Please advise me: Do I reset my day counter?

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hhh999

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Today, while waiting for something, I decided to browse through Wikipedia. (I deleted all of my social media, so I read some articles instead of scrolling through Instagram.)

Eventually, my sex-craved brain went down this rabbit hole of reading about stuff from biology, and I eventually clicked on the Wikipedia article for "Genitalia." As I read through it, there weren't any images at first, but then I saw a picture of a human penis, and I knew that there was going to be a picture of a vagina right below it. (I'm sexually attracted to women.) Not wanting this to count as a relapse or reset, I scrolled through it very quickly (the photo of the vagina appeared on my screen for one-tenth of a second at most), but I did get a glance at it. Realizing what I had done, I closed the Wikipedia article immediately. I didn't look at it a second time, and I didn't get an erection. I also didn't touch my penis or masturbate at all.

I was wondering if I have to reset my day counter. Getting to 35 days with no PMO whatsoever has proven very difficult for me, and I feel that if I have to start the day counter at 0 again, I'll become extremely depressed. Starting again from 0 would mean that I won't have enough time to get 60 days PMO-free prior to the start of the academic year (I'm in college). However, I also realize that if I don't hold myself accountable at all, I'll eventually relapse. Hence, I'm not really sure what to do.

Please tell me what to do.
 
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i know the feeling, u did something small and because ur streak and recovery means alot to you, ur brain is tricking you to believe that what you have achieved means nothing..... look now, everyone makes a mistake, and in this hyper sexualized world we are living in, you'd probably relapse every second just from seeing scantily dressed women everywhere in these streets(even without watching P)... i get that ur serious about ur recovery and that you want to be better but dont let every simple image you see be a cause for you to feel like you relapsed. This feeling of guilt you have is what is going to get you depressed, depression will lead you to seek dopamine via porn and in turn hell you may even go all the way and masturbate..... all for what, just from guilt of looking at one image. Look here friend, dont through ur progress away.... i myself made a commitment to be clean for forty five days but on day twenty eight recently i slipped up and edged to youtube and tiktok, now ur lucky you deleted all social media and guess thats what i am also going to do but i learnt from my mistake, realized how hyper aroused and hooked i was and almost even went all the way, but i didnt follow through, heck am not perfect and we all aren't but i wont throw my streak away, am going to get confidence from learning from my situation and you should also learn from yours and continue on this road to recovery. I 'll repeat, THIS IS A VERY HYPERSEXUALIZED WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN..... you'll pass by chics or meet some wherever you are and they'll be nude(yeah women nowadays dress provocatively to get attention and drive people crazy or feel good about themselves) that doesn't mean that ur a loser and you cant get it right. we are all in it and I'll tell you this, learn and move on with your streak just like I've learnt that youtube and all social media are bad for me. Keep in the struggle and stay strong. We know the struggle.
 
No, do not reset.
You are not going to undo the work of 35 days on nofap by a small event such as this.
Even a full blown relapse for a day will not undo a good run like yours, but may set you back 3 or 5 days at the most.
Well done, be kind to yourself and do not be anxious, you are doing great.

Cheers for now.
 
fauxfun999 said:
No, do not reset.
You are not going to undo the work of 35 days on nofap by a small event such as this.
Even a full blown relapse for a day will not undo a good run like yours, but may set you back 3 or 5 days at the most.
Well done, be kind to yourself and do not be anxious, you are doing great.

Cheers for now.
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Thank you for your advice.
 
mark andrews said:
i know the feeling, u did something small and because ur streak and recovery means alot to you, ur brain is tricking you to believe that what you have achieved means nothing..... look now, everyone makes a mistake, and in this hyper sexualized world we are living in, you'd probably relapse every second just from seeing scantily dressed women everywhere in these streets(even without watching P)... i get that ur serious about ur recovery and that you want to be better but dont let every simple image you see be a cause for you to feel like you relapsed. This feeling of guilt you have is what is going to get you depressed, depression will lead you to seek dopamine via porn and in turn hell you may even go all the way and masturbate..... all for what, just from guilt of looking at one image. Look here friend, dont through ur progress away.... i myself made a commitment to be clean for forty five days but on day twenty eight recently i slipped up and edged to youtube and tiktok, now ur lucky you deleted all social media and guess thats what i am also going to do but i learnt from my mistake, realized how hyper aroused and hooked i was and almost even went all the way, but i didnt follow through, heck am not perfect and we all aren't but i wont throw my streak away, am going to get confidence from learning from my situation and you should also learn from yours and continue on this road to recovery. I 'll repeat, THIS IS A VERY HYPERSEXUALIZED WORLD WE'RE LIVING IN..... you'll pass by chics or meet some wherever you are and they'll be nude(yeah women nowadays dress provocatively to get attention and drive people crazy or feel good about themselves) that doesn't mean that ur a loser and you cant get it right. we are all in it and I'll tell you this, learn and move on with your streak just like I've learnt that youtube and all social media are bad for me. Keep in the struggle and stay strong. We know the struggle.
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Thank you for your advice
 
Your life matters, counter is not that important, build a new life, a healthy one you always wanted.

Doesn't matter the counter if you are not happy with who you are. Its like the same thing with the money, you might have a job that is meh and it slowly kills inside you and you can't even enjoy the money.
 
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