Yeah, I totally agree with you that doing it too much or before going out can really affect your game.
I've just recently started a rule with myself that I'm not allowed to masturbate unless I've successfully opened a girl that day. I feel like this will help me do two very important things, which is to get me into the habit of opening on a regular basis and be less reliant on masturbation to satisfy my needs. I wasn't exactly chronic with it before, but I felt it was sort of compulsive like every time I went to bed or came home from work I had to do it. So I just want to cut it down from twice a day to once every 2 days.
I'm interested in hearing what other peoples experiences are from cutting down on it, because I do feel like I'm more motivated and more confident when I've still got all that testosterone and sexual energy in me. Before, I used to think jerking off was just like free entertainment, a cheap thrill I could partake in whenever I felt like it. But ever since starting this experiment, I realized it actually does come at a cost in terms of your overall energy and self-confidence. Hopefully I'll find a cute girl someday and I won't need to worry about that anymore.
