POIS Compass

Trigger factor

Edging without ejaculation

People say edging or touching themselves without finishing still brings brain fog, back pain, a blocked nose or a hot head and neck, sometimes worse the next day; others find it much milder than ejaculating.

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What people said15

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  • “When i do edging some brainfog/nerve backpain builds up and stays for weeks until i have orgasm only then it will recover over the course of one or two weeks (along with POIS).”
  • “I notice if I edge 2 hours before sleep or before falling asleep I lose the "melatoninic" sleepy feeling... it feels odd, as if my body gets overexcited if any kind of stimulation occurs before sleep”
  • “I tried alot of edging, for me it stopped nocturnal emission but felt pretty shit afterwards as well.”
  • “POIS gives me odd achy feelings in lower back if I edge before and my body feels odd.”
  • “when i start playing, but stop before O it will cause some mild pois”
  • “I thought if I just touched myself (masturbate) without ejaculation I will be fine but:'( I had symptoms and the same hell, it causes me mental illness and suicidal thoughts and panics and nightmares.”
  • “Intensity, number and prolongation of sexual stimulation seems to amplify the symptoms, so avoid... edging.”
  • “I notice if I edge or get aroused for many minutes then if I stop edging for some time my neck, forehead, and nose area heats up and my nose feels slightly blocked especially if I sit-if I move it disappears faster.”
  • “I notice a huge spike in PSSD/POIS symptoms when I look at porn and edge and don't ejaculate”
  • “avoid masturbating to outside material (pornography), edging, or godforbid having consecutive orgasms”
  • “when I removed the device there was no inflammation as in times past when I have edged.”
  • “Edging will cause your immune system to attack your spine i believe this is due to eosinophils and ECP”
  • “edging still triggers symptoms even if I don't orgasm”
  • “I think the physical process of masturbation without ejaculation is, in itself, a trigger.”
  • “I get it when I get horny and start touching myself”