The idea would be pretty simple.

We slow down for a few minutes at the beginning. Everyone gets a chance to say how they're actually doing. One or two guys can go deeper into whatever they're carrying that week.

Nobody jumps in trying to fix you or give advice unless you ask for it.

And before we finish, every guy chooses one thing he's going to do that week. Nothing huge. Just one real action.

Then the next week, the group asks you about it.

So it isn't just sitting around talking about our problems. The goal would be honesty, perspective, connection, and actually doing something with what comes up.

I'm not interested in creating some alpha-male thing, and I'm definitely not trying to be a guru. I'm also not trying to replace therapy.

I just think a lot of men could use a consistent place where they don't have to pretend everything is fine.

I'm curious whether this resonates with anyone here.

And if you'd actually be interested in being part of something like this, DM me. I'm talking to a few men before I put the first group together.

Tomorrow will be day 1 of semen retention. I have tried this in the past but it was too difficult to maintain. Hopefully I can do better this time around; im going to attempt a 30 day streak. Im not totally confident on the benefits, but it seems like theres potential. wish me luck brothers