You mean like in Isaac Asimov’s Nightfall? Thought as much. You mean your problem is more earthly, the seedier, coarser kind. It is strange that you are using a typically Asian faux Anglais term for nocturnal emission. Now that seems worse! Sounds like some secret experiment gone awry. Shall we try using “Wet Dream” instead of “Nightfall?” Call it what you will, it is nothing but a spontaneous ejaculation or orgasm and there is no way that you can remember that extraordinary erotic dream involving the lady next door or even the milkman.
“Nightfall” ought to mean a “fall at night” and which case I would suggest you carry a torch. Since we both know what is on your mind, we will get down to the basics. Nocturnal emissions or orgasms are common during teenage and early adult years. The strange part is that it could happen with an erection or even without an erection. In the case of a young woman it is vaginal lubrication with orgasm.
It was believed that stimulation of the genitals by the mattress or erotic dreams or even sexual thoughts caused nocturnal emissions. This is one of the reasons why young boys were told never to sleep on their stomachs!!! These causes have not been ruled out since there has been no controlled research. However it has been pointed out that in almost every case it is increased testosterone production that causes nocturnal emissions.
There is no hard and fast rule as to the normal number of nocturnal emissions but it is believed that teenagers have more “wet dreams” than young adults. Then there are also men who have never experienced “Nightfall” or nocturnal emissions or any other kind of emission. Whether you have had nocturnal ejaculation or shall we say, “Nightfall”, it is not necessary to get your knickers in a knot.
But religion has always looked darkly at Nightfall. The Mosaic Law of the Bible (OT) says that under the Law of Moses a man who has had nocturnal emissions has incurred ritual defilement. Look up Leviticus 15:16-17 and Deuteronomy 23: 9-11 and you will find the law laid out about what to do if you have had a nocturnal emission. In most of Asia, it still sends the heebie-jeebies down the spines of young adults since loss of semen is a loss of vital fluids. The Netra Tantra (11th CE) of the Buddhists and the Telepatta Jataka of the Buddhists refers to Yoginis and Yakshinis who steal a man’s semen when he is asleep. (The texts are silent about how to stop the Yoginis and other sprites. Perhaps they don’t want them to be stopped!!!)
Right from the time of recorded history there have been treatments to stop “Nightfall” or “ Nocturnal emissions.”They have been without exception of the snake-oil variety and have no scientific basis whatsoever. I am told that India there are any number of quacks who offer a wide range of remedies that are supposed to put a permanent stop to Nightfall. Isaac Asimov would have loved it. The point of all this is that there is nothing to get perturbed about except the inconvenience of washing the sheets and your clothes. And, that is no big deal.
So you had Nightfall? So what? What’s the big deal? It happens to millions of young men and also women and is nothing to worry about except the laundry bills
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