Progress thread Stretch For the Stars...Land in the Cul de Sac!!!

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Also if I wasn't having so much fun with the LG Hanger I was thinking of switching anyway. With working 60 hours a week, going to NA meetings almost daily, hitting the gym hardcore and having a budding social life its hard to always find 2 hours a day to hang. Hardcore hanging is starting to look pretty attractive with only doing 1 or 2 20 min sets, plus I know how well my body responds to heavy ass weight. I know I would still have to start out light to learn all the nuances of the Bib and then slowly build up in weight then. I've even been thinking of just adding a set with the bib here and there just to learn how to attach it properly but still get my actual workout from the LG. Once I get back into my original career I will have more time to hang because then I'd only be working 40 hours a week and I'm hoping to get back in a few months.

 

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Also if I wasn't having so much fun with the LG Hanger I was thinking of switching anyway. With working 60 hours a week, going to NA meetings almost daily, hitting the gym hardcore and having a budding social life its hard to always find 2 hours a day to hang. Hardcore hanging is starting to look pretty attractive with only doing 1 or 2 20 min sets, plus I know how well my body responds to heavy ass weight. I know I would still have to start out light to learn all the nuances of the Bib and then slowly build up in weight then. I've even been thinking of just adding a set with the bib here and there just to learn how to attach it properly but still get my actual workout from the LG. Once I get back into my original career I will have more time to hang because then I'd only be working 40 hours a week and I'm hoping to get back in a few months.

You have inspired me with this post. Many know I am in a deep depression but hearing how you have got your life on track socially lets me know I need to do the same. I may start going to meetings again, that would be a good first step for me even though I am not an addict I could use the help in other ways. Thanks for posting this!

 

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08/02/14: Sat
30 min Hanging SD Sitting @ 10 lbs

08/03/14: Sun
30 min Hanging SD Sitting @ 10 lbs

08/04/14: Mon
30 min Hanging SD Sitting @ 10 lbs
Work
35 min Hanging SD Sitting @ 10 lbs

08/05/14: Tues
10 min Hanging SD Standing with Bib @ 2.5 lbs
30 min Hanging SD Standing with LG @ 10 lbs
40 min Hanging SD Standing with LG @ 10 lbs

Comments: Yesterday felt good but I did walk out of the room I was hanging in to check my phone in the other room and I do remember the weight hitting my leg and feeling a slight pinch on the glans but I didn't stop the set and I think I just repumped once I waddled back to try to keep the pressure but I think it was too late. I must've slipped a little in the hanger and the pinch should've been a dead give away but I learned my lesson. This happened at the beginning of the 40 min session and when I pulled out of the hanger I had 2 small blisters where right beside where the one last week was. Knowing how to hang with the Bib during a period like this will be a great benefit as it won't slow me down. I just have to be more careful. It seems that this area of skin will be weaker than the surrounding areas for a while so I'll have to be more careful. I'm thinking of finding some stronger tape than the one provided as I believe it is too stretchy.

 

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You have inspired me with this post. Many know I am in a deep depression but hearing how you have got your life on track socially lets me know I need to do the same. I may start going to meetings again, that would be a good first step for me even though I am not an addict I could use the help in other ways. Thanks for posting this!

Everyone should work a 12 Step program at least once and they have them for just about anything you can think of. Also having a support group with people who are battling or have battled what you're going through helps tremendously. I battled with depression and anxiety, especially social, my whole life and I believe thats why I picked up drugs so quick because it took those feelings away.... for a time. Then they quit working and started causing depression and anxiety. Check out CBT therapy DLD it is scientifically proven to help with all sorts of thinking problems which is exactly what depression is. It wasn't enough to help my addiction alone, though I did have the advanced stage addiction, but since quitting drugs and getting some clarity it helps realize that my unwanted feelings are caused by my thoughts and my thoughts are many times unrealistic and pessimistic. I started with "Feeling Good" by Dr. Burns and there is even workbooks so you can work through the exercises and start thinking more realistically. I know with me I'm my own worst critic but now I try to talk to myself the way I would a friend. Because if a friend was feeling bad I wouldn't then start constantly berating them and telling them what a piece of shit they are but I will do just that to myself. It takes time and some continual work but its better and healthier than taking a pill that many times doesn't work and causes all types of unwanted side effects.

 

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Everyone should work a 12 Step program at least once and they have them for just about anything you can think of. Also having a support group with people who are battling or have battled what you're going through helps tremendously. I battled with depression and anxiety, especially social, my whole life and I believe thats why I picked up drugs so quick because it took those feelings away.... for a time. Then they quit working and started causing depression and anxiety. Check out CBT therapy DLD it is scientifically proven to help with all sorts of thinking problems which is exactly what depression is. It wasn't enough to help my addiction alone, though I did have the advanced stage addiction, but since quitting drugs and getting some clarity it helps realize that my unwanted feelings are caused by my thoughts and my thoughts are many times unrealistic and pessimistic. I started with "Feeling Good" by Dr. Burns and there is even workbooks so you can work through the exercises and start thinking more realistically. I know with me I'm my own worst critic but now I try to talk to myself the way I would a friend. Because if a friend was feeling bad I wouldn't then start constantly berating them and telling them what a piece of shit they are but I will do just that to myself. It takes time and some continual work but its better and healthier than taking a pill that many times doesn't work and causes all types of unwanted side effects.

I agree with it being a thinking problem, with me it is like a record just skipping over and over, repeating the same line of negative thoughts. I try to change the thoughts but they are quickly countered with that voice in my brain that insists on negativity. I used drugs and alcohol in the past and know they only make things worse so that is no longer an option for me. What is so hard to get across to people is the feeling of being paralyzed or stuck in time and feeling like I can not even move sometimes out of fear and the fear is not justified at all, it is simply a huge fear that comes out of no where and stays as long as it likes. I have gone through this for many years and it simply repeats a cycle and the cycle is like no other cycle I have read on. Even the therapist I see agrees that my cycles go way too long. It follows the seasons big-time, in the summer I am deep in depression then once the cool weather starts something clicks and I have some relief for maybe 2 months but at around that point it becomes mania. The crazy thing is I never know that it is mania setting in until it is way too late. I will go from being happy again to things going way too fast and then I crash. Last year was the worst yet and I fear that things will become progressively worse. They have suggested neurological testing due to the length of my cycles and I will find out more about that tomorrow. I appreciate your kind words and I will take them to heart. I know that I am in here somewhere and I am determined to find myself. I think talking about it is best and I know that coming to the Brotherhood always helps.

 

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08/06/14: Wed
30 min Hanging SD Sitting @ 10 lbs

08/07/14: Thursday
30 min Hanging SD Sitting @ 10 lbs

08/10/14:Saturday
30 min Hanging SD Sitting @ 10 lbs

08/11/14: Mon
60 min Hanging SD Standing @ 10 lbs

Comments: I'm back to wrapping the head and just under the head with micropore tape and now I'm back to having no fluid build up even after an hour straight at 10 lbs. I then over wrap with the hurt free tape. I was going to hang Friday but I had family over all last week and my dad passed out in the spare room next to mine and was lucky to hang the days I did. I was over at a girlfriend'a house all weekend and must have had sex 4 times so I was keeping my unit busy.

 

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I was over at a girlfriend'a house all weekend and must have had sex 4 times so I was keeping my unit busy.

The other half of PE is using your penis! Good for you!

 

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08/13/14: Wed
30 min Hanging SD Standing at 12.5 lbs
Work
20 min Hanging SD Standing at 12.5 lbs

 

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I agree with it being a thinking problem, with me it is like a record just skipping over and over, repeating the same line of negative thoughts. I try to change the thoughts but they are quickly countered with that voice in my brain that insists on negativity. I used drugs and alcohol in the past and know they only make things worse so that is no longer an option for me. What is so hard to get across to people is the feeling of being paralyzed or stuck in time and feeling like I can not even move sometimes out of fear and the fear is not justified at all, it is simply a huge fear that comes out of no where and stays as long as it likes. I have gone through this for many years and it simply repeats a cycle and the cycle is like no other cycle I have read on. Even the therapist I see agrees that my cycles go way too long. It follows the seasons big-time, in the summer I am deep in depression then once the cool weather starts something clicks and I have some relief for maybe 2 months but at around that point it becomes mania. The crazy thing is I never know that it is mania setting in until it is way too late. I will go from being happy again to things going way too fast and then I crash. Last year was the worst yet and I fear that things will become progressively worse. They have suggested neurological testing due to the length of my cycles and I will find out more about that tomorrow. I appreciate your kind words and I will take them to heart. I know that I am in here somewhere and I am determined to find myself. I think talking about it is best and I know that coming to the Brotherhood always helps.

I feel Ya. I don't think I have the mania but I definitely experience the intense depression for months at a time. It's getting easier to deal with the more I learn and find what works for me. Sending prayers your way big guy

08/14/14: Thursday
15 min Hanging SD Standing @ 12.5 lbs supersetted
15 min Hanging BTC laying on bed with legs on chair

Comments: Finally reaching intense fatigue especially when I switched to BTC. I got a really nice pull and this morning I was back to hitting 5.75 MSEG and 7.75 BPEL . I did lose what I didn't cement when I took a break to treat some warts, then blisters and lack of privacy. I lost a little in both length and girth (was probably down to 7.5 x 5.5) so it's nice to finally get to a weight that looks promising and since I changed my taping method I no longer have to worry about the skin and the penis takes all the stress

 

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I feel Ya. I don't think I have the mania but I definitely experience the intense depression for months at a time. It's getting easier to deal with the more I learn and find what works for me. Sending prayers your way big guy

08/14/14: Thursday
15 min Hanging SD Standing @ 12.5 lbs supersetted
15 min Hanging BTC laying on bed with legs on chair

Comments: Finally reaching intense fatigue especially when I switched to BTC. I got a really nice pull and this morning I was back to hitting 5.75 MSEG and 7.75 BPEL . I did lose what I didn't cement when I took a break to treat some warts, then blisters and lack of privacy. I lost a little in both length and girth (was probably down to 7.5 x 5.5) so it's nice to finally get to a weight that looks promising and since I changed my taping method I no longer have to worry about the skin and the penis takes all the stress

Thanks for the prayers and I will pray for you too my Brother. Depression is the Great Deceiver, it can take any normal or even good thought and make it become negative. I am trying to see what happens over the next 2-3 weeks as the whether changes before I try any new medication. I am very determined to beat this thing. The long months of depression seem to be breaking apart a bit as we approach the change in weather so I have put a lot of hope into this. I have really tried to track things this year and now looking back on the past 13 years I see a pattern that is emerging that I have the exact opposite of Seasonal Affective Disorder where I feel great depression during the summer months and relief in the cooler fall months but like clockwork I end up crashing in the Winter months. I am hoping this year to ride the good out as long as possible and when the mania arrives be ready. It is one of the biggest challenges in my life, dealing with these cycles, I wish there was a pill I could take that would just fix it but this is obviously not the case. I am happy I get to express this to my Brothers here, this brings me the most clarity.

 

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08/15/14: Fri
52 min Hanging SD @ 12.5 lbs

08/17/14: Sun
30 min Hanging SD @ 13.75 lbs
30 min Hanging SD @ 13.75 lbs

08/21/14: Thurs
4 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 2.5 lbs
4 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs

Comments: So I really got to learn to be more careful and listen to my body. On Sunday I decided to go up in weight since I didn't reach fatigue at 12 pounds on Friday at 52 min long. Well the first set felt great. Between sets at some point I had to go pee but I forgot about the tape and pretty much peed on the middle strip of tape before I peeled it back to pee regularly. Well I guess that must have messed up the adhesive and halfway into the 2nd set I felt an itching sensation at my glans and something told me to stop it short but I just figured I was feeling the tape. Well from now on if something tells me to cut a set short I will. Basically the middle strip didn't stick to the other tape so the skin on both sides of my urethra was subject to the vacuum. When I pulled out the tape was wet!!! Never a good sign. I had a massive blister all along the right side of my glans. The one on the left side had already popped and I had 2 small ones on the frenulum. I ended up getting impatient and popping the right one, but it was so big I doubt it would have ever gone away. I've been putting antibiotic cream on it daily. I have to learn my lessons the hard way but lets just say I've learned.

Today I was sick and didn't go to work. I made it productive and broke out the Bib and read up on it and tried different settings each set. I think I'm close to finding something that will work and will continue to work on skin stretching and just get used to using it over the next couple of weeks. Hopefully the blisters will heal by next week. I was thinking of getting in a set or two with the Bib in the morning and doing a longer set with the LG in the afternoon. Of course the funny thing is at this point I would be able to hang heavier and longer with the LG as I'm not accustomed to the Bib yet

 

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Popping a blister is never a good thing, just be sure to keep it clean and using the antibiotic cream to prevent infection. I too get inpatient and rush things, my biggest injury happened when I was trying to measure with a crap ruler, I was impatient and rushed it and the ruler slipped and effectively removed most of my frenulum. This had to be one of the most painful injuries and it took about a month to heal. Slowing down and listening to true body are very important. I hope you heal up quickly and get back to healthy training.

 

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Holy Shit that made me cringe! I couldn't imagine cutting my frenulum, lucky for me a blister is relatively pain free. I've learned my lesson big time, patience is a virtue for a reason. In the positive side it had given me some time to get familiar with the bib. In starting to understand most concepts that we're totally foreign to me years ago when I made a Captain's Wrench

 

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08/22/14: Friday
1 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs
Work while leaving the wrap on ~11 hours
2 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs

Comments: I'll need some adjusting with my wrap. I have only been using 2 htw and then a self grip tape over but I don't think it's thick enough, Idk I'll have to explore it more this weekend. I'm feeling a little soreness in my shaft which is great! Before my shower tonight my flaccid was hanging long and fat. It looks like it'll take at least 3 or 4 days for new skin to grow and the scabs to fall off my glans. I think I'll be using this new self grip tape I got from Walgreens as it's thicker and have a micropore under wrap for my glans. I'm thinking of adding a cross section to the middle strip to for support. I got some ideas in the works from pegym.com that I'll want to try out once I'm ready for the vacuum hang. In the meantime I'm enjoying learning about the bib. It's allot more comfortable than I'd imagine but there are a lot of little nuances with settings and wrap that I'll need to work out to get it perfect.

I'm hanging more towards the base to stretch the skin as right now I'm not to sure what bib means by forming shoulders. But he recommends taking a few weeks to stretch the skin to help allow for room to grow and once it's stretched all the stress will be on the ligaments and tunica

 

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Holy Shit that made me cringe! I couldn't imagine cutting my frenulum, lucky for me a blister is relatively pain free. I've learned my lesson big time, patience is a virtue for a reason. In the positive side it had given me some time to get familiar with the bib. In starting to understand most concepts that we're totally foreign to me years ago when I made a Captain's Wrench

It was an awful injury, I thought I cut my head off at first. The ruler I was using had one of those metal strips inside of it and when it slipped that is what caused the cut. Funny thing is, long before frenulum tying, I gained about .25" from the cut on my frenulum. I never wanted to say that because I did not want guys purposely cutting themselves but then out of no where someone started a thread on cutting the frenulum purposely to gain length.

 

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Wow I don't think I'm crazy enough to try that not even for a quarter of an inch. Glad you were okay and didn't perform your own Lorena Bobbit!

08/23/14: Sat
4 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs

08/23/14: Sun
1 x 15 min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs
A few hours break
2 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs

Comments: On Saturday I cut a longer piece of pajama material and spiraled it down like Bib wraps with self grip tape on top. On Sunday I cut a long strip of theraband (black) and replaced the self grip tape. I think both using the theraband and spiraling creates a more stable bundle. Today it seemed like I was getting the hang of wrapping down a little better but I still need to work on attachment and will continue to read up on it. The scabs fell off my glans yesterday and I had sex last night. My erections are back to looking longer and thicker already

 

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It was an awful injury, I thought I cut my head off at first. The ruler I was using had one of those metal strips inside of it and when it slipped that is what caused the cut. Funny thing is, long before frenulum tying, I gained about .25" from the cut on my frenulum. I never wanted to say that because I did not want guys purposely cutting themselves but then out of no where someone started a thread on cutting the frenulum purposely to gain length.

WOW!!! it was that bad of a cut??? did your ruler double as a steak knife???? lol

 

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WOW!!! it was that bad of a cut??? did your ruler double as a steak knife???? lol

It was awful, the ruler slipped and like a steak knife it sliced most of my frenulum away. Blood was everywhere and I was in the worst pain. It was during this injury, where I could not do any PE, that I invented DLD Blasters. Someone was asking how I used thought experiments to create new exercise, DLD Blasters is a perfect example.

 

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Haha the next time I can't find a knife I'm just going to grab my ruler. Thanks for that little nugget of gold DLD! Hehe

08/25/14: Mon
2 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs
Work while wrapped ~11 hours
1 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging BTC with Bib @ 5 lbs
Sex ~40 min

08/26/14: Tues
4 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging BTC with Bib @ 5 lbs

 

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Haha the next time I can't find a knife I'm just going to grab my ruler. Thanks for that little nugget of gold DLD! Hehe

08/25/14: Mon
2 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging SD with Bib @ 5 lbs
Work while wrapped ~11 hours
1 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging BTC with Bib @ 5 lbs
Sex ~40 min

08/26/14: Tues
4 [words=https://officialhydromaxpump.com/?uid=6&oid=2&affid=98]x 20[/words] min Hanging BTC with Bib @ 5 lbs