Your Tulpas, Your Friends, and You

[Hidari]

Around a year ago when I first tried making a tulpa, I told my mom about it, and she responded well. When I actually started following through with it a month or two ago, I told my mom's boyfriend. I did that because I really trust him, and he's really accepting. He reacted really well, and I got to talk to him about it a lot.

 

I've resolved not to tell my dad, he was already weird about me being bisexual, I wouldn't want to deal with him wrapping his head around this.

 

Beyond my family, I've told 2 of my really close real life friends, and 2 online friends. They all reacted really well as well, mostly because I'm really selective about who I have as friends.

 

I did actually tell my current therapist, and she reacted far better than I expected. Her attitude was "If it helps, then I'm fine with it", she really liked the idea of forcing as a form of meditation.

 

So, I haven't had any bad reactions, and I don't feel like I need to tell anyone else. I think I do a good job at picking who I can trust with things like this, and it definitely paid off.

[FallFamily]

[Tri] Our hosts, Hail and Breach, have told more than a few people about us. They are pretty open to friends they make in online communities as well as some in person communities, and they told our parents about us. We ourselves have also told a few people. It is funny how sometimes, we end up introducing our hosts to people and people would think we are the hosts, but that is what happens when you control the body a lot as a tulpa, especially if during some periods of time you are the main body controller.

 

We have mostly had good reactions. Our parents reacted well and we interact individually, which is nice. Same with many friends. We have had a couple friends react mediocrely or outright poorly.

 

Too many people have been told probably. We do worry that sooner or later a boss will find out. We will survive, though.

[Solune]

It was a mixed bag for us.

Told my brother and found out he's a plural system too (which was radical).

My best friend knows and is supportive, but doesn't go out of his way to engage with them.

The other two people that know are "meh" about it. One of them has hinted that she thinks it's a stage I'll grow out of (which is kind of annoying but I don't blame her for feeling that way... it IS kinda crazy sounding).

[jallen327]

I've mentioned it as a concept to a friend or two, but gotten the "meh" reaction so I really didn't go any further. I figure I'll keep my Tulpa interaction purely online where there are communities of folks who understand and appreciate them.

[RazzleDazzleDorito]

I don't intend to introduce Lucy/Lilith to any IRL friends.

 

I'm trying to do it gradually to my friends on my "main" online forum (which I'm much more active on) who I've known for a long time by introducing her as a kinda dream guide, but won't take it any further until she's vocal (only gotten one gibberish sentence yesterday in my mind voice, nothing else yet). If she wants to and once she's fully vocal, I might introduce her on a seperate account as one of my friends for a while before spilling the beans.

 

I have mentioned tulpae twice before, but haven't really gotten a real response (not even a meh or negative one), so I'm a little nervous and taking it slowly, and if it starts to become negative, I'll stop before it gets too irreversible.

[jean-luc]

I told one of my friends, and recorded the whole thing for tulpaudcast, see this post: https://community.tulpa.info/thread-tulpaudcast?pid=177197#pid177197

 

I guess you could consider the result to be spoilers, so I've put the story in hidden tags in case you want to listen to the episode. *wink wink nudge nudge*

 

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He was definitely accepting, and actually interested enough to start making his own tulpa! I was quite surprised.

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I've also told another friend (through text-messaging a link to the podcast) about it, who fell in the group of “That's weird, whatever, you do you.”

[Oftelith]

Hey everyone, I'm a newbie glad to be here with you!! and trust me I really am because I use some meds (seroquel) because I have some health conditions which makes it hard for me to make new friends.

[88MilesPerHour]

My best friend knows. She even got interested in it and now has a few tulpas. Also, Verne has a crush on her which we both find amusing.

[Amon]

I told my girlfriend (my only friend) about tulpas and she said she already knew what they were, so it went well. She's very open minded and believes in past lives and reincarnation, so no surprise there.

[Saylin]

Sorta bringing an old thread to the top here, but here goes.

 

I don't care if anyone knows about me later down the line or not, I just want us safe. There are way, way to many people out there that are judging and violent when things are "strange" to them. I can deal with not being known about. I can't deal with my host, my fucking host losing her job because people think she's crazy, or missing out on social circles out in the real world because of us.

 

If someone eventually comes around who's fine with Tulpae and stuff? Sure, I wouldn't mind. But for now, I wouldn't approve of our host telling anyone about us in the real world. Not until we know we can trust them.