Wet Dream Forum

Just wondering what the average WD frequency is?

Before I started deliberately going after WD's I would have guessed mine at about 6 a year (one every other month). I have had 12 so far in the past 11 months.

So my frequency is one per month.

Anyone else able to put some numbers to their frequency?

I'm sure it depends on a lot of factors like age, frequency of sex or MB etc but just trying to get an idea!!

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It was 2 years ago that I started ABing more consistently, and I may have some numbers to throw.

During the first year, I had 11 WD's, and almost as much emissions from MB's and SE's. So my WD frequency was just under once a month. This year, I MB'ed even lesser and had 16 WD's so far in almost 11 months, giving a frequency of around 1-2 WD's a month.

I think it all boils down to one's sexual activities. This year I have had only 1 and that was after I started ABing. I MB a lot for most of the year coupled with actual sex so my body basically saw no need for nocturnal emissions. In 2013/12 I had so many WDs all cos I ABed or had sex less frequently.

I had 36 in the last year I had WDs.

Wow! That's 3 a month! How long ago was that?

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I think sexual activity is a factor but not the only one. Would be interesting to compare total number of ejaculations in 1 year with WD's!!

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I have never gone a year but when I was on my 150 day run of no mb (august 2013 to january 2014) I would have a wet dream around every 14 days or at the most 21 days and had over 8 wet dreams in that time period of only 5 months....I cant imagine if I went a year how often I would get them....and how many in a year for that matter.....

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WD #12.....First Wet Dream in over 7 months...and WHAT A BIG LOAD IT WAS....wish me luck on getting to my next and 150 days of not mb....

Age 14-15, before I learned to fire the gun.

Here's some data from the last time I documented this for a while in 2010. At the time I was gathering data for preliminary evidence on a study which went nowhere, but oh well.

Date range: 1 January 2010 to 27 August 2010

Days: 237
Wet dreams: 40
Active ejaculations (sex/MB): 63 (12/51)
Spontaneous ejaculations: 1

Total: 104

Average WD frequency: 5.93 days, which would be just over 60 per year.
Average ejaculation frequency: 2.28 days, which would be a fraction over 160 per year.

At the time I was alternating between abstinence and sexual activity to try to discern patterns. I was age 25 at the time.

I think it might be right to say that whatever pattern I was following during that time was increasing the number of WDs I would have. I have to say that now four years older I do not think I am anywhere near these figures. Perhaps both factors are relevant.

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Went quite for a while but at least two a week lately!

i was about 6 a year prior to AB.

While AB my total was 51 for the year

im back to about 6 a year, No AB.

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It was fun while it lasted!

I had 33 in 2012, 45 in 2013, 41 already so far in 2014...on track for 47 in 2014, which would be a new record for me!

That's amazing! Are you ABing most of the year?

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Your wd frequency is very impressive, given you were having plenty ejaculations from mb and sex at the same time.

In one of your old posts (see link) below, you said you have a speed sheet recording all ejaculations (via wd, sex, mb). Do you still have it? If so, can you share?

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I can share this data but bear in mind that it only covers this period in 2010. I am documenting currently as well but only got a month of my current experiment which is proving interesting so far, but not too much.

Can I attach a file into this forum or will I have to put it elsewhere?

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Just spotted that I can indeed attach it to this post, so here it is

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For the past year, my frequency of wet dreams has increased to where they used to be. In that time, I've been averaging about two to three wet dreams a week at the very least.

I average about 1-2 a week. It's variable though, sometimes I have way more, sometimes I have dry spells. I'm not sure that wet dreams are quantifiable in the traditional sense. I would guess that the big determining factor is testosterone levels. Since this is the very hormone that defines the male sex drive, and is a key player in the development of the male body, it would make sense as it's at it's usually at it's highest point between the ages of 15-25.

I think it's debatable if masturbation is a major player in the regularity of wet dreams. If it were ever determined definitively that it was, however, that would imply that there are two or more factors that determine the rate or regularity that one has them. Every guy's testosterone is in a state of flux, from one day to the next the levels change. Those days when you find yourself most sexually charged would indicate a high testosterone level, those days when you find yourself not interested in it would indicate a lower testosterone level.

A person's general health could arguable affect them as well. If you're on medication, if you're a smoker, or a drinker, or any other kind of drug use can easily affect your body's chemistry in such a way as to prohibit wet dreams. There's so many avenues of testing that would be required to adequately determine what the root cause and reasoning behind wet dreams are.

The reasoning for wet dreams could really vary, there could very well be other reasons, but some possible reasons are:



1. Males have wet dreams to expel semen that is past it's prime. This is one theory I've read countless times, and while it's a sound reason, we really don't know for sure if this is true. Sperm have a shelf life, but sperm are also reabsorbed back into the body and essentially broken down to be re-used in other parts of the body and/or new sperm. I'm not sure if I personally believe this one or not, because while it makes a valid reason, it negates the fact that many men don't ever have a wet dream in their entire lives.

2. Release for release sake. I've heard that wet dreams are the body's way to effectively "unload" when other outlets aren't presented. That is, you're horny, your nuts are full, and you haven't unloaded for too long and your body takes measures into it's own hands (no pun intended for those that sleep masturbate), and the release is little more than the result of an overactive imagination while asleep. This is another interesting theory, but again, for me, lacks anything of value from this act.


3. It's an innate survival tactic developed through thousands of years of evolution. This one requires a little more explanation... What if the reason for wet dreams is to effectively teach males how to have intercourse? Not so much the physical act of having intercourse but perhaps it's the biological mechanism responsible for ensuring that we "figure sex out"? One of the most advantageous things an animal (including humans) can do is to procreate. Evolution doesn't always provide the answers in the most clear cut ways, but it stands to reason that men who have or have had wet dreams are more likely to succeed at bearing offspring.

Let's imagine a scenario where you (you being a male), and two other males, and one woman were living on an island together, completely cut off from civilization. With no inclination towards sex, with no previous sexual history to guide you into the nature or reasoning behind procreation. You all live together, surviving as a small group. Now imagine that the entire group reaches puberty at the same time. The girl gets her first period, and you are the only male in this small group that gets a wet dream in the night. If testosterone is the major factor here that determines the frequency of wet dreams and whether or not you have them, then that gives you an edge. Being the first male to experience a wet dream makes you consciously aware of your penis, and the fact that sexual stimulation feels good, and that you produce ejaculation when stimulation is sufficiently applied - without one boring word of dialogue or teaching or social speculation - you effectively learned what it is to have sex, you don't have to know all the details, just that sexual stimulation feels good, and the dream further facilitates this by giving you targeted outlet.

By the same token, the fact that the girl had her period, assuming she never knew anything about this phenomenon, is suddenly aware that something's changed for her, and attention is further drawn to her vagina by virtue of the fact that she bleeds from it for a while. This, again, draws attention to you as it's something new and different. It doesn't take long before you put two and two together and come to the realization that this is your target. Assuming that your testosterone levels are higher, this makes you more likely to engage in sex with her, before the others. This is important because it means that your genes are more likely to be passed on in this scenario, which would make you the more dominant male in this situation.

Now you could arguably reason that this scenario isn't anything close to how things work now, and yes, this is true. But it would explain why many guys don't and why some do. We live in a thriving culture that values relationship courting that no longer determines the effectiveness of one's own survival by the sheer virtue of figuring out what part of you goes into what hole on her. This would explain why not all guys experience wet dreams - they're a vestigial survival mechanism that no longer plays a required part in our survival. While no longer required, the genes necessary to encourage that kind of behavior are still there, should we need them again, and they would be active in a fair portion of the male population.

This is the theory I'm most inclined to believe, as it covers all the necessary groundwork to effectively answer any of the reasoning behind it. Nature favors traits in all animals, including humans, that encourage survival - and there is no greater survival in a species than the ability to reproduce, anything that effectively increases those odds are the ones that passed on to the offspring of said species, and it would make sense that on some level, whether this theory is specifically correct or not, wet dreams played a critical roll at some point in the development of humans and their success in procuring offspring.

I tend to agree in general, but disagree with some of the details. For one thing, it is no longer just a conjecture that for most guys there is a strong correlation between lack of MB and the frequency of WDs. There are lots of 'no fap' sites where many guys start getting WDs for the first time while on no fap, or their WDs come back after a long absence while they were MBing. But I agree that WDs can't be just from 'fullness', since some guys can go a long time on AB without having any WDs, and then start getting them frequently.

In your island scenario, I agree that WDs may be kind of a 'training ground' for reproduction. But MB is also an outlet. Your scenario might include the likelihood that a guy having WDs and not MBing would be more likely to carry on the species than his fellow male island companion who MBs regularly. The fact that WDs can be more intense and enjoyable than MB can also be an evolutionary incentive not to waste it in MB, and instead stay ready and motivated for reproduction.