Originally Posted by SJ35
Hello there! Thank you so much for this post. I happen to fall under the category of “super duper severe” when it comes to PE and it is ruining my life. So your post is something I hold on to as a glimmer of hope.I have some questions about edging.
What happens with me is I get myself physically aroused to a level of say 8 on 10(basically just hard enough to make penetration possible). For about 20 strokes there is no particularly pleasurable feeling. After that pleasure kicks in, and the glans especially is highly excited and immediately the ejaculation process seems to be initiated. From this point onwards, even the slightest movement hastens ejaculation. Essentially I don’t seem to have a PLATEAU PHASE. At this point I stop and let my arousal drop back to 8 again. However with every subsequent attempt I trigger the ejaculation process in much fewer strokes. I guess this is what is called the PONR.
Now my question is – is this the right way to go about it. Basically, should my endeavour be to stop BEFORE I reach the PONR, and try to get through the entire edging session without every triggering the ejaculation process?
Also am I right to attempt penetration only at arousal level of 8 rather than 10?
Finally a question on duration. If I am reaching PONR so often, should I really be edging for 30 minutes? Or should I start off with shorter sessions of say 5 minutes? I am asking this especially because you emphasize in your post about the importance of ending the edging session WITHOUT ejaculating. The longer the session, the harder it gets(mentally) to end the session without ejaculating, especially if PONR is reached so many times.
I see a lot of similarities between what you’re describing and myself. I would suggest you take a look at Rahmans thread - his experience and my posts towards the end.
So PONR is point of no return, right? Meaning if you “hit” PONR technically that means you’re going to cum. But I tend to say I’m hitting PONR as in I’m aware that PONR is coming very soon if I don’t slow or stop.
Thus, I think yes, you want to “edge” in that you’re approaching PONR, but stop before you get there. And for people like us that seemingly are starting with NO plateau, you want to stop WELL BEFORE PONR. This is because -at first- by the time you’re aware of being right on the edge it may be too late or too hard to stop before orgasming.
I started out trying to make my sessions last 5 minutes, and even that was VERY hard. Trying to keep my stroking at about 2 seconds in and 2 seconds out, I would still hit PONR soon and often - and had sessions where I’d push it too close to the edge and cum because I just lacked control. So just 5 minutes (or even less), and then stop. Something achievable.
I think overall you should focus on stopping too soon rather than too late, and just making sure to stop a session without cumming regardless of how long the session was. Relax, be patient, and be consistent, and it will slowly slowly improve. But it WILL improve.