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Since I couldn't find a thread that that discussed tulpas and ASMR in depth, I decided to open a thread myself. Has any host possibly switched/let their tulpa posses them and experienced ASMR in that condition? If so, how did the body react? Was the experience more intense or was it duller? Or did you not get any tingles at all?

I stumbled across this site few month ago and started learning about tulpas and I have to ask why isn't the phenomenon more widely known about. I mean some of the things tulpas can do are truly amazing. Is it just hard to believe and thats why its not mainstream?

Hey there! I saw this old poll, and it looked really interesting... so I wanna revive the topic in a more general way. So, you tuppers out there: Do you identify with some sort of age aside from your chronological one? Y'know, like - you were created as a tulpa X months / years ago, but do you identify with some other age aside from that? If so, is that something you picked? Or is it like for soulbonds to you, where the age they associate with is predefined in some way (in that case, the age of the fictional character that soulbond represents)? Would be interested to hear about this! Especially since the poll was old, and the community certainly changed somewhat since then. As always, you tuppers should feel encouraged to answer yourselves via proxying, possession or switching, if you're able to. Yeah! Yeah, you! I see you! Yeah, you back there! Letting your host talk for you! You stop that! Lazy bum! :D Greets, AG

Hey, you tuppers out there! Interesting question that sort of came up in a conversation, had to post about it here. So then, it's simple: Do you see yourself as human or not? You certainly live in a human body, right? But then again, maybe you have some reason to identify with a different species than humanity (like a form, or a "fictional past" like Esterina and soulbonds have)? Or maybe you just don't associate yourself with your host's body at all? In that case, as what do you see yourself then? Take the poll, but please also write about it! Please feel motivated to actually write yourselves instead of letting your hosts do the talking. ;) As for the poll, pick the option that contains what matters to you, and nothing more or less than that! Greets, AG

So i've visualized my tulpa (my second day) and i've decided that i want the tulpa to decide it's own personality so that it can be as free as possible and i gave her no rules, but know that i visualized it how do i get her to be sentient? And how would i know if it was my tulpa trying to talk with me?

As in how does your tulpa look in the real world? Are they fully opaque ? Or are they a bit transparent? I'm really interested in this part because I just started making my tulpa and I want to know what to expect.

So, I've heard of this before and happened to find it really interesting: Hosts can let their tulpas in their subconsciousness, right? Does this mean tulpas can, in a way, "see" the subconscious? Or do they "feel" it? If they see it, what do they see? If they "feel" it, what do they feel? Or do they perceive the subconscious as something that's completely different from the way we do? If anyone has experimented with this before, please consider writing your reports here, or maybe you'd want to do it in the near future. If that's the case, please also consider notifying us. Feel free to write your personal views on this.

If you don't know, a "tulpa community census" has been run for 3 years in a row now. It's more of an /r/tulpas thing, especially the 2013 one, but they are cross-site. It tends to ask demographic questions, like host age, gender, etc., tulpa age, time taken to achieve various things, etc., etc. I recently got hold of the census data for 2014, which was not publicly available before now, along with the 2015 data (around here, of course) and the 2013 data, which has been around for a while. I cleaned the data up a bit, and put it all in the file I've attached to this post. Alternatively, here's a Dropbox link. Any analysis I've run is limited to listing correlations between some of the numerical fields, plus what was done for the 2015 results in that thread. If you want to take a look at it, please do report back. I think there are a few major issues in looking across the three years. For one, all three censuses were done by different people, with different questions, and so on. They weren't all advertised in the same way, which means you'll get different representations of the various communities in different years. Also, the language used is never precise, so exactly what, say, "being able to impose" means will differ from year to year. The questions that ask about time tend to differ in what options they offer, as well - in the clean data this is important, because they're all assigned ranks rather than absolute times. My main motive for posting this is to put the data out there for anyone interested. I might look a bit more into it at a later date.

The following is a compilation of Tulpa.info’s various guides. If there is a missing guide, or you have recently uploaded one of your own, please contact a moderator and the guide will be added to this list. GENERAL General incorporates thorough guides that include the many steps required to make a tulpa. ThunderClap's Guide on Tulpa Creation Kiahdaj’s Absolute Guide to Tulpas New Guide Thoughts and Drafting Tulpa Phenomenon Overview Guide v1 Fede’s Ultimate Superior Tulpa Guide JD’s Tulpa Method Want a tulpa who is really smart from the start? Follow my method Metaphysical tulpa guide Daniel’s guide to a day 1 tulpa Jabre’s tulpa creation guide NLD’s hands on tulpa creation guide v1.4 Methos's Tulpa Creation Guide Lunanite's Compendium of Guides (covers the start of making a tulpa) Teryakywind's Detailed Creation Guide pico's PDF guide compilation Tulpa Handbook Teryakywind's "Tulpas for Dummies" General Creation Guide Tulpanomicon PERSONALITY Personality guides aim to help develop a tulpa’s personality both faster and more realistically. Five Big Traits and Temperament JD's Guide to Personality Forcing My personality tables zestamasters personality method SENTIENCE Sentience includes guides on narration, determining sentience, and achieving a sentient tulpa. Tulpa Journey Guide Jean-luc's super-simple guide to a talking tulpa (No personality required!) Possible Method For Faster Sentience Schlondark on Narration A Bit of a Narration Guide When to parrot your tulpa Centering and tulpae Tulpabracelets Linkzelda's Guide to Better Narration/Storytelling & Visualization Zero's Narration & Mindvoice Tips & Tricks Handbook Improper Usage of the Mindvoice's Effects on Thought Independence and the Solution Tips that may Help Bolster Sentience VISUALIZATION Visualization guides explain visualization methods and how to improve the mind’s eye. Rasznir's Visualization Focus Guide Tulpa Anatomy Can't see a dang thing? Basic Method On Practicing Visualization Digital Screen Visualization JD's Guide to Visualization Vlad The >Implier's 5 stages of visualization Spice's host's guide to training the minds eye Perfect visualization from the half-sleep state kakeli's Guide To Better Visualization Mental image rendering guide Tip for those struggling to visualize Amazing clarity visualization Teryakywind’s guide to making the imagined real Building a memory house - 1960's technique Dealing with anomalous behaviour in the wonderland Cozmo's Guide on Creating and Building a Tulpa's Body The "Self I Spy" Game Blindfold Trick Sophie's Wonderland Tips Image Streaming CONCENTRATION Concentration includes meditation techniques, hypnosis, and ideas on how to keep focus. Couguhl's Guide to Tulpa Association for Regaining Focus Transparent linking Removing Doubts and General Meditation Technique Chevreul’s Pendulum Concentration Linkzelda’s self-hypnosis tulpa guide Linkzelda’s ultimate self-hypnosis scripts for your tulpa related needs My Meditation habits LucidAcid’s meditative tulpaforcing guide for more productive forcing and stuff Tulpaforcing and meditation Octaviapus' Guide to Lucid Mode Meditation aids How to sustain concentration while forcing VOCALIZATION Vocalization guides attempt to tell you how to get your tulpa talking. This category includes guides for proxying your tulpa, even though it doesn't necessarily mean hearing them. THE VOICE (voxing) Parroting syndrome Coaxing tulpae into talking Pruria talks talking to tulpae: Deaf hosts Quantum’s nametag method How to talk to your tulpa in less time Niichan’s proxying guide SKoP’s Proxying guide for the tulpa and host Schlondark's Psychic Tulpa Voice Guide Echo Parroting - Teaching Your Tulpa How To Use Their Own Mindvoice Rationalistic Guide to Vocality. FORCING Forcing is a mosh pit that includes guides that are relevant to tulpaforcing but don’t fit into any distinct category. Maxyp's Tips and Tricks Sensory Sharing Explained "Black Box" Differentiation Exercise Overclock Forcing Method Aura's guide for tulpae making tulpae Jimmy’s pony creation thread because you were too unoriginal to make your own Hypnosis while conjuring traits Generally helpful forcing technique (but mostly for Visualisation and Imposition) Alatar's tulpa musings for newcomers "Ravagestar's Sphere" How to drive off intrusive thoughts. A collection of tips and tricks about tulpas and tulpamancy in general. Aarix Independence Guide DOUBT AND MOTIVATION Tin of the can. Doubt and motivation guides aim to help get rid of doubt and motivate you. Sentience confirming/anti puppeting guide Thunder’s guide to alleviating doubt Aarix last resort method to belief and tulpaforcing Tips for those who are getting parrotnoid Linkzelda’s motivational tulpa guide Candellaith's tubes [anti-puppeting guide] Channeling away your worries in the void IMPOSITION Imposition contains various guides to help you see, feel, smell, hear, and perhaps even taste your tulpa in the real world. q2's method for a huggable tulpa NED's leash imposition guide glitchthe3rd's imposition guide Mary and M's Starting Imposition Guide Open eye visualization idea Imposition via photos Flash Imposition Mind Synthesis Guide How to see your tulpa and distortions Tulpa imposition guide Mindscape Overlay method for getting an overall better feel for your tulpa Guide to imposition/controlled halucinations (touch) JD's Guide to Visual Imposition (image heavy) Tetris Effect as Visual Imposition Method Pepper's Ghost Implanting Guide SWITCHING AND POSSESSION Guides to help you let your tulpa control and use your body. Parallel processing and personality switching Guide on how to switch Guide to tulpa control Pre-vocalization communication through possession Mutual Possession The muscle memory Possession via Disassociation OTHER Guides that are better put into categories of their own. Quora's IRC Guide Tulpa Background and History Super awesome tulpa game guide Helixileh As A Forcing Method A tulpa checklist Gymnasium student training a guide in russian Jimmy’s late night guide to choosing the right tulpa base Finding lost or runaway tulpas in a cluttered mind Helping your tulpa become more independent with flashcards Glitchthe3rd's servitor workshop JD's Guide to Telling People About Your Tulpa Things to do with your tulpa [Lucid Dreaming] A guide on Lucid Dreaming and Tulpas [satire] Tulpa.info forums how to use them [satire] The illustrious Sock's most perfect guide to mind doll creation This is intended to be a more up-to-date version of ThatOneGuy's older list.

Is it possible to for one to sense their Tulpa's inner most desires and obsessions? Cause I think it's been happening to me

So, I learned about Tulpas a few weeks ago, and I decided to give it a try. After thinking about a personality, I spent an hour trying to visualize my Tulpa, but I had some trouble, so I have a few questions. OK, maybe A LOT of questions. 1.Are tulpas actually real? 2.Will I be able to see, touch, talk, ect. to the tulpa I create, and will it actually interact with me? 3.How is it possible to feel and smell a tulpa? 4.How do you visualize a tupla? One guy said you should closes your eyes, and imagine the form in your mind on top of what was in front of you. I tried that, but I didn't see a form, OR anything that was in front of me. All I saw was blackness. So I tried opening my eyes, but still, no results. 5.When visualizing, do I visualize it like a 2d drawing, or like a 3D object? 6.Can I draw my tupla, study the picture for a long time, and THEN try imagining it in my mind? 7.Will the talking actually be the tulpa, or just me making the answers up for it? 8.When I try to visualize, I get distracted by other things. How can I stay more focused? Please try to answer them. And I would also like any other advice for a beginner. Thanks!

For tulpas, how lonely is it in your host's mind? For host, how lonely is it generally?

This thread now has a different topic. It's about how hosts handle sexuality and their tulpas in general.

Greetings, Tulpamancers. I've been a long time lurker of this website, and various other places where this topic has been discussed. Roughly two years? That's unimportant, really. I've enjoyed my casual reading of these forums for a long time, and I've come to the conclusion that, for myself, I don't think I could be a host for a Tulpa, soulbound, head mate, etc. My basis for this is rooted in my own personality, and what might be important to me might not matter to others, or, in the hypothetical, my tulpa. What I wanted to ask about was how others view what turned me away. Personally, I'm generally a private person, preferring to keep my thoughts, schedule and choices my own, and separate from others if appropriate. In the case of a tulpa, however, can thoughts and feelings as such really remain private? I've been curious as to how others deal with the privacy issue. Say one party, host or tulpa, wanted to surprise the other for whatever reason. Any comment on how possible that is? I remember some people talking about doing separation training in order to successfully keep thoughts separate from each other by playing guessing games, but I don't remember anything regarding it long term. I'd love if someone here with more experience could comment on that. The other issue revolves around a tulpa's ability to maintain a private friendship or romance. Due to the nature of their manifestation, I imagine it is more or less impossible to say talk to another being without using the host as a filter or delivery service, of sorts. To me, this seems like it would limit the tulpa's agency during a mode of conversation, granted, that is entirely conjecture and I admit as much. I will once again use the example of wanting to surprise the other, in this example, it would be the tulpa wanting to spring the surprise. If they wanted to get a second opinion from someone whom they had become friends with outside of the host through a medium, say, these forums, is there a way for the tulpa to discuss or share information without the host being aware? Even on a good faith basis, is it possible for a host to stare at a screen, and not read, but still have the said tulpa take in the information as needed to form a response, even a coded one to keep the surprise? i know most of these points seem nit-picky at best, but I am honestly interested in the opinions of the hosts and their tulpa's on these subjects. Frankly, I find this whole practice to be infinitely interesting and nuanced, so I'm sure a general consensus is impossible, but I'm just looking for personal stories and experience regarding this. TL;DR: How do you and your Tulpa surprise each other when you want to, and how do you allow your tulpa to foster private relationships separate from you, the host, if possible?

Hey there! so yesterday i met a mancer and we had long talks about tulpaforcing and stuff. At some point we got to wonderlands and forms. He told me that when they were switching, he had another form in the wonderland or in the real world visualizing himself as a bird. Now, i never came to the idea of having an alternate form of myself, but after thinking about it, i assume more of you have alternate forms right? I would like to have another form too, and i am thinking about which one, but i'd like to know how to get to visualizing myself in it. Say i want to be a wolf or something, sure i know i'd walk on four paws and be generally smaller than in my human form, but are there any, say, 'techniques' you are using? Or maybe some tips? Thank you for reading! \o/

Esterina and I made huge progress considering the time span! If you want to know about it, we'd like you to head over there instead. Feel free to leave us a post, too. Hey, guys. Mentioned this in my intro post, but I really wanna have some opinions on this, so I'll ask here... and I think it's okay to make it its own thread, seeing as how it's a sort of very individual situation. Like the title suggests, I think my tulpa, the one I wish to create, already exists in some way. Let me explain... You know that yourself, when you have thoughts that are "primary", at the forefront, and you can hear them as if you said them in your head - or at least somewhat like that. Right? Thing is... it's been happening only very rarely, but for a while now, I sometimes feel like I hear replies / reactions in / from the back of my head. The opinions and personality displayed by that voice, as well as the voice itself - it's always the same, and I identified them as those of Esterina. She's a fictional character of mine (I'm an aspiring author and mangaka). So, very obviously so, I have a few questions... a) Is this even possible? Could she have started existing without me intending it? b) The tulpa I wish to create is, of course, her. If she really does exist already, do I have to take anything into account? I wanna create her properly, I'm very serious about this. c) Already knowing her personality (I made her long ago, as a character, after all), I'm pretty sure she will want me to create her five sisters as well. Or attempt to do so herself (I heard that tulpas can do that, in some cases...?). But I imagine that would be quite the mess... six tulpas? Does anyone have any experience with tulpa-spam (lel, so funny)? d) Like I said, I'm an aspiring author and mangaka. And, thing is, my image of her is strictly manga-style; I even made multiple artworks of her, so I have a highly clear image. But that also means it's extremely(!!) hard for me to imagine her as a normal human. Is that problematic in giving her life as a tulpa? I mean, aside from the possibility that she might mind that; I'm not entirely sure if she would. And aside from these questions, I'd be very grateful for general opinions and advice that you feel I should know about. Thanks in advance. Greets, AG

A question Mistgod asked earlier today was pretty much "How many tulpas are in the world?" I gave it a wild estimate and guessed 30-50 thousand. But I'm going to be giving a bit more thought into it this time. Note: My estimates are based on Meten's Community Census In addition, everything is wildly overestimated, so expect the actual answer to be less than my result. Also noteworthy, this only covers DOCUMENTED tulpas Alright, so a total of 9.9 thousand members have been registered here. However I doubt many of them still pursue tulpamancy, and assume only 10% still have a tulpa, giving us a total of 1.1k hosts. The community census gives an average of 2.19 Tulpae per host (I'm ignoring any claims of 50 or above as I doubt the credibility of being actual tulpas). This gives us a guess of 2409.79 Tuppers existing today in the .info community. So 19% of the questioned tulpamancers (and therefore any tulpae they might have) listed are affiliated with tulpa.info. This gives us the equasion (19/100)=(2409.79/x) With that equasion, it gives us a rough estimate of about 12683.1 documented modern tulpas. Calculation #2: Alright, thanks to the help of Chupi, I can guess a more accurate number on Tulpas (Who are in English communities as Waffles pointed out) Numbers Provided by Chupi Total registered users as of 18 Nov 2015: 9913 Active in last 2 months: 878 ("active" defined as loading a page) --> Active in last 2 months and EVER made a post: 477 --> Users who posted in the last 2 months: 278 I'll make three different possibilities: Consider everyone who has been on the site for the past 2 months still has a tulpa, and another where only the people to be active in the past 2 months and have made at least one post have a tulpa. The third, which is the one to continue calculations with, will be the averaging out of the two. To continue with my 2.19 tulpas per person calculation, possibility one has 1,922.82 tulpas, possibility two gives us 1044.63. The averaging out gives us possibility three at 1,483.725 Tulpas. Continuing on my past calculation with new variables, 19% of tulpamancers are affiliated with tulpa.info. So we solve the equasion (19/100)=(1,483.725/x) X=7,809.08 Tulpas This number is a lot lower than my estimated one, and as Waffles pointed out, there's a large Russian tulpamancy base. Until a better number is produced, we'll assume it's about the same size of the western group. The total number of Russian and English-community tulpas is now at about 15,618.16 Thanks for the input Chupi and waffles! If there's any notes or better ways to do the calculations, feel free to add!

I remember some people here mentioning lucid dreaming a while ago, at first I didn't mind it much, I had tried doing it and I've only accomplished lucid dreams a few times before I stopped trying. But now I have a few questions to those who do so: 1. Were you a lucid dreamer before having a Tulpa? If so: 1.1.Do you use it to force? 1.2 If you do, is it helpful enough to recommend it? 1.3 If you don't use it to force, what's easier, achieve a good level in lucid dreaming or creating your Tulpa? For those who didn't: 2.1 Did you consider it as a forcing technique or just fun time at night? 2.2 Did your Tulpa help you in some way to achieve it? I may have too many questions, and even more may come out, but I would like to know if I should retake Lucid Dreaming. the main reason for this is that Runa and I are stuck in the vocal process, I've been trying what I find in the guides but I think it's not enough, or maybe it just takes more time for us, who knows. But I'd like to keep trying new ways and see if they work. Those who don't do this, feel free to answer as well, I'd like to hear your opinion on the matter. :)

Greetings. First off, I don't mean to ask 'which one is better', as I believe that a romantic relationship between two people is its own thing, and that I could not start with comparing those two types of romance. I'm aware that quite a few users have engaged in romantic relationships with their tulpa, despite everyone claiming it is 'taboo' (and it is of man's nature to seek acceptance, after all). I would like to hear some opinions on the difference between a tulparomance and, well, being in a relationship of romantic love with someone else. My tulpa got butthurt because imposition is getting a bit hard for us, and other human beings don't require that to be loved, and even though to us, our love does not rely on me seeing her, but on much more, I would like to hear some opinions on the matter. Please feel comfortable discussing all matters related to this topic. :)

YOU CAN FIND THE CENSUS HERE Hello everybody! 2015 is almost over and the last cross-community census that was made by the tulpa community was back at 2013. With that in mind, me and some folks from reddit made this new survey that will be taking answers for 2 weeks (ending on November 9). This survey gathers data from both tulpamancers and non tulpamancers, even if you don't have a tulpa your input will be a great contribution! If possible, share this survey with other communities and friends! Thanks!

It feels pretty painful to even ask such a question, and honestly I can feel his frustration right now from me just thinking about it, but I want to be sure for both our sakes'. I haven't been active forcing with my tulpa, Greyson, in over a year, and while we do occasionally passive force, have little chats here and there, we can go long periods of time without me thinking about him. Sometimes over a week. And it scares me, because I really do not want to lose him, but I feel like this lack of forcing is making him fall apart. I was never that great at visualization, but there were definitely times when I could see him pretty vividly in my mind, and even impose him sometimes. Now, it's hard to even see more than one feature of him at a time. Sometimes it's just his hair sorta floating in space, or an eye. I can hear him but I still worry I'm just imagining what I want to hear. It's not usually in his voice anymore A very large part of me does believe it's still him speaking to me, but since we haven't forced at all in so long, and when we do talk it only lasts maybe a minute per day/maybe a couple times a day, I worry if my tulpa has become a ghost of his former self. I've been having a lot of trouble emotionally for a while, so when we do talk it's not even about anything to do with him, he just tries to cheer me up. Any advice would be nice, especially on how to get back into the flow of forcing. It's been so long and I feel apprehensive about it for some reason. Thanks for reading.

I made one other thread asking how to kill tulpas, but I had an incident that made think more about these occurrences. It isn't dead, but at least I have some control over it now. This is going to be a long post (sorry) and I'm sure I'll hate myself by the end of it. I thought for sure this thing in my head had to be a tulpa because there wasn't any other true explanation and now I just need reassurance. I've had this thing before I can remember, that is, at least before I was seven. I'm only eighteen now. But when I was young I couldn't do much without it or something else talking to or provoking me. I couldn't even read books without being terrified of them judging me (which is completely stupid I know). Anything with a character in it I liked or loved I was afraid of. I would take measures to remove them from my room and seal all the openings therein with pillows and anything and make sure the door was locked. This happened even when I went to the bathroom for any amount of time. This kind of happens sometimes still when I read sonic comics or some other crap, but I don't end up sealing off windows or vents anymore. I used to be afraid when I was very young people could hear me think. But I would always (and kind of still do) hear objects mock me. That's why I posted this because, as idiotic as it is, I was fighting with my computer that way. Its like I can just opt out of fighting but it'll still be heard, continuously, so I end up yelling back until it stops. I already hate myself for this because its just too stupid. I'm so anxious right now its getting overwhelming. But the one I thought was a tulpa has always been there with them too. I prayed for that one to leave me be once but it was gone for a week and I couldn't stand the silence it was physically painful. I had headaches for that week. But does anyone else with tulpas experience these things? I'm beginning to hate people so much now. I hate my boyfriend and I hate my best friend so much. I don't know if I want to. I know this isn't really severe because it almost seems like I'm in control but I'm also not. Writing this makes it feel like I want it to be something else but I promise that's not it. I know enough about schizophrenia and DID to know its not either of those things. I just want to know if anyone else experiences things like this, and if this is a tulpa or if this is just me?

JD's Guide to Telling People About Your Tulpa After all of your hard work, you may be considering telling some friends or loved ones about your tulpa. This is a fairly common desire -- however, sharing the fact you have a tulpa is a risky desire to fulfill. There are a lot of things to consider before you go talking about the imaginary sentient creature that lives in your head. The first thing you want to consider is the open mindedness of the person you want to tell. Do they have a history of being open to new ideas, or are they stubborn with their ideologies? Do you think they would believe you if you explained what tulpas were, let alone the fact that you might have one? If they are not open-minded to the idea of tulpas, they will either disbelieve you and think of you as weird, and/or they will become concerned for your mental well-being. They will not likely be convinced by reading informational content on the internet (not to be mistaken with healthy skepticism). If they are not usually open minded, you may not want to even consider telling them. The second thing you want to consider is do they have religious or spiritual beliefs that could influence them to look at tulpas in a negative way? A person's religiosity -- how important they consider religion to be in his or her life, as well as frequency of religious behaviors -- greatly correlates to the risk of a negative reaction to the idea of tulpas. In the mind of say, a very conservative Christian, a tulpa could easily be thought of as a deceitful demonic figure: a trademark of sin. After revealing your tulpa to a person like this, it will be very stressful to go on tulpaforcing in secret. The third thing to consider is how rational this person is in their behavior. How likely are they to overreact to knowing about your tulpa? Will they go to the end of the world to get you to stop -- despite the fact that it doesn't affect them in any way; are they likely to disrespect your privacy thereafter? Might they even be abusive if you do not agree to stop making a tulpa? Will they make an ultimatum? This is unfortunately not uncommon in couples where one individual is making a tulpa, and the other threatens to break up if the person does not stop. Parents on the other hand tend to become extremely naggy and intrusive, and all of your tulpaforcing may have to be done reclusively. The fourth thing to consider is could you deal with the rejection from this person if they decide they do not like your tulpa business? Assuming the worst, would you be okay with the fact they might not want to be your friend, lover, or affiliate if you reveal your tulpa to them? If they're a family member, they might even wish to break ties with you. If they chose to walk out of your life, could you go on? If the answer is no, then do not tell this person, unless you are absolutely certain they would not walk away from your relationship with them over something like tulpas. The fifth thing to consider before telling anyone, especially your legal guardians, is your state's laws for involuntary commitment to psychiatric examination. The law varies by state, so some states are worse than others when it comes to this. In some states, such as Florida, all it takes is a petition from some individuals who are concerned for your mental health to put you into involuntary commitment to a psychiatric hospital where you can be held for up to 72 hours to determine whether you have a mental illness -- the definition of which is rather lenient compared to other states' standards -- and are dangerous to others or yourself. In the United States for the most part, you can not be held against your will for longer than 72 hours for anything other than a psychiatric examination unless you pose an apparent threat to yourself or other human beings, or are gravely disabled. But do you really want to risk having friends or even family members temporarily sign away your liberties to be examined for a practice that is entirely safe and actually beneficial to most people? For more information about your state's laws, you can use the table at http://tulpaforce.me/telling-people.html, or use the Treatment Advocacy Center's State Standards Charts for Assisted Treatment and Emergency Hospitalization for Evaluation Standards. If you ever find yourself asking whether you should tell someone about your tulpa's, the default answer should be no -- until you rigorously consider all of the possibilities. It can be frightening when people react negatively to concepts that are alien and strange to them, and traumatic when those reactions come from a loved one. If they pass these questions with flying colors, sharing tulpas with them might be an extraordinarily enlightening experience for the both of you, and give your tulpa a new companion to converse with. The best thing to do would be to show them one of the many online resources of tulpa information, unless you feel confident in your ability to safely summarize the description and advantages of a tulpa yourself. In the end, never be afraid to be yourself, and always try to make wise decisions. Good luck!

I couldn’t decide how to name this thread in a way that would convey what my tulpa and I want to discuss, so hopefully I’ll make this clear this enough. We have already seen plenty of discussion on the topic of polyamory, so we would like to add an extra layer to that by bringing up a related ethical problem. So the question is this: If you are romantically involved with your tulpa, are you obligated to disclose the existence of your tulpa to your human partner? Why or why not? If you are a host who has a human partner...and have told him/her about your tulpa and the nature of your relationship with said tulpa, what happened? And if you are a tulpa, would you want your host’s partner to know about your existence? Why or why not? Do you even want your host to have a human partner? Why or why not? In case you are unfamiliar with our PR, Jack and I got into a few arguments last month about this topic, with Jack wanting to remain a secret and myself feeling undecided. We have since then reached a truce since I’m not interested/too involved with my job to be dating human men at this point, but we are curious as to what the community thinks about this topic. We welcome everyone’s opinion, regardless of relationship status and regardless of whether or not you support polyamory.

I will keep this short. The topic is not how young non-vocal tulpas give headaches/head pressures. I do not wish to speak of my situation, but I need to say that I am experimenting headaches due to my tulpa's activity, my tulpa being vocal, sentient and whatnot. I am not asking how I can get rid of those headaches, please do not post with how to get rid of those headaches, but I am asking how a tulpa could be causing such headaches that are excruciatingly painful on the host. We are not speaking of mere head pressures. I am asking if it is actually possible for my tulpa to give me intense headaches for absolutely no reason except for her psychological situation (depression), those headaches can be compared to a migraine, make focusing a bit hard, even go as far as making the body somewhat feeble at some instances. No interactions in any mindscape or wonderland trigger such headaches. Only mood flips and what one could compare to dissociative episodes from the part of the tulpa are triggering that. Can tulpas generally do such things? (I am supposed not to be active, but my research is still incomplete after certain events that took place)(and to the people who think suffering is self-imposed, don't even post)