Is it that act of viewing porn? Or masturbating and watching porn? Or just masturbating? For me masturbating is not a relapse but anything porn is. Because masturbating doesn’t have all the negatives that porn does right?
To me personally , the Bible says that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, so I live according to such truth. If I dishonor God by masturbating of letting into my fleshly desires clock goes back to 0. “I say then walk by the spirit and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh” Galatians 5:16
You are correct, masturbating doesn’t have all the negatives porn has. For me, I’ve chosen to stop all porn and masturbation, so if I ever pleasure myself, I reset the clock. I just hit 14 days and I don’t think I’m ever going back. Anyway, it’s all up to you to decide what you want your goals to be and what you count as a relapse. 👍 good luck staying away from porn, you got this!
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As long as you do not fantasize while masturbating, but just focus on your body and your feelings, it's fine. I have however for the first time decided to stop masturbating too, as I feel I started using it for the same reasons I used porn. To manage stress and to get a quick hit of dopamine. This has led to me relapsing often, so now I won't masturbate anymore either.