hi guys, I'm writing as long as I have to vent... talking to my friends about masturbation I told them that I practice SR, they told me that it's absolutely wrong because to avoid prostate problems I should ejaculate at least every 2 days... the fact it's that my friends are also more "ahead" than me in some aspects of life (they have wives and children), but I'm still single and it's starting to weigh on me a lot. this made me think a bit about whether the SR route is right or useless....thanks for listening
Semen retention is one of those things that modern science keeps trying to discredit despite the fact it very clearly works for a lot of people. I can only speak for myself but if I ejaculate too much I feel tired and drained and it takes a while to return to feeling normal again. This happens even if I don't binge porn, I can just masturbate and it happens. I'd be interested to find out if it happens after sex too now that I think about it. You have to do what works for you. Your counter says you are on 500 days. Is that 500 days of abstinence? Even if not I have to assume you're in a better place when you do NoFap than when you don't. Otherwise you wouldn't be here.
Those who aren't practicing semen retention won't be able to realize their true self or rather their highest being. The longer you go on this journey, the need for masturbation becomes dimmer and dimmer. Also, when you don't masturbate, you have more energy at your disposal. You are comparing yourself to them based on superficial goals, not on goals that benefit your wellbeing. The amount of superficial goals that they have accomplished in their life holds no weight against the value of semen retention.
