Thread: Harnessing sexual energy for LDing?

Originally Posted by TheGritz

To be honest there just isn't a whole lot of reliable scientific evidence to support that not masturbating or having sex will improve one's focus or ability to learn. It's seen as a pseudo-science by a lot of sources, and any noticed improvements are thought to just be the placebo effect.

Ah, thank you for bringing that up- There isn't a whole lot. But there is a bit. I think you would be able to find more if it wasn't a taboo topic. Most of the increased focus from abstinence has to do with using artificial stimuli for sexual release, and/or your mind becoming accustomed to the dopamine-producing effects of sexual release. With so many dopamine "hits" from masturbation or orgasm, many develop a tolerance. Cutting out the "hits" like any drug frequently can force sexual energy into other areas (for example: REM sleep & nocturnal emissions)


The psuedo science you reference are in fact collections of experimenters (albiet informal) who have taken the who very frequently go in thinking "There's no way this can work" and yet still notice effects.

The main original pioneer of this, the TED talk fellow (Gary Wilson in Glasgow) himself explains that this is not peer reviewed science, but that there are strong indicators that forgoing release (specifically using artificial stimuli) can be quite effective for focus in daily life (and for our purposes, lucid dreams)

Either way, whatever your position, the sexual energy you won't release in waking life tends to make an appearence in dreams. If you start to identify these sexual dreams as dream signs, you can in fact become lucid much more easily.

I for one, sleep much more "shallowly" since refraining 1 month ago. I've not changed any other variable in my life. I wake more frequently but I recall a fragment during nearly each awakening. Lucid dreaming hasn't been the focus, but I imagine these quick awakenings set me up for opportunities for a quick WILD