I made a survey regarding tulpas.

[Rai]

I'm curious to know more about other people's experiences with tulpas. My own has been life-changing, and I find the whole concept to be really fascinating.

 

If you're interested, here is the link. Thanks in advance to those who decide to participate. I will post the results whenever I stop getting responses.

 

As the description of the survey states, please be patient with me if I made any errors. You're free to suggest changes that you think would improve it.

[Glaurung26]

Cool survey. 👍 Responded but here's the brief overview: 

No initial knowledge of tulpamancy 

Started as "imaginary friend" in 2000

Designed to be support and life counselor

Grew and developed over 18 years "in wild"

2-3 years in tulpa community 

Dating since 2014, proposed in 2021.

 

Thank you 😊 Just two ferals here for finishing school. Good luck getting him to use napkins instead of pants when eating. 😒

[GrayTheCat]

I answered the survey.

 

There was a lot of "I don't know" I gave, mostly because I have no idea how old our Sub. Rep. (Subconscious Representative) is. I know I have been thinking about him in 2016, it's possible I created his character concept in 2015. I have no idea when I suspected he first revealed his sentience. I think that scene happened before the wonderland was created, but maybe not because that's where his name Dream either came from or was inspired from (He was originally Ranger). He still prefers Sub. Rep. now though.

 

My Sub. Rep. took the personality forcing I gave him and ran with it. He is obsessed with representing the unconscious mind to the point of trying to become it. He likes the idea of challenging the line between tulpa and servitor/puppet and for awhile he didn't like the idea of being thought of as a tulpa.

 

All of which you may not be expecting because Ranger, the tulpa who I spent the most time with, I forced more ""traditionally"" than the others. He was vocal from the start, he rejected me expecting him to be our Sub. Rep. (even though I didn't fully understood that's what I was doing), and he is officially 3 1/2 years old (but could be older by at least half a year to roughly a year).

[ruleofthumb]

When did your (first) tulpa choose their form/appearance?

 

Stone: I put "unsure" because I chose her form for her. Recently (10-11 months in) she has been making changes to her form.