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Well. Releasing that energy connected with semen is not wrong per se. According to TCM there are times during the year when you ought to preserve semen (winter) or the times when it "hurts" your body the least (spring). Semen gets old and you should restore it every now and then... Of course. Optimal way is through sex.

I think it’s best to refrain from both yes. For me personally I know the only way I’ll be able to be attracted to real life situations is to refrain from thinking of any pornographic instances and even if i’m jerking off without porn my mind is brought to the same ideas that I need to reset. If you find you’re not having issues with sexual instances in real life it may not be as much of an issue.

I would say so. Jerking off often traps your mind in a cycle where you will always feel the urge to do it again. Sonce jerking off is typically done with porn, thoughts of porn will inevitably come up when you do it, especially for people like us who are trying to quit, so I wouldn't do it.