Dick Doing Weird Things

Recently went on a 6 day trip out of town where I wasn’t able to do much PE just jerk off every few days.

Before I left I was doing great I measured 7.25 NBPEL and 8 BPEL. While there I was more sore and felt the small indents I have from jerking off when I was younger hurting which I was upset about because I was concerned I had aggravated them with PE despite my protocol right now just being manual stretches with heat.

While I was there it seemed each day just got progressively worse in soreness and size and I lost all the small girth gains I made and a quarter inch in length. Still happy I at least kept a 7nbpel but it definitely looks skinny now at 5.375 girth which is annoying because I was closing in on getting a consistent 5.625 girth.

I just did a light jelqing session and I feel like my dick just got a really nice expansion in. But I’m wondering wtf I’m doing to my penis now lol. I thought rest days would help if anything but it seems like If I don’t PE my dick will just pack on the collagen in all the wrong ways.

Wondering if anyone else has run into this scenario. Will update with changes in the next few days. Debating if I should jelq for a few days or just hop back into heat treatment since heat therapy supposedly helps with inflammation anyway.

If you are jerking iff you are not resting. Resting means leave your dick totally alone and let it rest and recover.

32, I understand people say this but I took special care to jerk off gently as I felt more sore leaving it alone. I did not jerk off aggressively and took care to try and get good expansion for about 20 minutes each time. In total I might have masturbated 4 times and only actually came twice in the five days.

Is it really common to not even masturbate during rest periods? I’ve always just thought totally alone meant don’t pull on it just let it get hard as usual. How does letting it heal in a contracted flaccid state align with proliferation and growth?

Also what I’m confused about is my regular routine was going well. I wasn’t planning on taking a decon break soon as all my PIs were good and I was (am?) still gaining so really wonder why 4-7 days is counter productive to my regular 2 days off.