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Watched porn for a few minutes

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by pharuRocks, May 4, 2018.

  1. pharuRocks

    pharuRocks New Fapstronaut

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    I am on 40 days nofap and I was watching YouTube for funny videos and in one of the funny videos I saw a girl and searched about it , and got to know she was a pornstar. Just out of curiosity , I watched specifically watched her 2 videos( Did not masturbate ). Is it a relapse or a reset ? Are my 40 days gone in vague.
     
  2. Hey dude! Welcome to NoFap.

    One of the main points is getting rid of porn addiction; masturbation and orgasm are things that comes together, in most of cases.

    What I mean: your focus should not be [only] on masturbating or not, but on what porn is doing to you.

    I suggest you spend sometime reading the entire e-book "getting started with NoFap" (get it here); check the program parameters section, and you'll realize that all of them contains the "porn-free" paramater, which reinforce that the main focus should be on porn addiction.

    So, don't go back to porn again! Not even a "quick watch" without masturbating; this is harmfull as well.

    So, I would count is as a relapse [and, consequently, a reset too], since you're trying to get rid of porn, and you watched that. But this is a moment for learning; think what you could have done different to overcome this urge to watch porn, and use what you've learned in your next streak.

    Use a badge counter: I recommend that; set your badge counter here; it'll help you set your program parameters and check how you're going towards your goal.

    Just to finalize, I'd like to bring an extract from the e-book "getting started with NoFap" that may help you to pick the difference between relapse and reset:

    "Relapse vs. Reset There’s a difference between a “reset” and a “relapse.” While these terms are often used interchangeably in the NoFap community, the mental health care community would draw key distinctions between the two terms. “Resetting” means you have failed to reach a goal you have set yourself, and you need to reset your day counter on the NoFap platform back to the first day. “Relapsing” is a more serious issue, involving a return to previous - or even escalated - problematic behaviors and their consequences. So for a porn addict, one occurence of using porn can be considered both a reset and a relapse. But for one occurrence of safe, non-harmful sex without the use of porn in NoFap’s “Hard Mode” rebooting program, mental health care professionals likely wouldn’t dub it a “relapse” since having sex is a healthy human behavior. Partnered sex during a Hard Mode reboot might be considered a “reset” since you didn’t reach the goals that you set for yourself."
    Hope I helped! Keep fighting friend!
     
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  3. pharuRocks

    pharuRocks New Fapstronaut

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    Thanks dude for the reply.
    I failed my goal and will reset my counter and will go stronger than the previous streak.
    Thanks for the suggestions too.
     

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