Learning to NoFap is Like Learning to Walk

Learning to nofap is so similar to learning to walk. It hit me and I want to share with you and offer you the chance to comment.

Different people learn to walk at different ages. We all learn to nofap at different ages.

When a baby/toddler learns to walk, he does not start by running around the track or running a marathon. He pulls himself up because he is so sick and tired of being on the floor. He wants to grow up. He wants to experience things he sees other people all around him experiencing. He wants to be like others.

So, the toddler pulls himself up and hangs on for dear life. He does not let go. He hangs on. And the next thing he does is....fall down. Boom. Ouch. Hey that did not hurt. My diaper softened the fall, and thank goodness, it was empty. (Thanks, Mom!) I am going to try that again. I had a moment of growth in those 10 seconds I was standing up. I liked that. I fell down and it did not hurt that much.

The toddler gets better and better at pulling himself up, holding on sometimes, getting brave and letting go at other times, taking a step here and there. Falling sown. Getting up. Over and over and over.

Then the fun starts. I am good at this. I can go further and I can go faster. But the faster I go, the harder I fall. If I fall on the carpet, it burns the skin little, but not too bad. If I fall into the marble coffee table, or the brick fireplace, or the ceramic tiled floor, the hurt can really hurt for a while. If I fall down the stairs, ouch for a very long time. I am going to slow down for a while.

I get older. I go outdoors. I learn to walk faster and then to run and then to run faster. I fall, I skin my knee, I cry, I get up, I start again. I do not start over, because I already know how to walk and run. I have been walking and running for months or years now. I have learned so many things. I can never start over. I can simply start again.

Some toddlers learn to walk and run sooner or quicker than other toddlers. Some seem to have a more natural knack for walking and then running than others. However, in the end, everyone learns to walk. Everyone learns to run. Everyone learns to nofap.

Please share your thoughts, insights, additional comparisons, as well as how this analogy spoke to you directly, below for all to see and grow and heal from. Thanks.