Extended Paradoxical Relaxation (EPR)

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I am kind of surprised I couldn't find a dedicated thread on this since it is gone over in detail in A HEADACHE IN THE PELVIS and has an entire chapter dedicated to it. Has anyone here actually done EXTENDED paradoxical relaxation (which means 2-4 hours a day)?

I started doing 1 hour a day last week and have been happy with the results so far. I am so relaxed afterwards it's a physical sensation. It also has helped with taking control of my brain so I can acknowledge a distressing signal from my nether regions and focus attention away quiets things done a bit. This has been crucial for helping out with getting to sleep or getting back to sleep. I plan on increasing the duration to two hours and doing it for 2 months. I figure with the amount of time and money put into urologists, primary doctors, er visits, PT and self treatment I might as well give this other avenue a shot.

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Men will talk for hours about bugs they suspect of living in their prostates, but it's difficult to get them to discuss how to relax.

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Men will talk for hours about bugs they suspect of living in their prostates, but it's difficult to get them to discuss how to relax.

Good ole toxic masculinity There is a good reason why the leading cause of death for men between 18-55 is suicide... or why prostate cancer develops in one in six men and has a higher death rate than breast cancer.

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I'll do periodical updates here so at least there will be a discussion and resource for future users.

I've been at this for about 10 days or so and have moved up to 80 minutes a day. The first 5-10 minutes are uncomfortable because the mind wants to keep thinking and you have to keep putting it back on track. It's like herding cats. As long as I don't let it frustrate me I eventually almost fall into a trance and then get spooked when my alarm goes off because what felt like 30 minutes was actually 80 minutes.

I had big symptom improvement this weekend but I can't say for certainty EPR has been key. I can still say that EPR has made getting to sleep or getting back to sleep much easier. Friday night my symptoms were real bad and I figured I was not going to fall asleep at all.. so imagine my surprise when I wake up many hours later.

It's also given me sort of a reference point to go back to when something stressful happens. The 'oh shiiiiiiiiiii..''' feeling comes on and I can take a second to pull myself back to a relaxed place.