Edging equals relapse???

Your question is too generic man,

It's not the same to spot a poster sign with a hot girl in bikini than sitting in front of the computer to look at porn videos.

The harmful artificial sexual stimulus is the one you actively seek, whether it's online P, hot girls on instagram or hentai comic books.

Then there's a certain level of sexualization in society that's very, very hard to completely get rid of, like sexy ads, cover of magazines, etc.

Of course, if you feel those ads, etc. are also a trigger for you to PMO, then by all means also avoid them, but if you can truly ignore them, then don't worry.

The main thing you have to avoid is you actively seeking artificial stimuli, no matter what that is or how are you cued to seek it.

 

When i edge im sure i will relapse in a couple of days from either chaser effect or extreme frustration.
Also edging floods the brain with even more chemicals because you keep giving him pleasure over and over again so its better to fap to orgasm(yes it will be draining and you will feel like shit) but you would do less damage with that rather than edging if you want to reboot correctly.

 

Hey man, no problem. I share everything in my journal.

 

Edging is masturbating without orgasm/cum. Some consider edging a reason to reset (as I do), some don't. But bear in mind that edging will result in greater releases of dopamine in the brain than simply masturbating and cumming. http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/what-if-i-use-porn-without-orgasm

 

My dick has gotten rock hard the last couple of times I showered. I'm giving in to the thoughts more. I admit it. I stroked it a few times today. I didn't plan on edging and I didn't get too close to consider it edging. If I felt guilt, I would've called it a relapse. Was it stupid? yeah. I feel extremely weak right now. I forced myself to stay busy all day. I think I'm coming out of flatline. Erections are more spontaneous. I think my penis wants me to go out and find something for it. It's telling me to be more social. So I'm gonna try and harness this energy into something other than fapping. I really don't need to touch it. When I see people on here relapse, it helps me to see more clearly how I will feel if I relapse. I hope that will get me through this.

 

Really wish I came across this before I read this. I've been clean for 7 days (my limit) but I edged this morning.

What I want to know is: What do I do now? from YBOP I know that edging is worse but what do I do now that I've edged?
My current solution is to have sex with my girlfriend tonight as the release will be focused on rewiring the dopamine to a 'normal' sexual habit.
But if that doesn't work out should I M to O and then keep going?

Basically what I don't want to do is to reset my counter to 0. I've worked really hard and I'm willing to let my dopamine levels come down naturally rather than O and reset the counter.

 

As edging is not mentioned in your reset criteria, you do not need to reset. There is no reason to masturbate all the way to orgasm as a result. So, don't worry man, you are doing fine. You might want to think about not edging in the future, though.

 

Ah cool thanks. I'll try to wait out the urges and maybe get lucky with the gf Hopefully that will clear the backlog and blue balls.