does precum mean relapse?

That's totally up to you. To many, edging is a form of relapse while for others full on MO is relapsing while edging isn't. Your goals and what you want to accomplish should inform whether edging is relapsing. For me, edging isn't relapsing because I consider MO to be the only form of relapse, but that's what works for my goals. Release of pre-cum, to me, isn't relapsing because you haven't reached orgasm.

 

+1

Nice Streak @cryptifly!

 

Well, thank you! In truth, though, it's undeserved because I quit the forum back in February and never came back to update the tracker (if that's the streak you're talking about). I never went 135 days without PMO. That will soon change, though.

 

If the cause of precum is edging then it's a relapse if you want to be honest with yourself.

 

I would consider edging a relapse, but in the end it's up to you. However beware- edging is worse than masturbating to orgasm in most cases. See this article for more info: http://www.yourbrainonporn.com/what-if-i-use-porn-without-orgasm

 

I would say it's a relapse if you were edging or fapping.

 

Don't worry so much if it was a relapse or not. That is simply a label.

But what IS important is what it does to your progress. And stimulating dopamine production will slow your recovery. Fantasies, any kind of sexual arousal increase dopamine.

You need to keep dopamine production down so that your receptors can come back to life

 

Read this thread:
http://www.nofap.com/forum/index.ph...-rebooting-extremely-long-but-valuable.36668/

 

Or watch this:

 

@numpty, did you read the article linked by @NoBrainer?^ This contains the key information to answer your question. I would also consider edging to be a relapse btw.

 

@numpty, I am not sure what part doesn't make sense to you. But you are trying to reduce the overproduction of dopamine. But it is released during edging more than just about any other behaviour. So avoid edging like the plague! To repeat what has been said to you repeatedly, edging = relapse. Having erections and precum are irrelevant.