Masturbating without finishing

[BuckarooBanzai88]

Has anyone had symptoms without ejaculating, or do we all need to "finish" to have symptoms?

[demografx]

My guess is that 90%+ require the latter.

[OpiesDad]

Qualified no. It depends for me.
1. If I edge and the O sequence is activated but stops short of O, I will usually get sick, possibly full POIS.
2. If I were to jerk off but not come close to finishing, I most of the time will not get sick.
3. Sometimes however, arousal alone triggers a mini-POIS event that includes light headedness.

[BuckarooBanzai88]

OK cool, that's kind of what my impression was.  Thanks for the replies!

[ralphy1967]

I still get my symptoms if I stop before ejaculation but not as severe 

[Ricardo Brasil]

- masturbation with ejaculation: certainty of symptoms.
- masturbation without ejaculation: mild symptoms, more related to cognition.

Sometimes excitement alone causes mild symptoms.
(lack of concentration, mental fog, weakness, etc.)

[Eliasjoelrivera]

what a strange disease .... it is as if the body reacts to the excitement ...
With pre-ejaculatory fluid, mini pois wakes up. My cognitive functions are impaired. mental fog, lack of concentration. not find words it's very hard.

[mxh]

No, it's one of the consistent issues that this hardly makes a difference, once one has started just a little bit, also symptoms have started. Coupled with horniness symptoms may be even worse (though probably accidental), improving in some way by finishing, however most of the time finishing does make it a little bit worse (though it's necessary to start recovery).

[Mushnikk]

No, it's one of the consistent issues that this hardly makes a difference, once one has started just a little bit, also symptoms have started. Coupled with horniness symptoms may be even worse (though probably accidental), improving in some way by finishing, however most of the time finishing does make it a little bit worse (though it's necessary to start recovery).

well, that varies. for me it's certainly only the ejaculation that produces any type of symptoms

[ElVelero]

Well, I'm having symptoms right now without having finished.
And yes, sometimes just getting aroused provokes small symptoms. It really feels like a punishment for thinking in anything related to eroticism.

Now I'm kind of depressed (a common symptom of POIS) and in quarantine preventing the Coronavirus.

I'm currently in a long distance relationship and I feel weird for having to suppress any erotic thoughts, I couldn't anymore last night and I masturbated but without ending while watching porn. My sexual desire was contained and kind of exploded.

F*ck POIS It makes everything worse, even being at home. My face looks tired and my mind is full of thoughts that take me down.