So yesterday I was on a 7 day streak and I guess something came over me and I wanted to go look at hot girls on Facebook. I go on Facebook and start masturbating but them after 10 min I stopped and caught my self. I did not cum/orgasm. Should I reset my counter???? I'm on 191 hours or 7 days rn about to be 8 days. That was my first real urge and I handled that poorly but next time I'll do something else any other suggestion would be very helpful also!
Oh that's what it's called then ya I did do that I was gonna orgasm but then I thought do I really want to do that and I chose not to in the end but I was close. This has been the farthest streak so far and idk what came over me last night but i just decided to sleep it off lol
I understand...Yes it is called edging. But if I were you I will not reset the counter, BUT the next time I will reset, especially if you are doing it on a purpose!
Sorry won't happen again! I just wanted to see if my dick would still work lol then I went to fb and ya escalated from there but did not want to orgasm because I came so far almost gonna be 8 days!
Classic. https://www.nofap.com/forum/index.php?threads/in-case-you-didnt-know.84619/ I would restart. You could have easily O and it's great that you didn't, but the whole point of NoFap is to not PMO ...and that requires not touching your penis Restarting is not fun but that's part of the discipline. But I guess you could wait until you're farther along. Having to start over at day 15 is going to hurt a lot more than day 7, but maybe that's just me. Yeah it will. And that's okay! Part of the process
Some men attempting the rebooting process believe that as long as they avoid ejaculation, they are successfully rebooting. This twisted logic leads them to endorse an unhelpful practice common to Internet porn users, called edging. This is masturbating up to the edge of orgasm, then stopping to cool things down. One way of doing this would be masturbating while viewing porn or porn substitutes (p/subs: e.g. looking at hot girls on Facebook), but not ejaculating. By the way, many who end up with porn-induced sexual dysfunctions have a history of edging to porn. As one guy said, This information^ would support the argument that you should reset your counter and avoid repeating this in future.
(EDIT: Posted right after IGY beat me to the punch, lol) Edging can be even more harmful than simply MO. All you're doing is maintaining the high dopamine rush when you don't orgasm. http://yourbrainonporn.com/book/export/html/75 Reset or not, damage was probably done. Furthermore, it's good to have this information now lest you get into the habit of edging because you think it is safer.
You are absolutely right I am going to reset because I want to do it the right way and I don't want to feel like I cheated haha. Great article btw very informative and now I will know not to edge!