Do I must reset my day counter?

In my opinion, if you didn’t actually relapse, you haven’t reset the recovery process. Therefore, you don’t need to reset your day counter

 

Welcome to the forum, by the way

 

No is not a relapse neither reset, but is better avoid this situation again , as many says is playing with fire, they are right.

 

Depends on how hard you're going on yourself.
If I was you I wouldn't reset the counter but I wouldn't feel good about it. Be careful, lust is a nasty snake.

 

Depends on how strict your rules are - your counter is only for YOU and no single human being on earth gives a flying fuck about your counter but YOU.

That being said, my own ruleset is so strict that I would reset it. I reset my counter if I actively fantasize about porn (or in my case: camgirls, because haven't cared about regular porn in over 10 years) for more than a few seconds.
If I would fantasize long enough to actually google it, that would be all the more reason to reset it. And watching at a few thumbnails yet even more so.

Dopamine gets released in anticipation of something you desire. So just by fantasizing, just by entering it in google and seeing those thumbnails - I am sure if you are perfectly honest to yourself, you felt that little blood rush, that excitement in your belly, that dopamine flooding your brain. Dopamine itself is not a bad thing, but it got released while thinking about porn, so old addicted pathways got strengthened.
The very fact that you even created this topic make me think that deep down you know this is true.

However, it's by no means a relapse. A relapse per definition requires binging - watching porn (or whatever gets you sexually excited) for a sustained amount of time, searching novelty etc.
This is merely a reset. But only you can judge what your counter should represent for you. Personally, I like my streaks CLEAN. But your mileage may vary.

 

That's why I chose my words carefully and said "actively fantasizing"
And going for a google search after fantasizing definitely qualifies as most active fantasizing possible.

I understand, however, that others are not as strict as me with their rules and that's fine.