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RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Ymiraku - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 05:26 AM)Nox Wrote:(03-18-2018, 05:12 AM)Ymiraku Wrote:(03-18-2018, 03:36 AM)Nox Wrote: How about instead of coming up with reasons that youre going to fail you come up with reasons why you're going to succeed? I am not pretending to know what reality is, our perception of reality is shaped by our beliefs. The fact that a large portion of the population believes that men should take the initiative and go after women has shaped society and dating into what it is today. 'Know your limits. Also know how to break them.' I am currently working on destroying my limiting beliefs, but sometimes it takes knowing what those beliefs really are and someone else to challenge them before you can let go of them. I thank you for your perspective ![]() RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Shawn - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 04:56 AM)DarkPlouf Wrote: That nofap stuff is highly personal. However, some people don't even want to try it before making up their minds. I too was thinking before that jerking off once in a while was okay. Until I tried nofap for more than 60days. Now I can't just go back at all and now I know how harmful it was for me. That was really self-destructive...The benefits outweigh by far the few minutes of delusional pleasure you would get by fapping. Just the fact that life became infinitely more pleasurable is priceless. I do more in less time and everything is fun. I have that stupid smile all the time and everything seems more and more enjoyable. I answered it here: https://subliminal-talk.com/Thread-Men-s-Journals-DMSI-3-2-Reaching-My-Goals-?pid=193130#pid193130 RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - lano1106 - 03-18-2018 (03-17-2018, 11:52 PM)Ymiraku Wrote:Shannon Wrote:As long as your beliefs conflict with the goals of DMSI, you will resist it. As long as you believe that you have to chase to get tail, you will be stuck believing you are displaying lower value while you are in fact classing yourself, at best, as being "Level 2" instead of Level 1. Just because a lot of guys can't naturally get attention without action is not to say that the top 1% of the top 1% can't. What you're trying to do is be that level 2 or whatever guy, who is successful within his level. What DMSI is trying to do is turn you into that Level 1 guy you refuse to believe exists. The way that I understand it is even if a celebrity isn't recognized, he will be treated as such simply by the non-verbal cues that you will communicate simply because of your self-image. If you deeply believe that you are the shit and you are expecting to be treated as such. People will accept that and comply. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Nox - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 05:34 AM)Ymiraku Wrote:(03-18-2018, 05:26 AM)Nox Wrote:(03-18-2018, 05:12 AM)Ymiraku Wrote:(03-18-2018, 03:36 AM)Nox Wrote: How about instead of coming up with reasons that youre going to fail you come up with reasons why you're going to succeed? I liked you before. I like you even more now. You can do this. ![]() RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Determined - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 05:27 AM)wolverine_i_am Wrote:(03-18-2018, 04:56 AM)DarkPlouf Wrote: That nofap stuff is highly personal. However, some people don't even want to try it before making up their minds. I too was thinking before that jerking off once in a while was okay. Until I tried nofap for more than 60days. Now I can't just go back at all and now I know how harmful it was for me. That was really self-destructive...The benefits outweigh by far the few minutes of delusional pleasure you would get by fapping. Just the fact that life became infinitely more pleasurable is priceless. I do more in less time and everything is fun. I have that stupid smile all the time and everything seems more and more enjoyable. I'm not picking on you Wolf so please don't feel that way, but so much of what you just said is wrong. Firstly, the original study was relating ejaculation and prostate cancer. Somehow, people spun that to include "masturbating" and the narrative was born. Secondly, I just did a bit of researching; the studies relating masturbation and prostate cancer actually indicate that men in their 20's and 30's who masturbate frequently actually increase their risk of early prostate cancer while men in their 50's decrease it. As an add on to the NoFap discussion, this would be much easier if people stopped demonising masturbation. If we're going to be honest here, we all played with ourselves because it feels good. Our initial instincts directed us to put our hands in our pants and have a fondle. Developmental psychologists have identified that it's normal for pre-pubescent boys to play with their private parts. So stop demonising masturbation because that's not the issue. The real issue is porn. If you're fapping and you're not horny, then you have a problem. Masturbation itself is a normal, healthy activity. Where it goes wrong is when people abuse it (just like anything else in this world). Even Casanova wrote a few pages in his biography extolling the virtues of masturbating. The real issue is self control. No one's forcing you to watch porn and masturbate. You're making a choice. Scientists and Doctors aren't openly advocating for everyone to engage in masturbation because it's healthy. That's just a cop out. If doing a NoFap and conserving semen helps you break that pattern, then more power to you. To summarise: Admitting that you (or anyone else) engaged in masturbation because it feels good and because we instinctually play with ourselves is a necessary first step. Demonising it because you look back and want to blame something instead of taking personal ownership is something else entirely. There's noting inherently wrong with masturbating. Where people go wrong is when they abuse porn, or willingly choose not to pursue women. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Ymiraku - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 06:17 AM)Determined Wrote: Secondly, I just did a bit of researching; the studies relating masturbation and prostate cancer actually indicate that men in their 20's and 30's who masturbate frequently actually increase their risk of early prostate cancer while men in their 50's decrease it.Well damn maybe I should go get my prostate checked lol. I looked into this Nofap trend, and while I do agree that it does have some merit it seems like people get very ego defensive about it. Honestly if you are fapping away 4+ times a day its obviously became an addiction. And addictions are never a good thing in my experience. Porn is an issue; it shows unnatural courtships or just entirely skips it and portrays women like they are just sex toys. Subtly but surely it will change the way you see women and interact with women. As it is now I am several days at a time without masturbating, and it feels way more natural. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Determined - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 06:32 AM)Ymiraku Wrote:(03-18-2018, 06:17 AM)Determined Wrote: Secondly, I just did a bit of researching; the studies relating masturbation and prostate cancer actually indicate that men in their 20's and 30's who masturbate frequently actually increase their risk of early prostate cancer while men in their 50's decrease it.Well damn maybe I should go get my prostate checked lol. I did a Nofap last year (because I was travelling) for 6 weeks. I know how good it feels and I know how empowering the energy is. If I'm being honest, the entire time I had the desire to play with myself which I'm sure these other nofap guys have had too. If they're fighting that desire then that should clue them in to what's really going on in their minds. On a more practical level, the body needs to cycle sperm. If it isn't being ejaculated, more than likely it's being released as nocturnal emissions. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - DarkPlouf - 03-18-2018 Porn make things worst but I believe masturbation by itself IS an issue. Or rather ejaculating. In the past I clearly remember I stopped porn for many, many months. But I was still masturbating. I never ever experienced the same effects that I have now, free of porn AND masturbation. Conclusion? It's not only about porn, but also spilling the beans. I don't want to go into rule 4 things but the amount of mental clarify I have now is totally insane. And just breathing emits so much heat. For someone working a lot with the mind it's a huge difference. I tested it. Ejaculating resets back the mental clarify to level 0, usually just on the second day. And ejaculating two days in a row is the worst thing to do really. We go from 0 to - 50. And scientifically speaking, I highly suspect that the reason I enjoy life more now is because my dopamine level is back to normal. Masturbation does mess up dopamine level. Not only porn. But anyway, all these studies and researches don't mean anything when it comes to personal experience. The day I'd rethink the credibility of nofap would be when I will stop getting benefits from it, or when the drawbacks would outweigh the benefits. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - wolverine_i_am - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 06:56 AM)DarkPlouf Wrote: Porn make things worst but I believe masturbation by itself IS an issue. Or rather ejaculating. In the past I clearly remember I stopped porn for many, many months. But I was still masturbating. I never ever experienced the same effects that I have now, free of porn AND masturbation. I can testify to the benefit of having mental clarity. My mind and intuition is super sharp. I can also tap into people's emotions and know what they are really feeling. I can sense people's energy, like I'm very sensitive to it. This is something I got 2 months in. It's hard to explain in words, but just one of those things you need to experience to understand. There is a reason why we have urges, it's because of our biological nature to reproduce. But this does not mean we have to use it for that reason. You can decide to keep all that energy in and let it turn you into a beast. I'm not saying masturbation is bad, but it just makes you more powerful when you don't do it. Personally I believe it does increase testosterone, even if so-called science experiments say it doesn't. What I feel when I do is more dominance and assertiveness. More energy and motivation. The list goes on. These are traits of people with higher testosterone. I go by what I feel, and I'll take it as my truth. Before no fap, I had much less of any of these things. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - sw72hw - 03-18-2018 Interesting discussion about porn and masturbation. It seems that more people think that masturbation affects sexual aura/energy negatively, and even perhaps testosterone level. It seems to me that there is a consensus that porn is bad. Here is a question. Let's say that a guy is having sex every single day, and every time he has sex, he ejaculates. Would his sexual aura and energy be negatively impacted from sex and ejaculation? If sex does not have negative influence on sexual energy and aura, then I wonder what separates sex and masturbation, based on an assumption that masturbation would impact sexual aura/energy negatively. If sex and ejaculation does impact sexual aura and energy level negatively, should we then try to not ejaculate while having sex? (In this case, would sex feel good?) RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Shawn - 03-18-2018 Sex is different than masturbation. Masturbation is indeed release so you loose some energy which has to be refilled. With sex it is more like some sort of energy exchange, at least you don't loose that much energy from my experience. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - wolverine_i_am - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 07:25 AM)sw72hw Wrote: Interesting discussion about porn and masturbation. It seems that more people think that masturbation affects sexual aura/energy negatively, and even perhaps testosterone level. It seems to me that there is a consensus that porn is bad. You still lose energy with sex (after all people still get knocked out from it), but not as much energy loss as masturbation. This is why a lotta athletes don't have sex before a huge match, especially boxers and mma fighters, so they have more energy and aggression on fight day. To answer your question, there is a type of tantric sex that intentionally avoids orgasm. The purpose is to retain energy. RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - lano1106 - 03-18-2018 (03-18-2018, 07:11 AM)wolverine_i_am Wrote:(03-18-2018, 06:56 AM)DarkPlouf Wrote: Porn make things worst but I believe masturbation by itself IS an issue. Or rather ejaculating. In the past I clearly remember I stopped porn for many, many months. But I was still masturbating. I never ever experienced the same effects that I have now, free of porn AND masturbation. I feel that this is going to be moderated down soon as it is kinda off-topic (but maybe not since DMSI specifically address this issue) I think that your belief about fap/nofap will greatly affect how you feel after ejaculating or abstaining. Sometime in my life, I did buy into the Taoist philosophy energy preservation thing by abstaining ejaculating. What I remember from that life period is that: 1. I was feeling exhausted after ejaculating and possibly losing mental clarity because of being tired 2. My semen volume did shrink to a ridiculous few drops because I had long period of abstinence (For me, splashing my partner with my load is something that I like very much...) Now, I make sure that I do ejaculate regularly (preferably from real sex but at least once a week by fapping if needed) and I feel much better and my semen volume did return to a more healthy quantity... The funny thing is I wonder how much our beliefs do influence how we feel after ejaculating.... RE: Shannon's Journal Discussion Volume 3 - Ymiraku - 03-18-2018 When I was in my early 20's I got into alot of self hypnosis and auto suggestion and made some sweeping changes as to how I view myself and the world. The way people treated me changed and my behaviour and internal feelings greatly changed. At one point I felt extremely masculine, almost aggressive. My walk was extremely confident and I radiated calmness and self confidence. I literally never got disrespected by anyone and if someone tried belittling me I would subdue them with eye contact alone. Not only that but when I was around women I just instinctively knew that they were noticing me and wanted to have sex with me. I was getting huge IOI's to the point where women would be licking their lips and twirling their hair when they spoke to me. At this time in my life yes i was masturbating once a day, some times I went a few days without it, some days I did it twice in the same day. And yet I felt extremely masculine and powerful. Now being a horny 21 year old with testosterone coming out of my ears if I had gone without masturbating for too long I would have felt like I was going to explode. What destroyed further progress and caused me to slowly relapse was drug abuse, apathy and addiction to pornography. I'm not saying that not masturbating is a bad thing, but ones own experiences are largely subjective and dependent on multiple variables. Addiction and excess is what you want to avoid. That is the problem. Not occasionally rubbing one out ![]() |