does fapping actually lower your testosterone levels or

It actually does the opposite your body has to make up for the body fluids you ejaculate. So it will put the T production in overdrive.

This is probably a good question for /fit/.

>>8503005
Does sex lower testosterone? Why would masturbating?

>>8503005
Supposedly, it initially lowers it, then makes it rise in a day, and then start dropping again after 3 days.

I am very curious if wet dreams have the same effect though.

I heard it does but I don't know for sure

>>8503005
*slurp*

>>8503050
>I am very curious if wet dreams have the same effect
Why wouldn't they?
An orgasm is an orgasm.

>>8503005
I believe that's been mostly debunked now. But it does temporarily alter receptors in your brain for a while and increases estrogen receptors and decreases androgen receptors during the refractory period and afterward.

If you want to fap just do it, it's not actually going to do anything.

>>8503081
But if you're not conscious for it, and if it doesn't blast out the whole load, just enough to ease the backlog.

I remember having heard that testosterone levels go up based on expectations of sex.

I've avoided masturbating since I started HRT, mainly just because I didn't feel like it. I used to crank it like twice a day, and now I'm lucky to do it once a week, if even that.

It does feel a million times better now, though, I just have to really be in the mood. Marijuana, good music, good atmosphere, and a hot shower helps. It's unlike any kind of masturbation I was used to as a boy, far, far more sensual and less "Let's just have a quick orgasm and get over it". Sometimes I don't even get off and it still just leaves me trembling.

Good to know this isn't going to hurt my estrogen levels or anything.

>still pretending like diet or behavior is going to alter production of primary sex hormones in any significant way

Stop falling for brainlet naturalnews/mercola memes.