A tip for those who have difficulty with long forcing sessions

[Abvieon]

Many people want to aim for long active forcing sessions, but have difficulty with forcing for the amount of time they want to. Before they hit their target time, they might get tired, become distracted, or run out of things to talk about or do while forcing. The best solution to this is not to just have shorter sessions, because you're probably wanting to have these long sessions for a reason.

 

Why would somebody want to have long forcing sessions in the first place? Well, long sessions have significant benefits. Most people take a little while to truly get into the "flow" of forcing, or hitting a point where it feels relatively natural and productive. One might be able to better listen to their tulpa in this state or force more effectively. The majority of progress and breakthroughs in tulpa development tend to happen when one gets into this flow. If someone has very short sessions, they may rarely or never reach this beneficial state of mind.

 

So, what's the solution? You need to work your way up to being capable of forcing for long periods rather than jumping straight into forcing for an hour at a time with no practice.

 

Pick a short amount of time to start with, such as 15 minutes. Now, you'll need to force for 15 minutes for 2 or more days. The goal here is to make this time spent forcing feel easier that it was when you started. On day 2 of forcing for 15 minutes, it may get a little bit easier. On day 3, it may seem significantly easier than it was on day 1. You may need to extend this number of days if the improvement each time is not very noticeable. Just keep going until it is very noticeably easier than it was on day 1.

 

Now, increase the forcing time and repeat this process. Say you increase it to 30 minutes. Force for 30 minutes for a few days until it feels much easier than it was when you started forcing for 30 minutes.

 

Keep it up, increasing the time from 45 minutes, to 1 hour, to even longer depending on what your target time is. You will notice that forcing for your desired time is much easier than it was when you tried to do so without any buildup.

 

I hope this will be helpful for some. Let me know what you think of this tip.

[Guest]

It's definitely easier for me in the morning, but not if I'm in the wrong mood.

[jean-luc]

Ask and ye shall receive... eventually.

 

My main issue with this is that it's so basic and doesn't really answer alot of the difficulties that even you present in your opening. I could summarize this entire half page tip into one sentence: "Slowly increase how much time you put into your forcing sessions." It isn't bad advice, but it's woefully incomplete. It's not JUST time that gets someone into the "flow." If it were just time, Enny would have a super saiyan god super saiyan tulpa. You need to give advice on how to fill that time for this to be complete. You mention tiredness, lack of focus, and running out of topics. Address those, or remove them from your introduction.

 

I would disagree; While those things would be nice additions I don't think they're neccesary. Approved.

[Ponytail]

jean, did you know that you'll get better at sewing if you do more sewing than you did each previous day?

 

Sure, Abvieon provides practical advice on how to build a habit, but it's not directly addressing alot of the issues he's brought up. He's presenting that a quantity of time will help fix the problems he mentioned and neglects to mention anything that could be seen as quality time spent.

[Vos]

I can't help but agree that most of what's written in this is fluff, and that it could easily be shortened into two or three sentences while still carrying the same amount of weight. When you address other issues in the beginning (tiredness, distractions, etc.) and don't elaborate on how it ties into your tip later, it'll leave some people wondering why it was mentioned in the first place. The tip itself is fine, but sometimes you can elaborate in all the wrong places.

[Ponytail]

I also feel the need to add this, because I didn't express it well enough, I don't think

 

He presents all these inhibitors to forcing, but then ignores them all. If someone has ADHD, then how do they get longer forcing sessions? What about meandering thoughts? Tiredness? These are legitimate obstacles that simply trying to add more time won't fix. I don't become less tired and able to force longer just because I try to force longer. Even adding something like "forcing immediately after waking, when one is not tired, will help with problems related to dozing off during forcing sessions" just as an example.

[Abvieon]

I actually do not want this to be approved any longer, it's too small and simple for me to see it as a good tip, and it doesn't really contain unique information either.

 

In regards to what a few people have said about my mention of forcing inhibitors: the tip itself was written specifically for people who encounter issues like distraction, getting tired, etc. because starting out with shorter sessions can act as a solution to those problems. It wasn't written for those who don't have those problems.

[Ranger]

I actually do not want this to be approved any longer, it's too small and simple for me to see it as a good tip, and it doesn't really contain unique information either.

 

In regards to what a few people have said about my mention of forcing inhibitors: the tip itself was written specifically for people who encounter issues like distraction, getting tired, etc. because starting out with shorter sessions can act as a solution to those problems. It wasn't written for those who don't have those problems.

 

If you want too, you can make another draft and the GAT can review it at a later time. If not, that's fine.

 

Thank you for letting us know.