Thread: Masturbation?

Not sure if it's true or just one of those myths. If you dont masturbate though, you'll eventually dream your having sex, realise you must be dreaming and get lucid :p

When i say this i'm not trying to get your hopes down but being realistic i believe it can only help to a certain degree, masturbating could work like a placebo for you however i find that it only really relaxes you and makes you feel happy, i don't think it affects whether you have a lucid dream or not, you can try this and it may sucessfully work however i think it will not work due to the lack of ties it has to your conscious mind within a dream, all it can really do is make you relax, which helps but doesn't directly induce lucid dreams. Hope that helped a little

I read that masturbating or having sex decreases your ability to LD. I read it on this site I believe, check the research area.

Originally Posted by lucid_seeker

When i say this i'm not trying to get your hopes down but being realistic i believe it can only help to a certain degree, masturbating could work like a placebo for you however i find that it only really relaxes you and makes you feel happy, i don't think it affects whether you have a lucid dream or not, you can try this and it may sucessfully work however i think it will not work due to the lack of ties it has to your conscious mind within a dream, all it can really do is make you relax, which helps but doesn't directly induce lucid dreams. Hope that helped a little

Huh? I was asking if masturbation PREVENTS you from having a lucid dream.

Lol, my bad, well i think it maybe distracts your mind to a degree, but i can't be bothered making another explanation lol, sorry for misreading the post!

No worries lol i just didn't want to come off like as a sex addict. I know that sexual activity is a relatively large drain on your body energy, but I don't know if that affects your ability to LD or not. I guess the only way to know is to find out heh.

It probably makes you more tired, therefore puts you into a deeper sleep.
Try it at other times during the day.

LOL no way, But you may grow hair on the palms of your hands.

I don't think you need to worry about this Rainman. Like Swikity said, it makes you tired.....which is good.

masturbating is for homos

Originally Posted by Infraredkelp

masturbating is for homos

lol you're kidding right?

Originally Posted by Infraredkelp

masturbating is for homos

I'm straight, thank you. I think someone is uncomfortable with their own sexuality.

Originally Posted by Rainman

I'm straight, thank you. I think someone is uncomfortable with their own sexuality.

is that someone you?

No, you're the one accusing people of being "homos" for masturbating. That shows me that you're insecure. Either way, maybe you'll consider demonstrating some maturity and contribute something useful to the thread instead of pissing everyone off with some random controversial, unbacked statement that is completely unrelated. Idunno. Just a thought.

Play nice, guys.

Theoretically, it could affect your capability to LD. If you're very relaxed after masturbation, you may slip into a deeper sleep. As lucid dreaming usually requires a fairly light level of sleep, it might hinder your abilities slightly.

less masturbation means more sex dreams, more SILDs im my experience

you know what works for me?

paly with yourself at night and STOP SHORT of ejaculation. this gets you horny like f*(&@$(*&
it takes some willpower to be able to do but i have it down to an artform

if i do that 90% of the time i will have a sex LD that night, which is mroe fun than jacking off.

also good if you're going to go out to a club or a party and want to try to pull real girls (what? REAL girls? you mean those girls that aren't from your dreams and you have to work at a bit? damn.)


give infrared a break, he's 14 once he blossoms into a man he'll unerstand.
plus he's a unicyclist like me, we have balls of steel.
however... i first discovered jacking off when i was like, 5. i guess that's pretty young ha ha ha. for several years around high school time i did pretty much every day until i started getting laid.

Real girls are awesome, and can eliminate this problem, BUT (I have a GF and still, human nature rules some nights )

But to offer some insight to your question:


Ejaculation before bed can make you tired. This will put you into a deeper sleep, but shouldn't affect having your rem periods later at night. So this doesn't seem to pose a threat.

Not ejaculating for a decent amount of time can put pressure on the subconscious, meaning= theres a higher chance you will have a regular sexual dream, which can be cool in its own right, but can also offer you more chances to become lucid if you train yourself to LOOK for it.


Basically, no matter what anyone says here your probably going to keep doing what your doing, its natural and it shouldnt affect your LD'ing ability.

Originally Posted by Alprazolam

Real girls are awesome, and can eliminate this problem, BUT (I have a GF and still, human nature rules some nights )

But to offer some insight to your question:


Ejaculation before bed can make you tired. This will put you into a deeper sleep, but shouldn't affect having your rem periods later at night. So this doesn't seem to pose a threat.

Not ejaculating for a decent amount of time can put pressure on the subconscious, meaning= theres a higher chance you will have a regular sexual dream, which can be cool in its own right, but can also offer you more chances to become lucid if you train yourself to LOOK for it.


Basically, no matter what anyone says here your probably going to keep doing what your doing, its natural and it shouldnt affect your LD'ing ability.

Good point there. I agee with you.

I have found, that it decreases my recall, probably due to going into a deeper sleep, because of the hard "work". I really don't know, maybe it's just me :s?

Well it's never done me any favours to increase frequency of LDs.

Originally Posted by Truffles

I read that masturbating or having sex decreases your ability to LD. I read it on this site I believe, check the research area.

Yeah, there's an ongoing thread in research:

http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...ad.php?t=23254

I haven't checked it in a while so I don't know if they've got some conclusive results yet.

FINALLY THIS THREAD!!!!
ok man i have had the same question!
my girl tells me im a perv because i always talk about LDs and sex...
i was thinking that having a sexually active mind could be bad for LDs i mean everyone masturbates right? but what about people that have a lack of concentration sometimes because of SEX?? maybe this could be the anwer to dryspells and stuff..

Well it doesn't seem to affect my recall at all, but I still sometimes wonder if it effects LD ability. Taiji X's approach seems to be a good idea lol. Must be hard to control, but I can imagine the following dream must be great, and then you can use that as a dreamsign to know you're lucid. Hmm.