[No!! It’s because promises are bad!!!!!!!! Stop assuming the worst!]

Shying away from things will never make them less overwhelming.

[Somehow, it kind of sounds like he doesn’t mean sex.]

You’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t let yourself try, and fail, and try some more. No point in living if you’re too afraid to branch out - but do you want to stay alive like this or not?

[As something person-shaped, he means.]