Edged for over 5 hours - stomach aching (thankfully didn't O)

Hi Zen,
I can relate. My first thought is forgive yourself so that you can move on.
Secondly, I have the same thing. Sleepyness, drowsyness, makes me pmo more easily. It's not the reason you pmo'd, but it helped the proces of going into that route.

Good luck in your next try.

 

My thought is that according to the YBOP science a 5-hour edging session is a worse killer for your brain than 5 orgasms. You expose your brain to constant and long-lasting rush, significantly reinforcing neural changes.

What I always tell myself in the moments of temptation is that MULTIPLE EXPERIENCE SHOWS WANKING IS NOT THE SOLUTION.

 

I've been in a long edge session and it it not healthy- at all. I'm not saying you should finish if you find yourself edging, but that or stopping immediately is better than prolonging it.

 

Edging is worse than masturbating and cumming: http://yourbrainonporn.com/what-if-i-use-porn-without-orgasm

 

Sleepiness seems to effect libido indeed. Whenever I went to bed, I always have the urge to fantasize.
Getting a good sleep is probably a good idea :3

 

Yeah, edging is horrible. Orgasming with a relapse is much better for you for five reasons:
1)Orgasm lowers your dopamine levels, so they don't stay up for hours
2)You feel the shame and quilt and don't want to relapse again
3)You are satisfied for some time, so the urges don't hit you right away
4)It puts a stop to your masturbation, because edging takes forever, orgasm kills it
5)You have to clean up the mess and feel bad about it

I edged for couple of hours once without orgasm and I had the worst withdrawals ever for couple of days. I was shaking, I had the worst brainfog, I had headaches(which I almost never have), pretty hard depression and urges were crazy as hell. My brain just didn't work and I felt like I just woke up from a coma.

Think about it like this: when you drink alcohol for a day, you get a hangover. When you drink alcohol for a week, you get couple days of hangover. When you drink for a month, you get delirium tremens. It's not a perfect example, but I mean that the longer you're under the influence of a substance, which in this case is mainly dopamine and other brain chemicals, the harder the withdrawal is going to be.

The stomach aching is probably "blue balls". Look it up.

Be vigilant.

 

Thanks for the detailed answer