Tips for sticking tyrough it with SR

Hey, it's the most difficult age you're in to abstain from masturbation. I don't know whether I would have coped with more of 9 days when I was at your age, still 17? Those days I remember having rubbed one off up to three times a day! Nevertheless, I think, the more you get aroused without touching your penis and the more re-wiring takes place there will be the time to really distinguish between ejaculation and orgasm and that will be the key for a longer period of SR. I didn't cope with that challenge up to my fifth decade! So, try to stay patient, don't lose heart and the best vibes for you!

@Tatornator I too like SR and male chastity keeps my urges in check. I use a CB-6000S during the day and a hard jock cup at night. A properly-fitting cock cage like the CB-X will definitely prevent you from masturbating. Now I am also prone to "blue-balls" so I need to milk my prostate regularly. But I feel like I could extend SR well-beyond my previous "record" of 26 days! Good luck!

I am doing semen retention but sadly I don't have that much advice to give. For some reason abstaining from masturbation is incredibly easy for me, I don't know why. Maybe you could check out the noFap community, they probably have some good advice. I've heard things like exercise and cold showers works well when the urge gets too big. Makes sense because it forces you out of relaxation and into being uncomfortable which really tends to kill arousal.

@SOwithoutAneros Actually I'm 18 now, and you may be right about it being harder for me in particular, I still am sure I can do it. I want to do it, but at times forget why. I'd like to think I have a great over sense and control over my body and I have learned, for the most part, how to orgasm without ejaculation- I don't really enjoy it though. I enjoy practicing seeing how long I can masturbate without ejaculation, with constant stimulation, and I also something different. I've done research and have also seen videos of it, of people being able to 'will' themselves to ejaculate. It's essentially getting so aroused by mentally imagining the feeling of either some sort of stimulation or just orgasmic responses until you do climax entirely hands free. It requires an absurd amount of focus, patience, and arousal so that is another reason I want to retain. I've not yet able to achieve this, but I have gotten very close and I intend on SR to help. I just really like exploring all kinds of different things, searching for some sort of "hands free" is how I discovered Aneros after all.

@goldenboy I've kept up to your post and some of your blogs about male Chasity and I think I know enough to know its something not for me. Blue balls is something I have never experienced, so for a long time I doubted it's existence or perhaps that it only effects some people. I will sure keep you informed as I always valued your input on the forums and I'm sure you would like to hear about more SR experiences!

@throwawayacc That's very curious, I wonder why you can so easily practice SR? I don't believe I've seen other post about people very easily doing it, so maybe you have a very uncommon skill? Thanks for the direction to the noFap community, I had not heard of them until now, I will definitely check that out, thanks!

Right now I am on my 5th day, all of your guy's excellent input has really motivated me to try, lets see how far I can go, thanks!

@throwawayacc That's very curious, I wonder why you can so easily practice SR? I don't believe I've seen other post about people very easily doing it, so maybe you have a very uncommon skill? Thanks for the direction to the noFap community, I had not heard of them until now, I will definitely check that out, thanks!

I've had low libido for as long as I can remember (except maybe my early teens). Masturbation more than once a day has always been very uncommon for me, and when I did it was mostly out of boredom. I'd say 2-3 times a week was the typical frequency, with break lasting over a week not being uncommon. So this is probably the main reason. Another one is that I seem to have an insane ability to resist urges and break habits. For example, at one point I decided to eat healthier and I found it surprisingly easy to give up many of my favorite food for the rest of my life. It seems I am almost completely immune to becoming addicted. A fascinating and useful trait for sure!

But also there's the fact that semen retention makes such a huge difference in my life that I just need to remember the benefits it gives me to completely stop any urge to masturbate. Finally, the fact that I am now starting to learn how to have non-ejaculatory orgasms means that soon enough (hopefully) I am at the point where I can have equal or more sexual pleasure without the ill effects of ejaculation. Yesterday I had an anal orgasm (after over a month without any real orgasm) at about 70-80% of the intensity of what my ejaculatory orgasms usually feels like. And it's all thanks to the people at this forum. I can't thank you all enough!

@Tatornator, I can only encourage and support you to try SR again and again, cause it's really really worth it, that's for sure. But again, your answer reveals, your aim still is focused on ejaculation.

All I can suggest is to take a step backward, a step away from ejaculation, only for a while. If you follow the link to my blog in my last post you can get an idea what is waiting for you besides ejaculation.

I would like to initiate this handsfree ejaculation you mentioned, too. But for now I put it in the rear, because hours of ecstasy with Aless are much more fulfilling for me than even an ejaculation of perhaps half a minute ever could be.

Stick to what you want, everything is okay, but perhaps your focus on ejaculation for now may be your biggest hurdle to make it up to how many days of SR you ever want.
After my 40 days I'm not counting anymore, but as I mentioned before, ejaculation doesn't come first any longer. I even don't know right away when it has happened the last time.

Btw, @shockedwaves recently posted how he coped with his challenge on 5th attempt. Though he even had to accept some regresses comparing his attempts, all in all it remained an upward tendency and finally he, too, reached day 21. What I want to say, take it step by step. If you made it up to day 9, day 10 is possible! If you set your goal too high you may miss it.

Keep us posted and let us read about your further journey! Crossing fingers, I wish you all the best!

Now that I think of it, I do have a simple technique that I use when I'm bothered by erection. Doing a weak reverse kegel, like if you would be peeing lightly, seems to make the hardness slowly decrease instead of increase. This reduces the urge for me to touch my penis. It also generates some nice sensations. Is anyone else here doing something similar?