How much damage would this "relapse" have done to my brain

Well, it depends on if you feel as if it's a relapse, not if you think it's a relapse.

Do you feel as if it's a relapse?

 

LSD slows it down, lemme tell you that.

 

Close call...but I don’t think it’s worth resetting your counter over. If it happens again you might want to think about resetting. Nice job getting out of a bad situation.

 

Close call indeed.

What thoughts led up to you downloading the videos? What were the triggers involved?

What changed your mood leading you to delete them without watching them?

What happened in that 5 minutes time?

 

This is it! You know what the consequences will be before you go through with the action. This works!

No matter what leads up to the point of almost giving in, 'playing the tape to the end' and knowing what the final outcome will be is just enough to take the appropriate action and cease the unwanted behavior before its too late.

There is that grace period of 'Do i really want to do this, knowing how i will feel afterward? Is it really worth losing what i've worked so hard for? And just for a momentary release?' The answer is NO.
It wont be worth it. Think about how good it feels to not have given in again. Amazing revelations!

Thank you for sharing your experience. This will help many who are in the grips of a struggle with themselves make the right choice next time before it goes too far. We know what waits for us on the other side of the wrong action.

 

I wouldn't count that as a relapse if none of the images were naked, but you let your mind a permission to watch porn. This is a tough case as many who have done so, have caved in a few hours or days like I did. You need to work on the feelings that let you do that thing and work towards a PMO free life as a result. If you just deny the feeling, then the body will just put more pressure on you until you submit. We have to really work on our inner self and understand our feelings like anxiety, depression or stress in order to be truly free.