Thread: masturbating and lucid dreaming?

i havent jerked it the last couple nights to see if it would affect me, my recall was terrible but when i stopped i remembered 2 dreams two nights ago and remembered 3 last night. maybe i can get lucid tonight

we're all guys here in this thread - so consider that it takes energy to produce semen, some of that is lost during ejaculation, hormones change, sexual tension/semen buildup changes...

i think it's pretty erratic. you can not fap for days and get lucid or not, and you can fap a marathon and get lucid or not. maybe you'll notice trends, but unfortunately i don't think anyone has put together any kind of coherent evidence of what leads to what.

that being said, i thought this was a really interesting idea:

Originally Posted by Bobblehat

IIRC the penis erects during REM sleep. I often wonder if inhibiting that in some way could be beneficial - like an EILD but instead of using flashing lights you rely on inhibiting the erection in some way. It could be something as simple as tying something to the penis - like tape or string- so that it wakes you up when you hit REM. Eventually you would become accustomed to the sensation and sleep through it. At some point in the journey - from waking up instantly through to being able to sleep through it - you may wake just enough to make lucid dreams more likely. I know that some research has been done in this area but I couldn't find anything online.

but i have a feeling you'd get an erection with the string still on and end up with vascular damage or something.

OMG! I was just joking about me becoming lucid but i actually did! i woke up for a quick WBTB but i sat up for a couple minutes went to bed, i remember one dream and then i became concious like i woke up for a second while the dream was transitioning and i had a lucid dream.

I don't know if it has an effect, I don't masturbate very often anyways.

Your caterpillar would beg to differ.

Originally Posted by jmanjohn

Your caterpillar would beg to differ.

ha

I don't think that it will affect dream recall at all, but it will affect the contents of the dream (if you don't do it for a while, you'll want it more subconsciously meaning your dreams will be more sexual, wait a bit longer and you'll have middle school era wet dreams xD)

I actually find it very easy to fall asleep after I am done. On numerous occasions I would lean back in my chair after doing it, and fell asleep. But be careful not to get caught I almost did with the movie still going and my junk hanging out of my pants haha.

this thread made me laugh alot xD

keep the good work guys ahahhaha

Very interesting discussion! I masturbate once every evening no matter what, but my dream recall continues to improve (I'm just starting out, working on recall, haven't been lucid yet). But once I start getting lucid I'll probably take the suggestion of holding off a couple days in order to have more sexual dreams.

more sexual dreams sounds pretty good for me right now... i haven't masturbated in a few days.

Once, I held off for a few weeks just to see if it would effect my dreams. I did start having more sex dreams.

A couple of days ago I masturbated before bed, and dreamed that I did...except it was the wrong hole, and took place in the bathroom, and my cat was in the dream... *blink*

well shit, I was suppose to not bust a nut for a couple of nights, but when i get determined to do it. I get a sex text from a girl haha, what luck :/

Originally Posted by Keitorin

Once, I held off for a few weeks just to see if it would effect my dreams. I did start having more sex dreams.

A couple of days ago I masturbated before bed, and dreamed that I did...except it was the wrong hole, and took place in the bathroom, and my cat was in the dream... *blink*

WTF?? Haha...

Tantric traditions say that dream energy and sex energy are the same....

For me, no jerking = better dream recall and vividness.

I wank every day. I find that doing so makes for fewer awkward, uncomfortable erections at inappropriate times. Also, I've found that it makes "morning wood" shorter in duration. I'm new to working on dream recall (started a dream journal a week and a half ago, am now at recalling 2 dreams a night and have had 1 lucid dream since starting) and have been wanking either very near going to sleep, right before going to sleep, or in the afternoon.
The strategy I've refined goes something like this: I sleep, have a dream, wake up, scribble down some key words to prompt memories later, and go back to sleep. The next night before bed, I wank and clean up, read the key words I scribbled down from the previous night, write down the dream(s) that inspired them to the best of my memory, and go to sleep. Done this way, I find that the intention to remember dreams is extremely fresh in my mind and has brought me more lucid dreams than days of mindfulness and reality checks.

I don't do it with any regularity, just when I feel like it (between 1-3 times a week). I haven't really noticed any glaring differences with either dream recall or the vividness of my dreams. My recall is great, so there aren't any complaints anyway.

Adventurer, I've only managed to pull that off twice (slightly punny?) though once I've had... female assistance...

...You had female assistance in helping you not masturbate?

Sounds like an awkward situation...

Originally Posted by Keitorin

Once, I held off for a few weeks just to see if it would effect my dreams. I did start having more sex dreams.

A couple of days ago I masturbated before bed, and dreamed that I did...except it was the wrong hole, and took place in the bathroom, and my cat was in the dream... *blink*

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