Perry said:
Excellent post Vice. Very informative and interesting. I have a few questions for you since you seem to know more than most about this topic.
Does not masturbating increase your risk of getting prostrate cancer, and if so, how much does it increase you chances of getting it and how long can you safely go without masturbating?
Also, you'd think the "death grip syndrome" would be a lot more popular and well known. Since I'm sure a lot of guys who suffer from ED would be willing to give up that sensitivity if it means that they would last longer in bed.
I'm not very well informed on the subject of prostrate cancer, so I can't really comment on it. I believe that having an orgasm but not ejaculating can have a preventative effect.
JPlaya said:
I went 30 days without wanking and got nothing. Since college started, I've wanked like twice a week and I'm getting up there. I think wanking helps because you don't get random ass boners or boners near girls as much.
Personally, I think having a boner near a girl puts me in a sexual state. I think girls would be flattered; wouldn't you be if a girl whispered to you "You're making me so wet" and noticed her nipples were hard? But that's just me.
Colossus said:
Vice, I agree with you about the porn stuff. It definitely reinforces reward pathways that are not good...a lot like junk food.
But please show me a credible reference that proves the bolded statement. That is just ludicrous man, come on. Let's be scientific here.
Personally I think the masturbation thing is overblown. Jerking a few times a week is not psychologically detrimental and is arguably healthy for your prostate. However, it can definitely be over done. The thing is, you know when you're overdoing it. You feel tired, wimpy, listless. In my opinion, habitual porn is much more mentally unhealthy than casual wanking. The best thing for a guy to do is to stop reinforcing the porn-->masturbation pathway. Get that dopamine release from other activities.
Mantak Chia mentions that in one of his books, but you're right; we need to find a more credible source for that statement, because I'm also skeptical about it. And it says in his book that it's NEARLY a third, which means that mathematically it can be anywhere between 28%-33.32% of energy.
It's all about how you wish to use that energy; if you have no higher purpose to put that energy towards, than it'll go out through less worthy outlets (Napoleon Hill writes this in
Think And Grow Rich).
joverby said:
I agree completely with this and stand by my not wanking = more confidence etc. is a placebo effect.
Let's be honest. Who the hell is that person who made that book and how did they come to that conclusion? I would be very interested to know how they calculated your "daily energy." Also exactly how they calculated how much energy it takes to create sperm.
Guys riding bikes in marathon spend A LOT more energy than most people in their daily routine. How do they combat this and get more energy? By eating more food. Don't really buy that whole energy consumption thing.
Even if it IS a placebo effect, is it detrimental?
But would you agree that it DOES take a certain amount of energy to manufacture sperm, and that once sperm levels in your body were at a high enough level, that your body would redirect those nutrients and chemicals elsewhere?