Did you ever feel skeptical about this?

Sure. Somewhere around month two or three I felt 'skeptical.' Being a skeptic goes right along with the analytic facet of my Myers-Briggs profile which is ESTJ. 2009 was an era when Aneros Super-Os were a common feature on X-Tube. The similarity of those vids led me to believe they might have been 'scripted.'

When I finally tamed my ESTJ nature and experienced sustained p-waves I began to understand that there is a pleasure path far different from orgasm that contains only an ejaculatory response. Finally, learning to relax, season my personality with a good dose of spirituality and stop 'climbing the hill' I was able to let go and just float. blessings... rook

total noob here, but I was entirely skeptical until I decided to watch some videos. That took a lot for me to do because of social stigma and what not. Even tho I haven't experienced too much of anything as of yet, (3 days with my helix) I know that what I've seen couldn't be fake. I couldn't fave it if I tried. Also, There are just too many people posting here about their experiences to be fake. For a while, I even considered the possibility that these were all just one person and lies told in order to sell the device. The writing style from person to person is completely unique, and although I don't have much to support it yet from my own experiences, I have no doubt that the words of B Mayfield and everyone else are true.

I am 19 years old and stoked to have learned of this as early in life as I did!

JRS7,

I am glad there are skeptics out there. The skeptics are the ones who challenge us to be forthright, honest and convincing in our discussions.

The truth is the majority of men in this world will never know the pleasures possible from prostate massage simply because they will never hear about it. The truth is, of those who have heard about it, the majority of them will not pursue it because of their unfounded fears (homophobia, hygiene, etc.). Of those that do try to learn about and have this special experience, most will succeed, in time, but some will struggle and seemingly flounder about.

I think you should always keep in mind the fact the successful Anerososian practitioner is more likely to express his joy openly than the struggling individual who is lamenting his lack of earth shaking prostate orgasms comparing himself to the hyperbolic testimonials offered here and elsewhere on the net.

Which leads me to your question - "Anywhere along the line did you ever feel skeptical about this?" Absolutely, from the beginning I thought these reports are too good to be true but what the heck, what have I got to lose to try out one of these devices? Yeah, these are not cheap toys but my intuition told me they were not gimmick toys either. It is possible that extensive reading about these devices and prostate massage in general has planted suggestions favoring a continuing successful Aneros practice for me but I think there is substance behind all the claims and testimonials as proven by my own experiences with these massagers.

I think plateaus are probably pretty common experiences, just as spurts to higher levels are also frequently reported. Why this occurs for no apparent reason is a mystery to me but I've come to accept the unique nature of the individual's journey with these devices as a non-linear, evolutionary voyage of discovery. I'm certain even Christopher Columbus had his moments of doubt when he was becalmed with a windless ocean all around him. Patience and perseverance will likely reward you in time as you try new strategies and techniques to put winds back in your sails.

Skepticism can deteriorate into pessimism or it can be buoyed by hope into optimism, the choice is yours which direction you wish to sail your ship.
Good Vibes to You !

]My own experience is that there have been periods when if I was not skeptical, I was certainly temporarily pessimistic. Usually, these pessimistic episodes occurred on a plateau, as you describe, when there seemed little or no progress, and the sensory experiences, although still pleasurable, became almost tedious.

What got me out of that, was usually a break from the aneros (perhaps no more than a week or two). After the break the experience felt fresher, and therefore more enjoyable. We are a species that enjoys sexual novelty, and a single minded, limited experience strategy, seems to jar against something fundamental within our nature. I think we rebel without knowing it. After these aneros breaks, new sensations often became evident to me. I think that because I make generally slow progress, these new experiences creep up on me unawares, and a break clarifies my perception of them. Additionally, my dry orgasms are not at all like a wet orgasm, and once I stopped looking for something similar to a wet orgasm, I was free to perceive what was actually there, rather than what I thought should be there.

I don't think I have ever been skeptical about the aneros and what it can achieve. There seems far too much weight of evidence for that, albeit anecdotal. In addition, other techniques for achieving male multiple orgasms exist, such as Taoist ideas (which I also use). I came upon my dry orgasms via this route first, and then recognized them in my aneros use immediately afterwards - I'd probably been having them for a year before I understood what they were, since there are all shades of dry orgasm, from the tiniest of mini-orgasms to the very intense ones that take your breathe away.
I always put any lack of progress down to me, rather than to the thought that the concept is wrong. This doesn't mean I blame my lack of skill, in some sort of self flagellatory way, but it does mean that I have to be realistic about what I am capable of at that particular moment, and not punish myself for apparent lack of progress. Patience is very much a virtue, but "ringing the changes", especially at the early stages, avoids the whole experience becoming stale.

Oh absolutely I have. Although much less so now than even six months or a year ago. But like Linum said, when I do hit a plateau, particularly when the plateau is mild to dud sessions, it's difficult not to question, at least a little bit whether this is all bull or not. Thankfully I've had a few brief glimpses of what the possibilities of these prostate massager's can do via a few short mini-O's, in addition to typically very pleasurable non-orgasmic sensations in my sessions, such that I know there is something to this. I just haven't quite made it over the top yet.

I did, and have been at this for 3 years and have yet to have a true "super O" but it keeps getting better....and better.....I think trying to make it happen is the biggest problem....in fact your frustration and skepticism right now is in a way counterproductive to you achieving what you want.

My best sessions are when I just lay down, have nothing to worry about and kinda just dont give a fuck. Your body will do some amazing things.

I guess I may as well chime in. I started a couple of years ago, or so. I practice daily. I called it my "orgasmic meditation" before I'd heard of Nicole Daedone. I pretty much always use a timer. I tell my wife I'm going to meditate.

I figure I've done this over a thousand times. The first two or three hundred times I was learning how my pubic floor works. Discovering sensations. And pretty much always looking for those indicators of success. Pre-cum, ejaculating, super-o, hardest ever erection. All that stuff. In a way, those ideas poison the process.

For me, the super-o is really a redefinition of orgasm. (This is aligned with the One Taste folks.) Orgasm starts as soon as the autonomic responses start. Ejaculation is just one of eight stages of orgasm. There's a lot of orgasmic territory to explore. Learning to really pay attention to very subtle sensations pays big rewards.

As for my "success indicators": 1 I have not achieved the hardest erections ever. I'm almost never hard when I meditate. 2. I ejaculate maybe once every two or three weeks. (bear in mind I'm 60). 3. It's only after two full years of practice that I can honestly say all of every session is orgasmic. Of course that's just the last couple of months, who knows what plateau or dip I may be headed for? 4. Almost no pre-cum. 5. I don't know and I don't care about super-o (ok, that's a lie occasionally I care and wonder was THAT a super-o? but I quickly put that away.)

Took me 11 months of exploring before I finally had a breakthrough Super-O experience SO INTENSE there is no possible way to exaggerate it. Anything I write would not even be doing it justice 🙂

I didn't read this forum or have high expectations - I just was curious about my prostate. Bought an Aneros, read the basic instruction card, put some lube on it and stuck it in when I got horny... and enjoyed the new sensations. I guess that's why I wasn't skeptical - because everything I felt was an unexpected "plus."

Keep on enjoying the ride, no telling where it may one day unexpectedly take you.

I've been at it for a year now. I bought the darned thing from another store for health reasons without seeing the Aneros web site. After the first session caused a near train wreck, I found these discussions. I didn't believe it. These testimonials had to be written by a bunch of shills. I've been the original owner of this body for nearly 60 years and never heard of such a thing. Prostates are only good for biopsies and cancer, right? But what if?

I stuck with it. It was nice, but so, so. Later I hit a long dry spell and began to wonder. Then, one session made a believer out of me and ran me to exhaustion. As Rasta says, "Anything I write would not even be doing it justice". I'm still trying to sort it out.

Believe it!
Xileh

I've never been completely sceptical about the aneros. I was experimenting with (what I'd now call) aneros-less sessions years before I knew about the aneros, so I knew coming in that there was more possible.

I was skeptical to one point, if I was able to learn how to achive a multiple orgasm than an ordinary prostate massage stimulation while masturbating. I do belive that every man can get these strong multiple orgasm. If some of us can then all can, the reason is that we are built the same way. What stops us is how we are formed mentaly by family, society and taboo marks. I actually have a good comparison.

Today we are raised by rules and how we shall think, behave and how to look at things.

1. Our anal. That is a filty tunnel. We are not suppose stuff thing up in our ass. If we do, we are filthy and it's not normal. There is alot of bacteria wich is true so dont play with it.

2. Do not talk about your anal, that is not what we should do, because the ass is filthy, and you show bad manner if you do.

3. Do not fart, it's discusting. That's why children thinks farting is so fun it's taboo, because we elder says, noooooooo dont do that, that is bad. Why asks the kid, bacuse farting comes from you anal, and it's full of germs, dont play with that, it's filthy.

4. A man should'nt play with his anal, then he is not a man, he is a woman.

I can go on with this list but I wont. We are raised to a taboo marked piece of body. So it's not strange that we have blocked our mind to realise that there are great pleasure hidden from us in that area.

When our kid tried to put her hand in her mouth it was real hard for her to achieve that in the beginning. When they are so small they dont know anything, dont know whats right or wrong. But they do feel when you tickle them etc, they devolop feelings as they grow. Nerves and muscles, everybody feels it, unless we dont have a physical damage or disease.

If I could somehow learn and tell our daughter while she was in my wifes belly that putting the hand to the mouth was taboo. That it would be one of the worst things to menssion and to let anybody know it. That it would be a disgrace even when nobody would see it. Im pretty sure that in her own mind she would'nt believe that she actually could put her hand in her mouth. Because I had learned and inprinted that in her mind. The same goes for this we are talking about.

Back to the sceptical part. It's our mind that is blocking us baecause of how we are raised by our parents, society etc. That actually is stopping us to think that there is any kind of plessure in our dirthole. And for a man to play with his ass, well then he is a freak. That is why it's more difficult for some than others to let go, but I belive that all can. It's a natural thing, it is we who makes it difficult.

I think when you feel those kickups, vibes small sensations starting to build that your
subconscious is starting to blocking you from to let you body and mind to just flow. Im not an expert but I know how easy it is persuade ourself how hard things are, but how hard it is persuade ourself how easy things can be done and happened by me.

/Malmo

I guess I am like @Malmo in my aversion to anal and prostate stimulation most of my life until this past June when I began my Aneros sessions with the Helix Syn. Last fall, I saw @redbeard2000's You-tube videos of his session(s) with his Progasm. In late December, I purchased the Progasm Classic along with the MGX and Helix models. But they sat unused a good six months unused until I overcame my fears of insertion of the various Aneros models.

Yes, there are issues and prerequisites of anal hygiene, and relaxation and (sexual) arousal that I had to overcome initially. But now they are second nature.

My skepticism comes into play when I haven't experienced a Super-O so far, but I still consider myself an Aneros newbie. But the Aneros grows on you. In my case, I have sexualized each model, and eagerly forward to each session. Every Aneros session, I find, is unique, and mostly every session is full of unbridled pleasure. I just let the Super-O and MMO's come in their proper time. I am here for the ride. 😀

Thom./BigGlansDC

Yep. Big huge skeptic butt here (of little importance, I wrote a bit about it in my first post I made here)
Mostly made the leap out of curiosity and because there was too many videos and written experiences to completely dismiss it.
My first session didn't lead super far, but it did give me and instant strong and fast heart beat and enough to convince me it could do /something/. Since then, I've have a couple sessions which were so near-orgasmic, or at least very pleasurable for a long period of time, that I'm not skeptical of the device at all any more, even if I don't know where exactly it will lead me, or if I will personal achieve exactly the same kind of response I have watched or read others get. I'm pretty happy with whats happened to me so far and quite enjoying the moments.

The question of, IS WHAT I AM FEELING WHAT OTHERS ARE DESCRIBING? Is definitely the hardest one and one I am also struggling with a little. I do have the impression though that, people have defeinitely felt things more intense then you or I have, but it is a very hard question to answer as it relies on individual experience and testimony.
It seems to me, that how effective the aneros is really is different between people, although most people swear everyone can make the same climb, just at a different pace. But some people just dont have the same luck with device as others.

One of the biggest sources of my skepticism was also the vague use of terminology and labels, which not a lot of people defined super well or consistently, (P-wave, Mini-O, Super-O, Dry-O, Anal-O, Prostate-O, its not immediately obvious which of these are the same thing, which ones are just a type of another, or how exactly they are different) although I have a pretty good sense of them now, it took a lot more reading then it should have. It just felt a little too wishy washy from an outsider view. I know a lot of people have said to not get so caught up in labels, but I do think that they have a place, and its hard to convince or convey information to others without them.

JRS7, sorry this one is long but I hope I can help...

When I very first started reading about this method of masturbation I was EXTREMELY skeptical of even the notion. I had every bad stigma implanted in my brain and was convinced this wouldn't have any possibility of being what I read it was like, especially with what it seemed to take to get there.

A little about me:
I just turned 40, last month. Right before, about 2 weeks I think, I bought my first aneros, the Helix trident. I was embarrassed that I was trying this out, if I'm being completely open about it. My girlfriend, who NOW knows I have it, didn't know until last weekend. I was afraid she'd look at me differently. It was even hard to conversationally approach for me. At the same time, I bought it because I felt my sex drive had decreased and I was looking for ways to naturally get my body going again. As I mentioned before, I'd read up on prostate massage and the benefits...stumble across this aneros forum and had read story after story of this crazy amazing multiple orgasm all while treating your body to some needed massage that help improve sexual function. So in my head win win!

My first experience was less than ideal. It was odd to me. I wasn't feeling it. I was annoyed that I even entertained the idea. Nothing wrong per se but my expectations were that I'd cram it in my ass and it'd feel good. Well, it wasn't that easy and I think I was trying so hard to just generate anything that I ruined my first time. I also may not have lubed it enough either... Inexperienced rookie mistake. I chased every part of the experience thinking, I'm smart and I can do anything if I apply logic to it.

Man was I wrong.

My second time, the next day in the hour and a half I had before my GF got home from work, was a whole new experience. I got a hold of Rumel's HypnAerosession and this was the first key for me. The audio is very relaxing and the voice guides you through a basic way to let your body do the work for you instead of you trying to make it work. It teaches you a technique to relax and open your mind. About 30-40 mins in, I was feeling some really nice pwaves. They were light but nice. I started realizing that the less I tried to do, the better things worked.

My third time is when all hell broke loose. I won't go into the full description as I typed it out in my testimonial but I had my first, at least I think, super-o. It was a combination of a prostate orgasm with a handsfree wet orgasm. It was so intense, I almost passed out right after it was done. I laid there in awe. I will never forget that moment. I'd never felt anything like it. The liquid that came out of my penis wasn't full on white cum. It was clear with small bits of white. After I'd realized what just happened I was like holy hell was that it!?! Was that the super-o!?!? I figured a good test would be to see if I could have a traditional orgasm again. I was able to put my girlfriend's vibrator on my penis and was able to come again afterward.

After that experience EVERYTHING changed and dramatically. I knew what I did and how I got there. Basically, I stopped trying to make it happen and just let it happen. Subsequent sessions have only gotten better from a stand point of I can get there quicker than before and start experiencing prostate orgasms in about 20 - 30 minutes. Now, flash forward about a month, it's even faster and I can intentionally have multiple prostate O's and when I'm spent I can change position or add pressure to other parts of my body and trigger massively intense super-o's that feel like complete body releases. I still have yet to have wave after wave of super-o because when they happen I'm spent afterwards.

Again, full disclosure, I didn't want to respond to this thread because I kinda feel guilty that I found my path while others who have spent far more time struggle. I do hope that my story gives inspiration though. It's worth it when you get there but you have to let your body take you there, not the other way around.

I now primarily practice the "do nothing" approach. It takes longer to get there but man is it worth the wait. I still haven't gotten comfortable enough to physically share the experience with my girl. She's aware of the details because I've told her the whole story. For now she's jealous of what I've described but looking forward to playing with me. I'm still a bit weird about it and working to get comfortable with cramming something in there for pleasure but for now, my solo sessions are great.

I wish the stigmas didn't exist. I think every guy should try it out. They really don't know what they're missing.

I wasn't skeptical about Aneros so much as I was skeptical about my ability to achieve results.
When I started I was trying to make something happen. I was disappointed when the session was a dud or no significant feelings occurred. I "gave up" at least twice in those early months. It wasn't until I began reading the forum and getting some great advice that I began to shift my focus on relaxation and observing what was happening. It wasn't long before I felt a "buzz" in my prostate and steady progress continued. I am now enjoying wonderful orgasms with and without Aneros. I'm so glad I didn't give up completely.

I was very frustrated at my horrible sex life with no solution in sight... I was doomed to "no more quality sex" for the rest of my life. Desperate for pleasure, on a whim with no research I purchased the most expensive anal toy in the adult sex shop (mainly to piss off my wife). I took it home popped it and manually worked it in and out vigorously (BAD, BAD, BAD idea - don't do that! No, of course I didn't read the directions, I'm a man! lol). Anway, I think I "bruised" my prostate and killed my ability to have an erection for about a week. At that point I deeply regretted the purchase and figured I was just an idiot out a fat wad of money.

After that, I read the directions (better late than never)... and the wiki, and recent forum posts - and realized I was doing it all wrong. I event decided to register as HereByAccident. I will admit everything I read sounded too good to be true, but also nothing I read or saw seemed like "hype" - it passed my B.S. detector enough to "give it a whirl". Also @rumel 's introductory message seemed honest and encouraging. Most everything biological went over my head at first... The concept of separating ejaculation frm orgasm seemed hard to grasp and intriguing.

I set aside any skepticism and expectations - what did I have to loose?

My journey has been a series of progress and plateaus and the occasional setback. I've only been on the journey for four months. All it took was one great night of 15-20 orgasms and I was not only a believer, but happy about the outlook on the rest of my life. For me, this is better than sex. It keeps me happy AND at home with my wife instead of "sniffing around the neightborhood" for other women. So for me a "crappy waste of money" became a god-send. So yeah, I went from full on regret, to moderate skeptic to full on believer.

First of congrats @ELS78 on your recent success and spectacular necro post (I kid). Its like a time machine in here ahahaaa. Really interesting seeing well established members old comments 🙂

Im still somewhat sceptical tbh. As it was with @OntheJourney, more to do with whether I have it in me, than questioning whether its possible at all. I enjoy my sessions enough to keep at it, but have got more pleasure from literally every other type of toy I own, despite having used aneros waaaay more. The 'quest', as it were, has led me to discover so many things about myself and ways to guide arousal. Even if I never get a hands free orgasm of any kind, I wont be too disappointed.

@HereByAccident I'm glad that sex toy shop didn't have an Njoy Eleven. Your wallet really would have been hurting.....among other things. As origin stories go that's pretty dope though :D. Glad things are going better for you now!!

I'm skeptical all the time.
Except yesterday when I was sitting in a huge meeting and suddenly out of nowhere it felt like the left side of my outer anal sphincter got a bit of a dull pain (not really a paid.. odd feeling) and then an itch (I've had penile orgasms where i rub clothing on my penis and just before orgasm had the same pain-itch combination just before an orgasm, there must be something linked to this then?) and then it felt like i needed to pee in a strange way and i had to sortof mentally try to contain the feelings and not let them grow.
I guess I am a bit less skeptical.