Overcome death grip syndrome, one small step a day.

Death grip syndrome is the popular name for difficulty finishing, or reduced sensation, during partnered sex after years of masturbating with a tight grip, fast or dry strokes, or heavy porn use. It isn't a formal medical diagnosis, but sex therapists recognise it as a conditioned habit, a form of situational delayed ejaculation, and it usually improves with retraining.

The approach sex therapists describe has four parts: a short break from solo orgasm and porn (usually one to three weeks), retraining with a much lighter, lubricated, porn-free touch, retraining your focus toward real sensation and connection, and gradually carrying it over to a partner with less pressure to finish. Banny turns those steps into a personal daily plan.

It varies a lot from person to person. Clinicians usually describe a few weeks to a few months of consistent retraining, and progress is rarely a straight line. Many people notice some change in the first one to three weeks. Banny sets a plan length from your answers and adjusts it as you check in, but it can't promise a timeline.

Not forever. The usual approach is a short break from solo orgasm (often one to three weeks), then retraining: a lighter grip, lubricant, a slower pace, and gradually moving toward the kind of touch you'd get from a partner. Banny walks you through those stages.

It is generally described as reversible. Because it's a conditioned habit rather than damage, it usually improves once the inputs change. If you struggle to finish even alone, or have pain or numbness beyond the penis, see a doctor, because those point to other causes.

A common sign is finishing easily on your own but struggling a lot with a partner. If the problem also happens when you're alone, if erections are weak in every situation, if you have pain or numbness beyond the penis, or if you take medication such as antidepressants, see a doctor first. Those point to causes a habit change won't fix.

Banny is an iPhone app built specifically to help people overcome death grip syndrome. It was created by a founder who recovered from it, and follows the sex-therapy approach: a short reset, guided retraining sessions, and a partner track, plus urge tools, pelvic floor sessions, daily check-ins and an optional AI coach. It's free to download and start.

We collect as little as we can. You start without an account or email. Your check-ins, journal notes and chat history are stored on your phone, and you can lock the app with Face ID. Your detailed answers and check-in scores stay on the phone; usage events (like "completed a quest") and a broad severity level go to our servers and analytics providers under a random ID. If you use the AI coach, your messages plus a summary of your plan are processed by Google Gemini to write the reply. We never sell your data. The Privacy Policy lists every provider.

Banny's program follows the approach sex therapists and urologists describe for delayed ejaculation linked to masturbation habits: a short break, retraining technique, reducing performance anxiety and involving a partner where possible. That evidence comes mostly from clinical experience and small studies, not large trials, so we don't claim Banny is clinically proven. It isn't a substitute for a doctor.

Both. With a partner, Banny includes help with the conversation, sensate focus stages and the 72-hour rule. If you're single, you follow the reset and solo retraining and build the skills you'll bring to a future relationship.

Banny is currently available on iPhone and iPad. An Android version is planned.