Is this considered a relapse???

Hi everyone I want to keep this as brief as possible. I found out about nofap and your brain on porn a few years ago after searching online as to why I was having a ED,and of course I later found it was due to the porn I would watch in my late teens and my twenties.Anyways I went on a reboot,relapsed a few times,but then managed to go without PMO for a few months.I did have a flat line,but then I slowly started getting my mojo back.Just standing near a good looking girl would get me horny asf.Anyways I managed to go about 2 yrs without looking at porn,but I would still wack off once every 2 weeks as maintenance,sometimes thinking about a chick,but the good thing was I left the porn behind.I eventually got married in 2017 in another country and the sex was okay,it seemed I cured my ED.I had a limp dick here and there,but nothing as bad as it used to be.Anyway to cut a long story short,my wife just told me she?s pregnant and I was happy am happy about it,but the only bad thing is she is not in the mood for sex due to morning sickness,so I whacked myself off one night to relieve myself,I kind of felt bad about it,but then the next day I forgot about it.
The next day I was alone in my room and felt kind of horny,I decided to look up
Sex position gifs on google images or sex gifs,girl on top gifs and missionary sex gifs.I did this for a few days for like a few minutes at a time without walking off to the images.
The images were basically gifs of repeated sex movements from porn clips,some were animations like 3D sex positions.I later whacked off but not thinking about the images,just to my imaginations.
I later came to and felt bad about it.The question is did I relapse? Will this affect my reboot and what I accomplished in the last 2 years??? I?m kind of worried and paranoid now about it now and been thinking about it the last 2 days.Also the images I saw were not as hardcore as the porn I used to watch,and it was also just gifs.I haven?t seen a full blown porn video with moans and sounds in like 2 years,so I don?t know what kind of damage sex gifs can do.
Please give me some insight guys,I hope I didn?t ruin my streak with that stupid decision I made of looking at sex gifs.Is this considered a relapse or just a small set back?
I also don?t want this to affect my sex life with my wife,I can?t afford to go back to looking at porn or any of that garbage.I refuse to go back.I made a small mistake these few days,but I repented and acknowledged my error.
Thoughts???
 
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Damn that?s scary how guys can relapse so easily.I hope I didn?t relapse too hard,it was just a few sex gifs on google images,and I didn?t M?O to it.Just later I wacked off to fantasy.What?s your opinion?
 

malando

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I certainly would call it a relapse - but it's only as big as you make it. There's no question you got all the necessary elements of a classic dopamine rich PMO experience. Whether it was as intense as your previous experiences is not that important. I think it just serves as a reminder to you not to let your guard down, no matter how long you've been clean. It can come and grab you again at the slightest opportunity. If you feel like it hasn't;t had any lasting effects, then count your blessings and use it as motivation not to skate too close to the edge. Good luck, man.
 
malando said:
I certainly would call it a relapse - but it's only as big as you make it. There's no question you got all the necessary elements of a classic dopamine rich PMO experience. Whether it was as intense as your previous experiences is not that important. I think it just serves as a reminder to you not to let your guard down, no matter how long you've been clean. It can come and grab you again at the slightest opportunity. If you feel like it hasn't;t had any lasting effects, then count your blessings and use it as motivation not to skate too close to the edge. Good luck, man.

Yes your right,I let my guard down and failed myself.I don?t think I?m at square one with my progress,but I feel like it was sort of a set back.I still get morning wood and erections when I hug or cuddle with my wife.I just haven?t had sex with her since her morning sickness which started last week.Just hoping it won?t affect my performance.Anyway this was a wake up call and your absolutely right,sometimes we get too comfortable and find ourselves on the edge.After what happened I decided to download Gary Wilson book YBOP and learn everything I can about porn addiction and the brain.Im already half way through the book in just a few days.Im also watching YouTube videos and reading other people?s experiences and trying to soak it all in.I really want to take this serious now and not play around and let my guard down.Thanks man.
 
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