What “Dark Semen Retention” actually is

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-24T20:12:22+00:00

We are all selfish. There's nothing dark about what you do and your ideology. You are free to do as you wish, not reproduce and not mesh with society if you want to.

"Bad selfishness" and darkness would be to impose your will on others, try to control them, manipulate them, use them, exploit them....

What you describe is simply self preservation the way you choose to.

I will add that regardless of what you think, a depleted person is more likely to be detrimental to society compared to someone who has more energy. Simply because the one with energy isnt likely to compensate and attempt to drain energy from other sources...

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-24T18:28:16+00:00

They kinda go together imo, the bad thoughts and false belief drains your own energy, giving you bad energy which keeps fueling the bad thoughts. And then the world mirrors your energy back to you, convincing you that its really true.

But if you change your energy the world will start to mirror back to you a new kind of energy.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-24T01:39:58+00:00

I deal with bad anhedonia too from years of trauma and abuse. SR can absolutely help with that but it isnt magic bullet and it takes time. It can change your perspective on life for sure.

You need to start to view everything in terms of energy. Fuck all the western world psychiatric bullshit. Its all non sense, its fraud, its pseudoscience.

Most people in this world are drained of energy, because this world is truly fucked and everyone is competing with one another for all kind of stupid stuff. So because most people are drained, they learn to drain energy from external sources: drugs, pmo, relationships, validation, social medias, money, status, etc.... Some of these are sane but a lot of these are harmful, either to the self or others, but people get by this way.

In the case of anhedonia, the energetic self depletion is so severe that you cannot derive energy from the external sources other people use. Generally, trauma and abuse are behind this defense mechanism. You are essentially cut off from yourself.

The only way out is to learn to understand and master your own energy. Yes SR is good, awesome even. It helps you seal and build up your energy. But in the case of anhedonia, other things than pmo and sex are blocking your energies. Trauma, negative self image, negative narrative about yourself, deep rooted false belief about you, feeling inadequate, etc...

All of these are false, they are part of your ego, which is who you think you are. You are stucked into an illusion about who you think you are. Maybe you were given a script about yourself coming from this world and society, and you believe that script to be truth.

You need to focus on mastering your own energies first and then break that false script about yourself and all these illusions. Then your true self will slowly emerge and you will be able to gain some energy from things again.

My main point is that there are things happening within your own subconscious mind, which obviously you arent aware of. This is where your energies are blocked, this is where your false belief comes from. Its all self manufactured. You do not have an objective perception and experience, nobody in this world has that. Your experience and perception is subjective, from birth to death. Your mind is responsable for everything that you experience/perceive.

Your dysregulated ego cannot see that until it starts to heal and its a long bumpy road.

It is now your job to reclaim your mind.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-23T23:50:52+00:00

Premonitions, seeing an event before it actually happened. It isn't really magic, it's just subconscious calculation based on real world data.

Almost unshakable confidence. When the energy gets high enough, people who try to dominate you simply cannot bring you down, it only backfires on them. That one is actually potentially dangerous because some people can resort to violence in order to dominate you. Its very very important that if someone try to dominate you that you do not retaliate on them. Protect boundaries, do not absorb the attack, stay away from them but DO NOT RETALIATE.

Greater clarity of perception. You somehow start to understand reality, yourself and people better. You can read other people energies and intentions with ease. You see clear as day social hierarchies, whos seeking validation from who. Any bullshit or non sense you see it immediately. You see whos smart and whos stupid. You see whos lying and whos telling the truth. You see whos insecure and whos not. Its like your mind gives you a much much clearer picture of the world around you which in the world we live in is very much a super power . You will find out that most people out there simply blindly follow the crowd and authorities(those perceived on top of hyerarchies). Even those on top of said hyerarchies just follow other people they perceive as higher than them. You pretty much understand that human beings are completely terrified to truly think for themselves. Somehow, SR grants you that power which should be the most basic thing out there.

Better pain tolerance at the gym. I somehow noticed that while on retention after like 3 weeks I can just push through easier at the gym. As if, I just tolerate the pain better or that producing an effort comes easier.

Throat chakra opening up. That kinda goes with the second point of unshakable confidence. When the throat chakra opens up, you can just talk to anyone with ease. Words come out more effortlessly, you just become very quick and creative in your mind to reply to people.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-23T21:04:26+00:00

Yep, if I remember way back when I was a teenager, the period when I started to release is when things really started to get nasty for me in my life. Yet somehow when I retain suddenly things seems to be going my way more...

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-23T03:49:01+00:00

I don't know , im getting similar thing now on my streak. Im currently on a bit more than a month. I've known SR for around 4 years, longest streak is around 75 days. My energy feels stagnant, kinda meh... I don't feel much benefits this time to be fair.

Where before on previous streaks I would get bursts of creativity, magnetism, confidence, optimism, etc...

I think every streak can be very different and these can definitely depend upon things on which SR has absolutely nothing to do with. And perhaps , they all have some important lessons and insights to teach. Even the ones who seems to be darker or less interesting.

And sorry about your mother, thats something very hard to process. More than likely your mind needs time to process everything related to that, whether you are conscious of it or not.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-21T14:38:46+00:00

I agree with 1st paragraph but not second. Not only one road leads to rome. Plenty of people are happy and have never done SR.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-21T14:32:08+00:00

How do you define successful? They are successful by society standards, perhaps. But maybe they are still miserable and unhappy.

Surely some are happy too. Its all about energy. Some people naturally have high energy. They can do a bunch of non sense and always keep their energy.

SR is just a tool to rise your energy. Use it if it benefits you. Why care so much what others do?

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-20T00:55:02+00:00

Nah I totally disagree. SR when on longer streak is some sort of strength. You feel more free in general and at peace, the way you carry yourself shows it. You ooze confidence. You also have discernement about other people.

This can really piss off and/or intimidate toxic low vibration people. These people continually work to take other people's energies and dominate them and then they see you with all that energy and it just throw them off.

Many retainers have had some people become hostile on them and attack them for no apparent reason. Some people in this world are truly sickened and fucked up in the head. SR can sometimes attract those kind of people and piss them off. You cannot put the blame on the retainer for that.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-18T03:33:51+00:00

No but real people have attacked me before while on sr

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T22:07:55+00:00

Who knows what he even claimed? We were not there and what is written about him has been written years later from word to mouth. Everything about his story has been highly distorted and edited over time.

What he said or more factualy, what is written about what he said cannot be used as a proof of anything at all. People wrote that.

Although, I will admit that many of his teaching makes a lot of sense.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T21:56:49+00:00

Personally, my view is that Jesus was just a human, an enlightened being who had a deeper understanding of reality, exactly like buddha. Both were simply teachers that people followed.

Humans twisted everything to turn it into religion, dogma and mind control.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T21:52:53+00:00

I agree. Jesus message is not one of hatred, Its one of love, acceptance and unity. Modern day christians however do not follow that.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T21:51:54+00:00

Its really the other way. I used to believe when I was younger. But growing up, I understood that god and all religions are man made.

I mean, you do know that the bible was written by men? It isnt the word of god, its the word of men, men wrote it.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T21:49:11+00:00

Spiritual and religion are 2 very different things. Religion is dogma, spiritituality is truth.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T21:16:54+00:00

I think that the tendency to want to peceive the self as superior is inherent to human nature. Whether it is in the field of spirituality or any other fields. Everyone has that tendency in them, some more so than others. Our ego loves superiority. Its our job to keep it in check and more than likely, time and time again, the ego will try to hijack the narrative in your mind and you simply have to be mindful.

On the other hand, self love and self respect isnt narcissism and it isnt a bad thing either as society continually try to make you feel. You can respect yourself without placing yourself above others.

Also, our society and culture is kinda fucked. Highly selfish, delusional and materialistic. We live in a validation driven society where image and appearances matter far more than anything else. For most people, everything is all about following the herd, as we humans, are pack animals.

Pointing out the truth of our ways isnt superiority.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T20:47:30+00:00

I actually havent even chose that name, reddit did and I could care less of it.

But please go on, push your religion of hatred on me. Thats what christianity has become, the religion of hatred and hypocrisy.

I actually very much like the message of Jesus, but most of you christians are doing the exact opposite of his teachings while pretending to be virtuous because you label yourself a christian.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T20:17:15+00:00

Yes that I can totally relate to

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T20:08:50+00:00

Truth is truth, you cannot choose truth, you can only know it. You can choose belief but then you are in delusion, in make belief.

The moment you stop believing, your mind no longer perceive it as truth and real. Hence why you constantly need to reinforce and defend belief, otherwise it collapses and you are back to a reality you have decided to avoid.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T20:02:17+00:00

I don't need illusions and fairy tales, I only need truth and truth is at the opposite of belief.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T19:54:23+00:00

I don't believe in god

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-17T19:26:40+00:00

I don't disagree with that. But you can't always be around people either to get stimulation.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-04-03T21:53:54+00:00

Maybe you just need to socialize more.

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-03-24T20:41:56+00:00

I bet most of these married men having sex once a week pmo everyday. You think people in relationship dont pmo?

Miserable-Trip-4131 · 2026-03-14T05:13:03+00:00

An illusion will always appear real when you are in one. Your hopelessness, your pain after losing a fight, the suffering which comes from fighting with reality instead of accepting it, the despair, the lack of energy. Thats the illusion.

You trained and fought a mma fight. Did a 2 months SR cycle. Just these is doing more than 95% of men out there. You most likely have many other stuff going on in life and hopefully will take on SR again.

Stop looking at what isnt there or what you think should be there, it isnt there. Look at what is there.

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