Hey,
Around the beginning of April we had a big heat wave, thats when I started researching more about POIS because I felt it affecting me a lot more than usual, I knew about it for years and what it stood for before, but I thought it only affected people physically, that it just made them tired and worned out. So this whole summer I tried my best to abstain as much as possible, and it was definitely beneficial. The times I Od during the warmer months made me really feel like death, on top of that my PE was at it worst and my sperm was completely transparent and watery, like you could let it dry on a piece of cloth and there would be no marks left after it dried. After an O, I'd get the worse of the worse IBS ever, a few times I had to just fast because of how bloated I was ,mentally it made me feel completely confused, ungrounded, sad and felt like a total failure, I wasn't even watching porn thats the worst part.
I Live in the UK, and its been around a week we've had a big wave of cold come in, people are wearing jumpers and coats outside. The first day the cold arrived, I felt this euphoria upon waking up, just happiness for no reason. I've had a few Os this past week, and I have to say my POIS is nowhere near as bad, the IBS after an O is 10% of what it was when it was boiling hot, Im really not that tired, I wake up and go out in town and don't have to spend multiple days in bed, my PE is a loooot better, my sperm has gone back to back to a normal color and texture, I feel a bit off for a couple of hours and then Im back to normal, but its nowhere near as bad as it was previous months. Also this summer I went to visit family abroad, I abstained most of it, but on the nights where the temperatures dropped I had way deeper sleep, I always felt completely refreshed the next mornings. Also my scrotum looks way healthier atm, like its more firm and also my testicles feels like they are bigger, despite having nearly daily Os. In Summer, I can abstain for weeks or months and its nowhere near as firm or big. Actually years ago I went to Costa Rica to volunteer on a farm, I was abstaining for 3 months and despite that I remember at some point feeling my scrotum and it was still kind of soft (I have varicocele so I keep an eye on it), it wasn't hanging as low but it was still soft to the touch.
I know from research, that testosterone levels are higher in cold months than warm months, same as sperm count actually, also cold exposure increases serotonin so all these might be a factor.. I'm into alternative medicines, and I know some sources of Ayurveda say that its best to reproduce in winter and to avoid ejaculating in summer, that the body is stronger in colder months and so is fertility (that matches with the sperm count studies). I also read a couple of months ago that some ancient greek savant was saying that the body can handle daily ejaculations in winter but a man should not ejaculate at all during warmer months (unfortunately I tried refinding that source but couldn't find it).
Looking back, growing up we had summer holidays and most summers I'd have to abstain because I was abroad on holidays either in someone else's house or sharing a room with someone, it wouldn't bother me to much to abstain and was pretty easy.
Despite that, I still think I could benefit from abstaining, but its nice to know that if I release during this period Im not going to be bed-bound for 3 days.
Anyone have a similar experience?
