Porn without touching yourself. Is it relapse?

yes, it is relapse because P in PMO stand for porn, if you watch porn and you're sexualy aroused it's relapse

 

Hello, what I would say is that your actions play a very big role in this case.

Q: Was it wrong to intentionally look at porn?

A: Yes.

Q: Was it good that you stopped and broke the regular pattern of Porn-Masturbation-Orgasm?

A: Absolutely, yes.

So I can say, you don't have to reset your counter as you've told your brain not to follow the regular PMO pattern and actually stopped. However don't think this gives you a reason to keep intentionally viewing porn and then not masturbating with my reason for why it's good as an excuse. Let this be your first and last time doing this. Further accidental viewing is alright, as long as you quickly exit and clear your mind from any ill thoughts. So I would say, relax, you've made a small blunder but you're not in a bad spot. Brush it off and keep going.

Something important I have to add is that the reason so many people relapse is because they use every little factor as a relapse, so they don't feel "clean" and they "fully relapse". It's like an "OCD" thing. A perfectionist thing. Streaks do NOT need to be perfect, but you have to play by the main rules. So yes, although viewing porn isn't good, let this be a lesson and move on!

 

Sorry for the extra post, just to add on something. Yes, although one rule in No PMO is not to view porn. Porn is pretty much EVERYWHERE these days, it's not humanly possible to live a normal life without accidentally coming across some form of trigger (in which everyone has a different one). So from what I said earlier, let this be your first and last time viewing porn in this streak and move on.

 

I get it, im an addict too, and want to ger a peak or find a work around.. but cut out the bullshit. Stop it and get real. You know the answer. Of course dont watch porn.

 

Really it’s up to you if you want to count it as a relapse.
But I would recommend not getting too down on yourself. Whether you want to count it as a relapse, just keep avoiding it from now on. What you do today should be the same whether you relapsed yesterday or not.

Keep up the fight!