Is longer streak always better?

That's why we all need to valuable simplicity, humility and calmness in longer streaks

 

It depends on what your goals are with semen retention. If you just want to feel good then masturbation does relieve stress and make you more chilled out.

But then if you are like me and you are doing semen retention to bang attractive women and give me the edge required to succeed in life then masturbation should be avoided unless you absolutely need a release and cannot take it.

IMO streaks don't really matter overall unless you are trying to attract women, and then it only matters to abstain for 2 weeks after 2 months of fapping the least amount of times possible to achieve maximum fertility.

 

If you have sex you aren’t SR unless you ejaculate.

 

My opinion is streaks and the number of days is irrelevant. You won't go 60 or 90 days without porn and masturbation and suddenly be cured of the addiction. I think it's a life long battle. You don't need to be thinking about it 24/7, because that is not healthy either, but one that you need to be aware of and identify your triggers and know how to handle them when you come across them in your daily life.

I also think you need to do whatever you think is best for you. The best I can tell there is no structure to a NoFap recovery like AA has their 12 steps. So if you think masturbating once in a while is good for you and helps keep you away from porn, then that might be the system that works best for you. For me personally, I have tried that and found it doesn't work for me. But that's me, it might work for you.

 

dont go for it.. its the brain tricking you to find excuses. The hand grip for your genitals is not good. Rather do a long streak of 90 days and if you are confident you have beaten PMO after tht then go find a woman. That is the only natural way. If you dont go natural way then you will find yourself falling in the abyss, day by day, where mind will keep tricking you its ok. Learn from us who are unable to stop themselves after decades of addiction. We all been through this stage where we think its ok to just masterbate now and then
think about it, this is such an addiction that almost in every house there is an addict. you wont find other evils in such abundance like this one. world is full of alcoholics but still porn addicts is outnumbering them with a big margin. if it was so easy for every other man to masterbate causally and not fall for PMO addiction, we wouldnt be suffering so much from this evil.

 

For me, I’ve established that my relationship to masturbation is addictive. It’s not healthy. As someone who is already in recovery for alcohol, the only route for me to go is abstinence. I could never have “just one drink”. I always overindulge. I always take it to excess. And I am powerless over that. Until I admitted I was powerless, I could not get better.

I am powerless over my relationship with my sex instincts as well. If I give them a foothold, they control my life. My life becomes all about sex, women, or porn and masturbation. There’s no “moderation” for me personally. I can only share my own experience, but I feel as though if you’ve established an addictive relationship with anything, even your right or left hand, abstinence is often the only road to recovery. That’s just my opinion, and it may very well not be worth shit.

I think you can avoid over confidence by taking the recovery process one day at a time. Acknowledging some form of “grace” in keeping you porn and masturbation free is always a valuable tool, as well as gratitude. It’s very difficult to go back to porn and masturbation when you are sincerely grateful for the benefits of abstaining from them. Peace.