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Hiya Guys! Cheers for clicking on this thread, it's my first. so please take that into account as you read the rest of this. Before you ask, I did indeed search the forums for a few of these questions and couldn't quite find definitive answers. Anyway, to avoid a wall of text, i'll get straight into it. I have a few questions that I hope the people here can help me with.

 

1. I am new to this phenoma, and as such, I am worried about the potential dangers of this practice. Just reading a few cases with supposed "Hostile Take-overs" by Tulpas sends shivers down my spine. So what dangers do I have?

 

2. I am worried about how much time I will need to allocate to this. Now I know this sounds a bit uppity or whatnot, but I am going to be moving soon, and I'm just not sure if I will have time to put a few hours in everyday. So how much time should/can I allocate to a tulpa?

 

3. I have read that Tulpa can take their own forms. One thing about me, I am terrified of those creepy black haired girls you see in Japanese horror flicks. I am scared that I will accidently create a Tulpa that looks like this, and I will never be able to get rid of it. This is my number one fear. Is there any potential for this to happen? And if so, how prominent is it.

 

4. How much do they affect everyday life, I don't want to be treated as a weirdo or similar if I get switched or something like that happens. I don't want to turn into a hermit just hanging out with my own mind.

 

I Am pretty sure that is all the questions I have for now. Please take in mind that I am very new to this, so if you could answer my questions with the least amount of hostility, that would be fantastic of you. :)

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You stole my original name! I'm in the beginning stages of tulpa creation (nearing vocality), so correct me if I'm wrong everyone.

 

1. Tulpas are a part of you, an aspect of your mind. In my short time here, I haven't seen or read about any hostile tulpas. The dangers are minimal, but be careful and aware of what you're doing, if only to keep your mind at peace.

 

2. The more attention you give them, the better. The good thing is, you can give your tulpa attention whenever you're not completely focused on something else. I like forcing on my way to university, at the gym, or walking around town.

 

3. In the beginning their form is entirely up to you. It's entirely possible to get intrusive thoughts that will have you visualizing the black haired girl for a second, but you need to realize that that's nothing to worry about. In time your tulpa will have a consistent form that you give them.

 

4. Tulpas, as far as I've seen here, are as considerate as you want them to be. They won't interfere in your daily life if you don't want them to.

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Hiya Guys! Cheers for clicking on this thread, it's my first. so please take that into account as you read the rest of this. Before you ask, I did indeed search the forums for a few of these questions and couldn't quite find definitive answers. Anyway, to avoid a wall of text, i'll get straight into it. I have a few questions that I hope the people here can help me with.

 

1. I am new to this phenoma, and as such, I am worried about the potential dangers of this practice. Just reading a few cases with supposed "Hostile Take-overs" by Tulpas sends shivers down my spine. So what dangers do I have?

 

2. I am worried about how much time I will need to allocate to this. Now I know this sounds a bit uppity or whatnot, but I am going to be moving soon, and I'm just not sure if I will have time to put a few hours in everyday. So how much time should/can I allocate to a tulpa?

 

3. I have read that Tulpa can take their own forms. One thing about me, I am terrified of those creepy black haired girls you see in Japanese horror flicks. I am scared that I will accidently create a Tulpa that looks like this, and I will never be able to get rid of it. This is my number one fear. Is there any potential for this to happen? And if so, how prominent is it.

 

4. How much do they affect everyday life, I don't want to be treated as a weirdo or similar if I get switched or something like that happens. I don't want to turn into a hermit just hanging out with my own mind.

 

I Am pretty sure that is all the questions I have for now. Please take in mind that I am very new to this, so if you could answer my questions with the least amount of hostility, that would be fantastic of you. :)

 

Welcome aboard! I think I might be able to help a little.

 

1. There's no risk of that, I'd say. Unless you do nothing but insult, abuse, and attack your tulpa, they should have total unconditional love for you. It's generally agreed that the host (that'd be you) can never unwillingly lose control of his body to his tulpa, even if for some reason the tulpa is being malicious in some way, which as stated above isn't likely in the first place.

 

2. There are a lot of people with tight schedules who still manage to develop tulpas and keep them around. I'm not one of them, particularly, but I've heard that even if you can only contribute a little bit of time here and there to actively working on your tulpa, then passively focus on them other times, that should be sufficient. Of course, the process will probably take a bit longer.

 

3. This sort of goes hand-in-hand with #1. Your tulpa isn't going to take a form that it knows will terrify you. Even if it does take a form that makes you uncomfortable accidentally, you can always politely talk with them and explain that you'd like them to use a different form.

 

4. I know of some tulpas/hosts who are switched near-constantly, with the tulpa having learned how to act like the host seamlessly through observation and practice. If you set some ground rules and are kind to your tulpa, you can rest assured that they aren't going to do anything malicious with your body to spite you if you do ever attempt switching.

They can take up as much or as little of your time as you wish. I'm sort of a solitary type of person who was never very social even before I found out about tulpas, so I'm a bad example, but there are many people here who carry on with daily life just the same as they would without a tulpa.

 

Good luck in your journey, it really is amazing once you get going.

"You've got to believe to achieve." -Hank Hill

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Alright, thanks for that guys. It kind of put my mind at ease. Know I've just got to get started I guess. I assume there are plenty of resources on here to help with that?

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Aye, most information resources are in the Guides board, but lurking the Q&A and General Discussion boards will turn up some helpful information now and then.

 

Also, clicking "Home" in the upper right corner, then "Chat", you'll be able to get to the #tulpa.info IRC channel. There's usually at least a few people active on it at any one time for real-time discussions, answers to questions, etc.

"You've got to believe to achieve." -Hank Hill

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There most certainly are. Not only are there a plethora of guides, but considering all the threads made--such as this one--there have been a countless number of questions answered. Speaking of which, if you do have any further questions, I would definitely recommend using the search function first, as that question may well have been asked, and answered in the past.

At any rate; welcome, and good luck.

"If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."

 

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Aww, everyone got here before me! Ah well, I might as well reinforce their points with my own, so here goes nothing.

 

First of all, welcome! If you do decide to go down this road I hope it's fruitful and enlightening for you, or at the very least a pleasant experience. Moving on to your specific concerns:

 

1. Admittedly I have done almost zero research on tulpas myself, but I have never heard any verified cases of tulpas 'taking over' their hosts. I do know of ONE tulpa who is able to forcefully switch with his host, but this is a special arrangement that the two have, the tulpa in question takes very good care of his host, and only forces a switch for his benefit e.g. to force his body to go to sleep when he's been staying up for too long (mainly while talking to me XD). Switching requires a lot of effort and concentration from both parties involved; it is extremely unlikely for any tulpa to be able to do it without consent. And in a more general sense, if you go about creation with the right mindset then your tulpa will only want to get along with you; you wouldn't go around punching people you want to be friends with, the same applies to tulpas.

 

2. All a tulpa really wants, once sentient, is your attention, in any form. Yes, a few committed forcing sessions to start out with are useful for setting a foundation, but otherwise as long as you are able to think of them or talk to them on a regular basis that is all that's required. I have a constantly shifting schedule, and I'm very easily distracted, but I have been able to teach myself to be with my tulpas any time my attention isn't required 100% by something else.

 

3. Intrusive thoughts can interfere with your visualisation and your tulpa's own actions, but once you recognise them for what they are you can learn to simply push them aside when they resurface. As for your tulpa changing their form to one that frightens you on purpose... It's entirely possible that they might do it to prank you depending on their personality, but they shouldn't do it out of spite.

 

4. I've never switched, so I can't give any info on perceived changes in behaviour from having someone else at the helm, but the tulpas of my friend I mentioned above have had brief run-ins with other people before and have managed to get by unnoticed. I personally think I can be a little quieter when I'm interacting with my tulpas, and I probably pull faces IRL in reaction to what they say and do, but people just react as they would to anyone who is daydreaming or lost in thought, and I can pass these quiet spells off as just that. But that's just me.

 

Hope I've managed to reinforce everyone else's answers, or shine more light on your concerns. Again, if you go for it, best of luck. it really can be wonderful having someone who gets you at your side whenever you want, but it isn't an easy process by any means.

Thunderfall (goes by Thunder)

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Melody

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1. All the times that happened that were true were most likely because the hosts were asshats

2. What ever time you got to use is just fine

3. Don't worry about form, if they will make their one or base it off something else, but seriously, black haired Japanese girls? what the fuck is wrong with you? thats like in irrational fear of black women that have fake hair.

4. truth be told, they dont affect a whole lot quickly. they tend to slowly change things, like you perspective on stuff, but its over time, not over a couple days

Amelia- Oct. 7, 2012

Mitsuki- Oct. 31, 2014 
 

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Well asshat, It's not Japanese girls that have black hair. That would be an irrational fear. What I am referring to is like The Ring and similar movies with horror connotations, so ask for confirmation if you are unsure of what I mean before you start handing out insults like candy.

 

*ahem*

 

Now that that's out of the way, appreciate the input guys, but the Ouigi and Koomer progress report has got me a bit rattled about the whole thing.

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I don't know what to tell you besides "don't worry about it".

Some might even say that his PR isn't even legitimate... Who knows.

"If this can be avoided, it should. If it can't, then it would be better if it could be. If it happened and you're thinking back to it, try and think back further. Try not to avoid it with your mind. If any of this is possible, it may be helpful. If not, it won't be."

 

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