where are my wet dreams?
 

I gave up masturbating for Lent this year. While I'm not catholic, I was just testing my will power. It took me less than a week to break it and have to start over again.

Lent is over. I'm still holding out. It has been more than 45 days since I've last masturbated or ejaculated, and I'm waiting for my wet dream.

I'm pretty sure I used to have wet dreams when I was a lot younger. I am a 21 year old healthy male and, before this stint, I would masturbate almost every day. On average, I would masturbate twice each day. Now that I'm not masturbating, I'm wondering where it's all going.

I've read that some people just don't get wet dreams. My question is, even after all this time? Anyone else ever try this?

Man, you sure went a lot futher with this than the person I did Lent with. They gave out in a week and swore to never do it again..

Kudos on the willpower.

some things you realize you don't need after you've given them up...

I dunno about the wet dreams, I don't remember having any. Maybe since you aren't thinking about sex as much, your dreams reflect your mindset.

I think after not masturbating for so long, all you can think about is sex.....

not everyone has wet dreams, alot of men will release the semen in their urine, so you may never have a wet dream, sorry to say.

on the other hand, an almost sure way to have one is to get super aroused by a girl / porn etc but dont ejaculate, then just go to sleep (alot harder than it sounds, no pun intended)

I have only had one wet dream in my life, and after that one, I wished I would have more until I discovered masturbation. On a side note, at the time I thought I had invented masturbation because I had never heard of andyone doing it before. Damn ultra-sheltered conservative upbringing. Ah, puberty...I sure as hell am glad we only have to go through that once.

I quit for a month once; I've never had a wet dream.

You probably won't get them again.

(ok quite honestly, this thought went through my head "i wonder if sperm 'expire'... ie. If you do'nt ejaculate for a long time, does it just sort of build up, hmm, if you do get to ejaculate, is it still active... gah, my naivity is astounding sometimes, as is the stupid thoughts i think of)... btw, i'm mighty impressed you've gone for over 45 days without getting off, fuck i couldn't do it for longer than a week or two!

Yeah, sperm die.
This can be caused by heat or just time.
Your body natrually flushes out unused materials. (sperm, semen)

If you've ever noticed that when it's really cold outside the "guys" stay close to home. They are staying warm.

You don't really need to ejaculate....as much fun as it is. :)

Sperm die. Some of it is re-absorbed and re-used the rest is flushed out.

My understanding is some guys have "wet dreams" some guys don't. I, myself, have never had a wet dream and I was just as hot and bothered during puberty as all my friends, of which only a few ever admitted to having a wet dream.

Good luck on abstaining. You are a better man than I. :)

Never had one. A few guys have them in their teens, and from what I've told, almost none occur after that.

I did have a "dry" dream a few months ago. I'm in my 40s. I was half awake one morning, just coming out of the edge of sleep, no dreams -- and my brain let loose with an orgasm. No physical signs or stimulation, no erection; but then sex is all in the brain, they say, and I felt the big charge all through my body. Sure wish I could do that at will!

Kind of reminded me of the Orgasmatron from Woody Allen's "Sleeper." Has never happed again, unfortunately.

The only time I get them now is if I for get my meds.

From what I have heard, your sperm production scales to your sperm use. So, if you don't use your sperm, you don't produce as much.

Qu, have you tried inducing the wet dream, instead of just waiting for it? Go to sleep thinking interesting thoughts, and see what happens?

As far as Im aware Ive never had a wet dream, so I dont know, maybe some people dont get them, or if you are in a certain mindset you dont get them?

i dont think its possible to "induce" wet dreams... they just happen for me... out of nowhere, very erratic

but i enjoy them

I haven't had one since I was like 16 or 17. I hated them at the time, now I don't think I would mind em.

although it was kinda annoying to clean up, it was not a bad way to wake up! haha

at one point in early puberty I got good at stopping myself right before i came, and then getting up and finising it myself

Oh well, you cant be a crazy kid for the rest of your life so wave buh bye to those wet dreams.

But the biggest factor is probably your sleep habits. If you dont get enough sleep or not any regulated sleep hbits then it will throw off your dream periods and deep sleep periods and until you can regulate that then dont even think about getting wet dreams. Go to bed the same time every night and get about 7 hours (plus or minus 1 hour) of sleep, even on weekends. That throws most people off.