How lonely does it get in your host's mind/your mind?

[Hierophant]

Why would it be lonely when your life companion is always with you, ready to chat or cuddle or just have a long talk about whatever you want to talk about?

[Guest Anonymous]

Good question. I didn't understand this post either, or at least I can't relate to it.

 

EDIT: That should read "we" can't relate to it cause neither can I. The post was mostly bout tulpas feeling lonely. I guess I can see how that might be possible for someone. People can feel lonely even in a crowd if they feel unloved, unwanted or ignored/neglected.

[glitchthe3rd]

They say it gets a little lonely sometimes, but there are only three of them and Luna spends most of the day every day studying alongside me. So I guess it's not surprising that my other two girls would occasionally feel that way.

[Reisen]

Lucilyn: Being lonely implies you're experiencing loneliness, and experiencing loneliness as a tulpa means you're conscious while your host isn't thinking of you. I guess there are a lot of people that are like that, but not really us. We usually just maintain a really low level of awareness (like unconscious-in-the-background level) all the time, but it's not enough to experience loneliness. If it was, I would tell my host I was bored. We've never really been able to spontaneously bring ourselves to consciousness though, unless it was pre-planned. So I guess our minds don't really work when we're not active. So, no loneliness.

 

That being said, our host does his best to mentally check in with us on an emotional level somewhat often, and I think if we were ever lonely it would be during prolonged periods of that. I know Flan gets lonely when she isn't active for a long time, but only when she's still around in the background. Because there are definitely times where we're just completely not around at all, usually for a month or two at a time. Lumi still thinks of us on occasion but I wouldn't call it stimulating enough to provoke real thought on our parts. So, ironically, it's when she's actually paid attention that she feels lonely. Huh. Well, he always does his best to combat his motivation issues and spends time with us when he notices we're inactive, and has already spent a couple days with Flan recently. So I don't have any complaints. Being more active would be nice, but I know it's not his fault we're not.

 

My whole "Being lonely requires you to actually be thinking yet not in your host's awareness" point kinda fell flat as I realized, while typing it, that a lot of tulpas do in fact experience that. Oh well..

[Paranoid Llama]

I'm never bored without my host. He (at least >.<) takes an effort to constantly think about me all hours of the day. We talk almost all day as well. If there are times when he does something that will drain him of attention, I'm usually doing art or working on my mechanical stuff in wonderland. He usually doesn't stay that way for a long time, though.

 

Yeah not very lonely.

[T-Storm]

I never get lonely, because if I'm not hanging out with T-Storm, there are a lot of other people running around in his mind for me to hang out with. On the other hand, T-Storm's never alone because I'm only a thought away.

[Guest Anonymous]

I know that Felix really hunts the idea of hugging me. Not that I don't want that as well, but he seems almost obsessed with it.

 

Not obsessed... it's just something I really, really wish for a lot.

 

I meant that proverbially. And like I said, I like the idea too. But I don't long for it to the degree he does. The hugs and other physical contact we already have are fine as well.

 

What she means is that I wanna do it in a lucid dream, so it feels "physically real" - but we already do hug or otherwise touch when she "manifests", which feels like a distinct warmth in the spots where we touch.

 

Yes, he asks me to cause us to have a lucid dream every time he goes to bed.

 

As for loneliness, we spend a lot of time together, so I never really feel lonely. When I'm alone in our wonderland it can be boring though.

 

I never really feel lonely either... like she said, we spend a hell of a lot of time together. For me it's just that I'd be happy if I could give her a "real-feeling" hug at least once.

 

That's cute.

 

I feel like I'm being made fun of ^^

 

That was not my intention. Really.

 

 

Greets,

Rina & AG

[kovyxen]

It used to be pretty lonely, like almost literally nothing happened here. Being an extrovert, it felt worse than it probably should have. But with Vyx and Sans here, things suddenly got notably more lively. They're really great, it's fun watching them interact. X3

[AracnidsGrip/Rick]

Really lonely, sometimes. In the Wonderland, I spend most of my time with the girls. But when you go outside the department... It's really quiet. It's post apocalyptic city, so it's a really lonely place. Specially a dead old tulpa who was called Stan. Our graveyard is next to it so that makes his house a creepy place.

~Vriska Aranea Serket Targaryen. ♦️

 

It comes really lonely, depending on the place. There's only life, laughs and happiness in the department.

~L. ♠️

[FadingSpectrum]

Olive: Got lonely in underwater library, after isolated self there for long time. Likes being with others best, yes. Happiest when others visit my area of the mindscape, or when I am visit central part of mindscape.