u/Thiele1993

I’ve been trying semen retention for about 4 months now, but I keep getting stuck in a cycle and I’m looking for advice from people who’ve actually dealt with something similar.

My longest streak so far was around 20 days. Most of the time I end up relapsing around day 10–11 or sometimes earlier after about a week.

The main issue is that I still have sex with women regularly, and I find it really hard to avoid it. It feels a bit compulsive at times, like I can’t fully step away from it even when I intend to. Because of that, I end up breaking my streaks repeatedly.

What’s making it worse is the mental side of it. I tend to beat myself up heavily after a relapse and interpret it as a complete failure, which then affects my mood, confidence, and energy for days. It turns into a cycle where I feel drained and less focused, which then makes it harder to stay disciplined again.

At the same time, my goal is to reach much longer streaks (90+ days) to properly test the effects of extended abstinence on mental clarity, confidence, and energy. I also want to understand how to potentially integrate this goal while still having a healthy sexual relationship, because I do value sex as something meaningful, healthy, and even sacred in a connection with a woman. Right now I just struggle with the balance between those two things.

So I feel stuck in a confusing loop where:

I want to experience longer abstinence (30–60–90+ days) to see the effects properly

but I also engage in sex, which breaks my streaks

each break feels like a reset and a personal failure

which then impacts my energy, confidence, and motivation negatively

and reinforces the cycle again

I’m basically looking for people who’ve been through something similar. How did you break out of this cycle? Did you fully abstain for a period first to reset, or did you find a way to integrate sexuality without constantly feeling like you’re starting from zero?

Any practical experiences or approaches would be really appreciated.

Hey guys,

New to this sub.

My question is - has anyone worked with a Yoga Trapeze doing the Traction Jackson exercise and has that brought any benefits for you?

I specificaly adress people who doing that exercise on a daily Basis for at least 3-6 months, idealy longer.

I argue that this should have a lot of benefits like straightening the rip-cage, pushing fluids into the verterbra and decreasing inflammation.

Longterm it may even help to improvr the Cobb Angle

(Just positivity here)