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Benefits of foreskin restoration - Part 2 Newfound Well-being

by Tally on November 8, 2009 Bookmark and Share

I have noticed lots of benefits with having a foreskin instead of being circumcised. I wrote previously about the joys of masturbation with a foreskin. Now I want to tell everyone about another benefit of foreskin restoration, and it has nothing to do with sex or my penis.

I am very body aware. I have lifted weights since high school. At one time I had aspirations of being a body builder. I have long practiced yoga. I have studied some of the more philosophical or mystical avenues of life. All this has given me an awareness and understanding of my body. That includes the physical aspects, as well as the mental and emotional aspects. In other words, I believe it important to know yourself. These are the reasons that I am able to notice the more subtle, but important, changes and benefits of restoring.

I remember in my teenage years and when I was in my 20s. I did not like physical contact with others. Even though I was married, I did not like to be touched. It was a struggle to allow my wife to touch me. When she tried running her fingers through my hair I would move my head out of the way. Not only was I physically separated from others, I was emotionally distant. In my mid-thirties I divorced my wife and my emotional and mental well-being was in turmoil. I passed through that phase of my life by becoming more accessible physically and emotionally. As I entered my 50s, my life had settled down again. I was no longer physically and emotionally separate from others. Although, I still had close boundaries.

Then, I started foreskin restoration. After about 2 months I was able to pull my growing foreskin over my glans and hold it there with a retainer. I used a cut up silicone baby bottle nipple that fit over my penis to hold my new skin forward. After about 6 to 7 months, I had enough skin that I did not need to wear the retainer during the day. My briefs are tight enough that they hold my skin over my glans. At night, I wear the retainer because I sleep in the nude.

I noticed that I felt different the longer I kept my skin over my glans. I felt more comfortable. My penis was securely shrouded in its restored foreskin. What little irritation I had from my penis rubbing against my underwear disappeared.

The benefits I noticed are intangible. With my glans protected by my foreskin, I realized that I felt more confident. I have always had a good body image and have not lacked for self-esteem. It is difficult to express the change. Unfortunately, I do not have the vocabulary to explain this change. It is as if the foreskin covering my glans makes me whole again.

A part of my body that was exposed before is now protected. I am no longer naked. The sense of being covered and protected has given me a little more confidence in my life. I am more self-assured.

In my other post, I described how my penis became more sensitive, physically. Well, being covered has made me a more sensitive person. By sensitive I mean that me, the person, not the dick, is more sensitive and more receptive to my surroundings. This change is much more marked than almost any other change I have noticed from restoring. I feel an empathy that I never felt before.

Instead of my typical detached response to life, I am emotionally reacting to what I read, see, and hear. This is very new to me. For example, I see a movie that has a sad scene and I am moved to the verge of tears. I often find that I have to sit back and collect myself because of how I am reacting. I am becoming a sensitive man.

I have always been a man's man. I have been the strong silent type who did not let anything bother him. I have read where men, by nature, have a feminine side. Not me. At least, not before I started restoring. I like the person that I am becoming.

The name of my site is Restoring Tally. As I notice these changes in myself, I believe that I am restoring myself to what I could have been, indeed, should have been, if I had been left intact at birth.

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#1 Wow, what a change

Submitted by Antoine Saunders (not verified) on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 1:48pm.

Ever since my first year of college, i have fully learned of what circumcision has done to me. I was circumcised as a baby and i was brought up to believe that the foreskin was a useless piece of skin. Man.. i was so wrong.. After learning that all i knew was a lie, i tried to bring it up to a few friends. They all seemed to accept circumcision, also being circumcised themselves. They, as all would, push the lies of the so-called benefits, and i was left with no one, to understand. I last confronted my mother, who mocked me and failed to understand the pain she inflicted on her child.

I look back and i remember the many times i was bullied in school, and never seemed to defend myself. I remember how my mother would talk about me being quiet in class, would never speak a word; the teachers thought i had a mental problem and suggested i be put in a special ed class. I look back at all that in hindsight and never understood why i acted that way. I have always had trouble maintaining relationships with friends and family; they always wondered why i didn't stay connected; i believed it was just the way i was. Even with a girl i tried to ask out and some people i knew in college, they say i was a very shy person as compared to 2nd semester. I started to restore my foreskin first semester. Although i didn't restore much, maybe that is what helped me.

Maybe if i finish restoring, this reserved personality can go away and i can be more open to people.

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#2 It is a quest

Submitted by Tally on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 12:50am.

@Antoine, the effects from restoring my foreskin on my psyche have been subtle. I was an introvert before restoring my foreskin and I remain an introvert after restoring.

But, there is another affect that I think comes into play. By restoring your foreskin you are taking charge of your life. Not only are you restoring your foreskin, you are restoring your life. I think this aspect of foreskin restoration accounts for a lot of changes restorers see.

From your description you sound like you are in the process of restoring your life. I wish you luck on your quest.

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