Thread: 365 days w/o Jerking Off: A self control challenge

Make a challange out of this? Start a new thread, with a date. For example project begin 1th september. Rules: No jerking and so on... Before the start date, people post if they are in on the challange, and post when they are out. What do you think?

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

So it's "The Contest" but without putting any money down? Interesting. Could be a hit. (Although it does rely entirely on the honor system, so be honorable people!)

Well. No money involed, cuz homeless people will just sign up and say they haven't done it in 365 days while doing it and browsing at the same time at the local coffeshop. The award haz to be something else. (Like blueballs, for those of you who've got'em)

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

So it's "The Contest" but without putting any money down? Interesting. Could be a hit. (Although it does rely entirely on the honor system, so be honorable people!)

And it's easier for women, psh. In general. Though you could split the genders.

Passed the one week already, i only had some problems yesterday, but i can manage from now on i guess

Onto one more week now, then i'll see

Today is day 4 for me. I'm really high and the fantasies are killing me. >w< I don't know how much longer I'm going to last lol.

Originally Posted by littlezoe

Passed the one week already, i only had some problems yesterday, but i can manage from now on i guess

Onto one more week now, then i'll see

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

Today is day 4 for me. I'm really high and the fantasies are killing me. >w< I don't know how much longer I'm going to last lol.

You two surprise me. C'mon Aly!! Are you both on menthol too?

Originally Posted by Wolfwood

You two surprise me. C'mon Aly!! Are you both on menthol too?

You're about half an hour too late. >w<;; The pressure was too much, man. All the weed I smoked today has brought back a significant portion of the feeling from last night's 2C-I trip. I can't say no to the psychedelic feeling, it's just too much. X)

I haven't taken menthol recently, though I might tonight.

I watched some videos today... i could barely stand doing nothing, but after all i survived xD

Ah well, lol. I gave in yesterday. I was up late until 4AM and i decided to have some fun...

But at least i got to 8 days... now i'll do it again

I did this once for about three weeks. Terrible experience. Good luck to you man. I didn't really gain anything from it, and I'm all about removing bodily mannerisms to see how it affects my mental state.

Day 14 - this is getting quite difficult.

Also day 14-ish. Without a problem. As long as dreamsex doesn't count, that is.

Originally Posted by Oros

Also day 14-ish. Without a problem. As long as dreamsex doesn't count, that is.

Was a conscious (lucid) decision?

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

Was a conscious (lucid) decision?

Well, It wasn't a lucid. But I was on the edge to being awake, so I tried to stay in the dream ^^

Originally Posted by Oros

Well, It wasn't a lucid. But I was on the edge to being awake, so I tried to stay in the dream ^^

Well... as long as it wasn't lucid, it's probably acceptable then.

Even if it was, and you fulfilled your want to have sex, your body would get any physical release, and you'd be in the same situation when you woke up.

Are you saying that release in a dream will occur in reality? My dreams are pretty much full of sex, and I've never woke up... well, with a mess.

I meant wouldn't* get any physical release, sorry.
But it can occur, actually.

^^ I was going to say, you've never heard of wet dream? But the thing is, if you're doing it for self-control (rather than chemical benefits) then whether or not you were lucid makes all the difference. Your body still uses the same chemicals to give you the feeling of orgasm whether you're awake or asleep.

Ya, but if I orgasm in my dream and then wake up... I could easily masturbate. Would that not indicate there was no change in prolactin levels? It'd be quite impossible for me to do it if there was a change.

Originally Posted by Wolfwood

Ya, but if I orgasm in my dream and then wake up... I could easily masturbate. Would that not indicate there was no change in prolactin levels? It'd be quite impossible for me to do it if there was a change.

You said you never wake up with a mess, though. Orgasming isn't as significant in making guys unable to go again as ejaculation is, in fact you can easily orgasm multiple times if you don't ejaculate (which is why it's so much more common for girls, obviously). However, I'm not entirely certain of the chemical differences there.

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

You said you never wake up with a mess, though. Orgasming isn't as significant in making guys unable to go again as ejaculation is, in fact you can easily orgasm multiple times if you don't ejaculate (which is why it's so much more common for girls, obviously). However, I'm not entirely certain of the chemical differences there.

Good point. I've never been able to orgasm without ejaculation, so keep associating them as one and the same. >.< Haha, except in dreams I manage it eh.

I'm pretty sure the release associate with an actual physical orgasm is the key here. Even if you orgasm in a dream state, you don't go through the same physiological changes if you were actually undergo a physical orgasm.

You could experience an orgasm in a dream and not undergo a physical orgasm in the waking world. This is true for males and females, I assume. Just because the girl doesn't need to ejaculate for the orgasm to take place doesn't mean it's happening in the waking world if she has one in the dream.

Just a random note: if your dream orgasms wake you up at all (whether you're ejaculating or not), you're probably going through a real orgasm for them. Part of the way orgasms work directly opposes REM sleep. If you stay asleep through them then it's anyone's guess. I'd say that if they don't change the stability of your dream at all then you probably didn't physically have one.