Why is it impossible for me to do simple stretches?

So I read the two methods for simple manual stretching and watched the video. I tried both methods and neither is working for me. When I grab an inch beneath the glans, without retracting the foreskin, and try to pull, my thumb just slides over the head underneath the foreskin like a car going over a bump and I end up just stretching my skin.

Then I tried using baby powder and retracting my foreskin and grabbing just behind the glans. I still couldn’t pull with a decent force without my hand sliding off and losing my grip. Also, this made my head hurt. Once I was done with a few stretches it looked all dry and wrinkly and it was much redder near the urethra from all the stopped blood flow. I read people suggesting to use toilet paper and what not but I just don’t find it instinctive to use this much frictional force on the dick head. I mean why stop at toilet paper, why not use sand paper? Squeezing your dick head with all your force and pulling so there’s a lot of friction on it at the same time surely can’t be good for you, right?

The video makes it look easy. It’s like “Just grab your dick and pull.” The guy in the video seems to be doing the first method. How is he managing to do it without the hand slipping over the head?

I’m frustrated and confused cause I haven’t found any other people stuck on simple stretches, why am I the only one having problems with this?

Any help is much appreciated, thanks guys.

Just try the toilet paper. Give it a few days and your glans will get used to it. Your glans sits in the palm of your hand and increases the surface area of your grip, but your gripping force should not be focussed on the glans but from your thumb and index finger a bit below your glans.

It sounds as though you are pulling far too hard.

Ease into the stretch slowly - once you are not getting any more length, there is no point adding force if it doesn’t increase the amount of stretch you are getting.

Keep trying with the foreskin pushed back and with the other hand grabbing behind the glans. Try different fabrics for that grip.

Its an experience thing. If yo uare too frustrated it might not work. Try it another time with a better mindset. Im pretty sure in some days or week trying you will get it.

As firegoat said the glans isnt used to this. If its aggregated give it a rest and try again.

I read that the dick is tough and when tried PE I found that it is, so unless I pull really hard I feel like I’m just holding it in my hands and that it’s not doing any good. I mean should I be feeling anything in the ligaments/tunica when stretching? Cause I didn’t. All I felt was pain on the glans, and from what I understand gains are meant to come from the shaft base at first, but when I do it I just feel like I’m ripping my knob off. Should I ignore all of this and do it? Is it alright to have blood flow stopped so the area around the urethra is much redder? I read on this forum to listen to feedback from your dick and my dick is telling me: “Don’t do this to me.” Does it become easier with practice?

It’s a big thread, but give this a read and you will understand stretching far better (you should never feel as though you are ‘ripping your knob off’ - that just indicates you are not very good at feeling what is happening, for which you need to take things slowly and focus very carefully on what you are feeling): Tricks And Tips For Manual Stretching

Post number 40 in the thread will be especially valuable to you.

I struggled for a long time to do it but lately started back PEing and I managed to figure it out . Awkward when yo have Foreskin but be patient , use gentle force at first until you get used to it .