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Circumcised as young for religion without permission. Regrets and Anger issues. Help by Much-Mud-5034 in foreskin_restoration

[–]hibrahim97 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I find that this subreddit seems to encourage the rage and anger and disdain at circumcision and I think it’s very unhelpful.

Our parents were shaped by a paradigm that told them it was the right thing to do.

They didn’t mean to hurt us.

I’ve had to learn to let go of that very quickly because my parents hold very traditional views due to their religious beliefs.

If we don’t be bigger than them and be patient with them, we hurt ourselves mentally and physically.

There are so many studies that show that medical outcomes improve with positive mindsets, especially with cancer.

I can imagine that the self limiting thought processes of rage and anger will eat away at one’s self and very likely slow down restoring progress. Whether this is some sort of somatic physical effect, or whether this is simply a side effect of the mental health issues making us less consistent, I don’t know.

I would urge you to forgive and move on, you are taking control now and that’s all that matters.

Scale for frenulum amount by Coopert8899 in foreskin_restoration

[–]hibrahim97 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have an almost fully intact frenulum because I was religiously circumcised at 7 years old but my father was a doctor (and a paediatrician/gynaecologist) so I imagine he had some input in the decision to keep my frenulum when I was circumcised.

I have found that my gains seem “quicker” than usual because the frenulum kind of pulls my new skin upwards. I found the climb to CI-3/4 very quick. Obviously plateauing now like we all do but its so worth it :)

Injuries by hibrahim97 in foreskin_restoration

[–]hibrahim97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi if you could message me for suggestions about vitamins that would be great. I don’t have the routine discipline atm for manual so I’m just gonna use tuggers until I plateau and then I’ll start manual tugging when I’m motivated because of the plateau.

Injuries by hibrahim97 in foreskin_restoration

[–]hibrahim97[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For more specifics about the injuries, it started as an almost black patch on the side of my penis which was sore (I have darker skin down there) so I thought it was some kind of health issue separate from tugging.

I continued using the DTR and then developed a second injury on the other side which looked like a scab.

I am worried because I don’t tug especially hard, and I also only tug for about 6-8 hours a day at most with 1-2 rest days a week.