Enhanced Masturbation Through Technology

I've been 'edging' for a long time now. So long, in fact, that I've been doing it since before I knew the practice actually had a name. My introduction to edging, however, began out of necessity rather than the simple pursuit of increased pleasure. I had a bad, no a very bad, premature ejaculation problem as a young guy. I won't bore you with anecdotes about how fast I was but suffice it to say that I was really, really fast. Something clearly had to change. I'm not sure where the idea came from but my memory suggests that I read some advice, probably in Playboy or another such magazine, as to how the practice of prolonged masturbation could help with my particular problem. Now surely I was a practiced masturbator, I'd been doing it since a very young age and had introduced several friends to the practice so the idea that there was something more to learn instantly captured my imagination. Masturbation as therapy was a fascinating idea to me and I began experimenting right away. And a whole new world opened up as I began to explore the sensations of an approaching orgasm while learning to recognize and control them. My experimentation with what I now know to be 'edging' gradually paid benefits in my self control with my sexual partners but, more important in this context, it changed masturbation forever for me. Orgasm was no longer the goal but rather the subject of avoidance. And it was very quickly obvious that the longer one avoided orgasm the more intense the arousal became and the more amazing the ultimate orgasm would be. The incredible levels of anticipation and arousal that could be achieved through masturbation and orgasm denial were intoxicating. But, being a solo activity, this kind of self pleasure was lacking something. Sex with a partner always has an element of spontaneity, another participant who offers some level of control over the proceedings. That external control was missing from my edging; I was still in control of the physical act(s) of my masturbation and this made it relatively easy to manage my orgasmic responses. I could ride the edge of orgasm as long as I wished because I was calling the shots, so to speak. The coming of the digital age, however, has given us options unknown in my earlier years. The internet and its endless variety of erotic material, chat rooms, video chat. All have enhanced the contemporary version of the age old practice. Another enhancement I've recently experimented with are 'athletic training timers'. There are several available but I'm currently interested in a particular one. As a software device it seems pretty simple, it is just a programmable timer intended to control cycles of exercise and rest for athletic training purposes. No doubt you've already figured out that the training I'm timing isn't, well, purely athletic! Any number of cycles of exercise and rest, each of programmable duration, are managed by either a digital or analogue clock face with the countdown to 'exercise' and 'rest' being offered in either male or female voices. Now by surrendering control of my edging sessions to this device I force myself to withstand the orgasmic urges not until I can't take it any longer but until the timer says I'm allowed to rest. It can run in the background as I surf my favorite internet sites and I commit myself to following its timetable rather than my own. It can sometimes be very difficult to resist the approaching orgasm if I come across a particularly titillating image while masturbating but am forced to continue stimulating myself until allowed to rest. It sounds very mechanical here, but it is not that way at all once control of the session has been handed over to the digital clock. It is a fun new variation on my favorite masturbation technique of edging and I heartily endorse it for anyone seeking something new to try. Masturbation never seems to get old but it can be new again with some digital adaptations!