Hey 'teens, as you might have deduced from the title, I've come here looking for anyone knowledgeable in either spheres of semen retention, PE, or even general esoteric knowledge to guide me to the right path. I've been practicing retention since late January of this year, have had some slipups, but the longest streak I've had lasted 140 days and I'm about to hit the two month mark of my current streak. I told myself I would no longer look at porn or any erotic imagery after my last failing, but since then I've been learning of PE and have practiced some techniques. I haven't practiced it long enough to conclude if it's effective, but I have noticed the increased blood flow in the area. My issue comes with wondering whether or not the principles of PE go against my retention, as while it is theoretically possible to regularly consume porn and even fap while retaining, I suspect that it may reduce the potency of the retention. I've been using erotic imagery to gain erections for whenever I need it for the penis exercises, but I do worry that this can devolve into lust that eventually culminates into wasting my seed.
<There is also the concern of what mechanics and functions are used by retention to give us the benefits of it. In particular, one theory I've heard is that due to the buildup of semen transforming into energy, if you trigger a lustful reaction then your body is signaled to produce sexual fluids. However, it's being wasted unless you're intending to impregnate a woman, so even if you don't release your seed, your body spent energy creating fluids it didn't need, then it will try to salvage that energy back after the fact, but for the same reason that we only obtain a fraction of the energy from eating another being in the food chain, our body only salvages a fraction of the energy back. The other philosophy I've heard of regarding the functions of retention is that the semen 'elevates' every month of successful retention on your astrological moon cycle, which seems to imply it doesn't matter how much lust you hold as long as the seed is held successfully. As intrigued as I am by astrology, I'm still on the fence of believing it since I have no clue what functions it would be asserted through, but this theory is interesting.
<The other concern I have is the psychological one; why do I practice PE? Why do I want a larger penis? Is it driven purely by lust (even though
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