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On tumblr and some other sites, there are individuals that call themselves "multiples" (some diagnosed officially with DID and some not) who claim to have "headmates", which are similar to tulpa, except for that they arise naturally and are not imposed. The members of these "multiple systems" generally interact via wonderland-like "headspaces", and frequently exchange control of their mutually shared body. Most of these people claim not to have any of the memory loss traditionally associated with DID, maintaining their consciousness and (usually only a degree) of sensory perception even while another individual in the system is "fronting". They, of course, do not believe that multiplicity is in any way disordered.

 

Has there been any significant contact between this community and the tulpa one?

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They do indeed seem very similar. I don't think any effort to reach out to that community has been done, but I think it may be similar to what Lulu and I are trying (we're doing the personalities and narration first, then creating a body after the tulpa is vocal).

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I've seen tulpas mentioned on the tumblr, livingplural(In typical tumblr fashion they called the word "tulpa" appropriation, and suggested "thoughtform" instead. And then an anon left an angry ask because "thoughtform" was cruel an demeaning). They seem fairly accepting of the idea. There will be some groups/individuals who will be against the idea, but there used to be some strife between the soulbonding and multiple communities too, and look at them now. You can hardly find a multiple who doesn't also have a soulbond(or "fictive"), and you can hardly find a soulbonder who doesn't incorporate aspects of multiplicity into their lifestyle.

 

I am cool with discourse with any group that doesn't automatically pathologize having head voices.

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I've seen tulpas mentioned on the tumblr, livingplural(In typical tumblr fashion they called the word "tulpa" appropriation, and suggested "thoughtform" instead. And then an anon left an angry ask because "thoughtform" was cruel an demeaning). They seem fairly accepting of the idea. There will be some groups/individuals who will be against the idea, but there used to be some strife between the soulbonding and multiple communities too, and look at them now. You can hardly find a multiple who doesn't also have a soulbond(or "fictive"), and you can hardly find a soulbonder who doesn't incorporate aspects of multiplicity into their lifestyle.

 

I am cool with discourse with any group that doesn't automatically pathologize having head voices.

What are the differences between: tulpae, soulbonding, multiples, daemons?

 

Given my current limited understanding of them seem to be:

1. Tulpae can be both very constrained and very free in the creation process. Imposition(hallucinations) with all senses tends to be part of the process, but it's not really required. Shapeshifters seem to be more rare.

2. Soulbonding seems similar to tulpae, but the characters have detailed back stories that they (the characters) believe they experienced. Their beliefs may not be as false as some other people think because there probably is some branch of the multiverse that somehow results in their experiences happening somewhere someplace sometime, even if those experiences would be very low-probability. They are less deliberate than tulpae in the way they are created, most being by accident (such as a writer modeling a character in their head sufficiently that it becomes a tulpa).

3. Daemons seem like tulpae, but with less people doing the imposition part and they are far less forced (no personality stage) and probably has more shapeshifters.

4. Multiples seem similar to tulpae in most ways, except most people with a tulpa have yet to try possession (what they call "fronting" in that community) and they are created by accident and not deliberately. I'm very curious about this bit myself and do wonder if a multiple's connection to the subconscious is as good as a tulpa's and if possession is possible for a tulpa, would that negatively affect the way they interact with the subconscious? I'm asking this because a host tends to spend a lot of the time experiencing the world and gets worse at visualization and other imaginary activities, while a tulpa spends most of their time doing so. If "switching" places is possible, would that negatively affect a tulpa?

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What are the differences between: tulpae, soulbonding, multiples, daemons?

 

I don't know anything about daemons. Does anyone have any links to share?

 

Many multiples believe their condition is a natural one caused by neurological differences, much like autism. These multiples may have a problem with accepting the authenticity of tulpae.

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I say go for it. If properly educated, they can help spread tulpas and tthey may find things about their own thing.

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What are the differences between: tulpae, soulbonding, multiples, daemons?

 

Given my current limited understanding of them seem to be:

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That looks mostly right from my experience in checking out those communities.

 

I don't have the answers to your questions though, sorry.

 

 

 

I don't know anything about daemons. Does anyone have any links to share?

 

Many multiples believe their condition is a natural one caused by neurological differences, much like autism. These multiples may have a problem with accepting the authenticity of tulpae.

 

Daemonism is mostly based off of the daemons from pullman's Golden Compass and jungian psychology. check out http://daemonpage.com/ and http://daemonpage.com/forum/ for better explanations.

 

Even some spiritual ones might not like it. It depends on the individual.

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Many multiples believe their condition is a natural one caused by neurological differences, much like autism. These multiples may have a problem with accepting the authenticity of tulpae.

 

Then again, it might very well be possible that such neurlogical differences do exist and that those who lack a certain neural configuration or structure will never be able to create a tulpa.

But of course, this is mere conjecture.

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